diff --git a/packages/api/src/controllers/cloud.js b/packages/api/src/controllers/cloud.js
index fe1dfd36b..4eb72caee 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/controllers/cloud.js
+++ b/packages/api/src/controllers/cloud.js
@@ -286,7 +286,14 @@ module.exports = {
 
   premiumPromoWidget_meta: true,
   async premiumPromoWidget() {
-    return getPromoWidgetData();
+    const data = getPromoWidgetData();
+    if (data?.state != 'data') {
+      return null;
+    }
+    if (data.validTo && new Date().getTime() > new Date(data.validTo).getTime()) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return data;
   },
 
   // chatStream_meta: {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utility/cloudIntf.js b/packages/api/src/utility/cloudIntf.js
index 2decd76ff..9b3286768 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utility/cloudIntf.js
+++ b/packages/api/src/utility/cloudIntf.js
@@ -271,7 +271,13 @@ async function updatePremiumPromoWidget() {
   const tags = (await collectCloudFilesSearchTags()).join(',');
 
   const resp = await axios.default.get(
-    `${DBGATE_CLOUD_URL}/premium-promo-widget?identifier=${promoWidgetData?.identifier ?? 'nope'}&tags=${tags}`
+    `${DBGATE_CLOUD_URL}/premium-promo-widget?identifier=${promoWidgetData?.identifier ?? 'empty'}&tags=${tags}`,
+    {
+      headers: {
+        ...(await getCloudInstanceHeaders()),
+        'x-app-version': currentVersion.version,
+      },
+    }
   );
 
   if (!resp.data || resp.data?.state == 'unchanged') {
diff --git a/packages/web/src/widgets/WidgetIconPanel.svelte b/packages/web/src/widgets/WidgetIconPanel.svelte
index ad5c41975..17e0922fe 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/widgets/WidgetIconPanel.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/widgets/WidgetIconPanel.svelte
@@ -20,11 +20,14 @@
   import { showModal } from '../modals/modalTools';
   import NewObjectModal from '../modals/NewObjectModal.svelte';
   import openNewTab from '../utility/openNewTab';
+  import { usePromoWidget } from '../utility/metadataLoaders';
 
   let domSettings;
   let domCloudAccount;
   let domMainMenu;
 
+  const promoWidget = usePromoWidget({});
+
   const widgets = [
     getCurrentConfig().storageDatabase && {
       icon: 'icon admin',
@@ -169,7 +172,7 @@
   {/if}
   {#each widgets
     .filter(x => x && hasPermission(`widgets/${x.name}`))
-    .filter(x => !x.isPremiumPromo || !isProApp())
+    .filter(x => !x.isPremiumPromo || (!isProApp() && $promoWidget?.state == 'data'))
     // .filter(x => !x.isPremiumOnly || isProApp())
     .filter(x => x.name != 'cloud-private' || $cloudSigninTokenHolder) as item}
     <div