diff --git a/daily.php b/daily.php
index cc91d132d..7e42c4066 100644
--- a/daily.php
+++ b/daily.php
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ if (isset($options['d'])) {
 }
 
 if ($options['f'] === 'update') {
+    if (!$config['update']) {
+        exit(0);
+    }
+
     $innodb_buffer = innodb_buffer_check();
     if ($innodb_buffer['used'] > $innodb_buffer['size']) {
         if (!empty($config['alert']['default_mail'])) {
@@ -39,19 +43,14 @@ The ' . $config['project_name'] . ' team.';
         echo warn_innodb_buffer($innodb_buffer);
         exit(2);
     }
-    else {
-        if ($config['update']) {
-            if ($config['update_channel'] == 'master') {
-                exit(1);
-            }
-            elseif ($config['update_channel'] == 'release') {
-                exit(3);
-            }
-        }
-        else {
-            exit(0);
-        }
+
+    if ($config['update_channel'] == 'master') {
+        exit(1);
     }
+    elseif ($config['update_channel'] == 'release') {
+        exit(3);
+    }
+    exit(0);
 }
 
 if ($options['f'] === 'syslog') {
diff --git a/daily.sh b/daily.sh
index 17591fa8f..49dcb075e 100755
--- a/daily.sh
+++ b/daily.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ status_run() {
 
 if [ -z "$arg" ]; then
     up=$(php daily.php -f update >&2; echo $?)
-    if [ "$up" -eq 1 ]; then
+    if [ "$up" -eq 0 ]; then
+        $0 no-code-update
+        exit
+    elif [ "$up" -eq 1 ]; then
         # Update to Master-Branch
         status_run 'Updating to latest codebase' 'git pull --quiet'
     elif [ "$up" -eq 3 ]; then
@@ -49,6 +52,12 @@ if [ -z "$arg" ]; then
     fi
 else
     case $arg in
+        no-code-update)
+            # Updates of the code are disabled, just check for schema updates
+            # and clean up the db.
+            status_run 'Updating SQL-Schema' 'php includes/sql-schema/update.php'
+            status_run 'Cleaning up DB' "$0 cleanup"
+        ;;
         post-pull)
             # List all tasks to do after pull in the order of execution
             status_run 'Updating SQL-Schema' 'php includes/sql-schema/update.php'