diff --git a/app/browser/api/ledger.js b/app/browser/api/ledger.js
index fb125f9cd1d..9a51f04fb69 100644
--- a/app/browser/api/ledger.js
+++ b/app/browser/api/ledger.js
@@ -1919,7 +1919,7 @@ const onReferralInit = (err, response, body) => {
   }
 
   if (body && body.download_id) {
-    appActions.onReferralCodeRead(body.download_id)
+    appActions.onReferralCodeRead(body.download_id, body.referral_code)
     promoCodeFirstRunStorage
       .removePromoCode()
       .catch(error => {
@@ -2768,6 +2768,17 @@ const checkReferralActivity = (state) => {
   return state
 }
 
+const referralCheck = (state) => {
+  const installTime = state.get('firstRunTimestamp')
+  const period = parseInt(process.env.LEDGER_REFERRAL_DELETE_TIME || (ledgerUtil.milliseconds.day * 90))
+
+  if (new Date().getTime() >= installTime + period) {
+    state = updateState.deleteUpdateProp(state, 'referralPromoCode')
+  }
+
+  return state
+}
+
 const activityRoundTrip = (err, response, body) => {
   if (err) {
     if (clientOptions.verboseP) {
@@ -2835,6 +2846,7 @@ const getMethods = () => {
     onPublisherTimestamp,
     checkVerifiedStatus,
     checkReferralActivity,
+    referralCheck,
     roundtrip
   }
 
diff --git a/app/browser/reducers/ledgerReducer.js b/app/browser/reducers/ledgerReducer.js
index fc040f05a04..31bc8045074 100644
--- a/app/browser/reducers/ledgerReducer.js
+++ b/app/browser/reducers/ledgerReducer.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ const ledgerReducer = (state, action, immutableAction) => {
       {
         state = ledgerApi.migration(state)
         state = ledgerApi.init(state)
+        state = ledgerApi.referralCheck(state)
         break
       }
     case appConstants.APP_BACKUP_KEYS:
@@ -471,6 +472,7 @@ const ledgerReducer = (state, action, immutableAction) => {
     case appConstants.APP_ON_REFERRAL_CODE_READ:
       {
         state = updateState.setUpdateProp(state, 'referralDownloadId', action.get('downloadId'))
+        state = updateState.setUpdateProp(state, 'referralPromoCode', action.get('promoCode'))
         break
       }
     case appConstants.APP_ON_REFERRAL_CODE_FAIL:
diff --git a/app/updater.js b/app/updater.js
index b49343fd162..faa0cf170ca 100644
--- a/app/updater.js
+++ b/app/updater.js
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ var requestVersionInfo = (done, pingOnly) => {
   debug(`weekOfInstallation= ${weekOfInstallation}`)
 
   // The installation promoCode from buildConfig
-  const promoCode = state.getIn(['updates', 'promoCode'], 'none')
+  const promoCode = updateState.getUpdateProp(state, 'referralPromoCode') || 'none'
   debug(`promoCode = ${promoCode}`)
 
   // Build query string based on the last date an update request was made
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ exports.checkForUpdate = (verbose, skipReferral = false) => {
     updateState.getUpdateProp(state, 'referralDownloadId')
   ) {
     const installTime = state.get('firstRunTimestamp')
-    const month = parseInt(process.env.LEDGER_REFERRAL_CHECK_TIME || ledgerUtil.milliseconds.day * 30)
+    const month = parseInt(process.env.LEDGER_REFERRAL_CHECK_TIME || (ledgerUtil.milliseconds.day * 30))
 
     if (installTime + month < new Date().getTime()) {
       appActions.checkReferralActivity()
diff --git a/docs/state.md b/docs/state.md
index 202a775fccf..f02a7ce1799 100644
--- a/docs/state.md
+++ b/docs/state.md
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ AppStore
     },
     referralDownloadId: string, // download ID that is returned from the referral server
     referralTimestamp: number, // timestamp when referral was accumulated (after ~30 days)
+    referralPromoCode: string, // promo code for the referral
     status: string, // updateStatus from js/constants/updateStatus.js
     verbose: boolean // whether to show update UI for checking, downloading, and errors
   },
diff --git a/js/actions/appActions.js b/js/actions/appActions.js
index 3766bf25b14..2935b0ae5d3 100644
--- a/js/actions/appActions.js
+++ b/js/actions/appActions.js
@@ -1900,10 +1900,11 @@ const appActions = {
     })
   },
 
-  onReferralCodeRead: function (downloadId) {
+  onReferralCodeRead: function (downloadId, promoCode) {
     dispatch({
       actionType: appConstants.APP_ON_REFERRAL_CODE_READ,
-      downloadId
+      downloadId,
+      promoCode
     })
   },
 
diff --git a/test/unit/app/browser/api/ledgerTest.js b/test/unit/app/browser/api/ledgerTest.js
index 2692ff6a696..8e85dc0f0ba 100644
--- a/test/unit/app/browser/api/ledgerTest.js
+++ b/test/unit/app/browser/api/ledgerTest.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ describe('ledger api unit tests', function () {
   let ledgerApi
   let ledgerNotificationsApi
   let ledgerState
+  let updateState
   let isBusy = false
   let ledgerClient
   let ledgerPublisher
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ describe('ledger api unit tests', function () {
 
     ledgerNotificationsApi = require('../../../../../app/browser/api/ledgerNotifications')
     ledgerState = require('../../../../../app/common/state/ledgerState')
+    updateState = require('../../../../../app/common/state/updateState')
     updater = require('../../../../../app/updater')
 
     // once everything is stubbed, load the ledger
@@ -2355,4 +2357,45 @@ describe('ledger api unit tests', function () {
       assert(roundtripSpy.calledOnce)
     })
   })
+
+  describe('referralCheck', function () {
+    let deleteUpdatePropSpy, fakeClock
+
+    before(function () {
+      deleteUpdatePropSpy = sinon.spy(updateState, 'deleteUpdateProp')
+      fakeClock = sinon.useFakeTimers()
+      fakeClock.tick(172800000)
+    })
+
+    afterEach(function () {
+      deleteUpdatePropSpy.reset()
+      fakeClock.reset()
+    })
+
+    after(function () {
+      deleteUpdatePropSpy.restore()
+      fakeClock.restore()
+    })
+
+    it('first run is only few days', function () {
+      const state = defaultAppState
+        .set('firstRunTimestamp', 1000)
+        .setIn(['updates', 'referralPromoCode'], '1234')
+      const returnedState = ledgerApi.referralCheck(state)
+      assert.deepEqual(returnedState.toJS(), state.toJS())
+      assert(deleteUpdatePropSpy.notCalled)
+    })
+
+    it('first run is over 90 days so we can delete promo code', function () {
+      const state = defaultAppState
+        .set('firstRunTimestamp', 1000)
+        .setIn(['updates', 'referralPromoCode'], '1234')
+      fakeClock.tick(7776000000) // 90 days
+      const expectedState = state
+        .deleteIn(['updates', 'referralPromoCode'])
+      const returnedState = ledgerApi.referralCheck(state)
+      assert.deepEqual(returnedState.toJS(), expectedState.toJS())
+      assert(deleteUpdatePropSpy.calledOnce)
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/test/unit/app/browser/reducers/ledgerReducerTest.js b/test/unit/app/browser/reducers/ledgerReducerTest.js
index a7162590f4c..0f34ff8554a 100644
--- a/test/unit/app/browser/reducers/ledgerReducerTest.js
+++ b/test/unit/app/browser/reducers/ledgerReducerTest.js
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ describe('ledgerReducer unit tests', function () {
       claimPromotion: () => {},
       onPromotionResponse: dummyModifyState,
       getPromotion: () => {},
-      checkReferralActivity: dummyModifyState
+      checkReferralActivity: dummyModifyState,
+      referralCheck: () => {}
     }
     fakeLedgerState = {
       resetSynopsis: dummyModifyState,