diff --git a/app/sessionStore.js b/app/sessionStore.js
index 46c4915439..6fb7821f66 100644
--- a/app/sessionStore.js
+++ b/app/sessionStore.js
@@ -348,6 +348,34 @@ module.exports.cleanSessionDataOnShutdown = () => {
   return p
 }
 
+/**
+ * version information (shown on about:brave)
+ */
+const setVersionInformation = (data) => {
+  try {
+    const os = require('os')
+    const versionInformation = [
+      {name: 'Brave', version: app.getVersion()},
+      {name: 'Muon', version: process.versions['atom-shell']},
+      {name: 'libchromiumcontent', version: process.versions['chrome']},
+      {name: 'V8', version: process.versions.v8},
+      {name: 'Node.js', version: process.versions.node},
+      {name: 'Update Channel', version: Channel.channel()},
+      {name: 'os.platform', version: os.platform()},
+      {name: 'os.release', version: os.release()},
+      {name: 'os.arch', version: os.arch()}
+      // TODO(bsclifton): read the latest commit hash from a file, etc.
+    ]
+    data.about = data.about || {}
+    data.about.brave = {
+      versionInformation: versionInformation
+    }
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.log('ERROR calling sessionStore::setVersionInformation(): ', e)
+  }
+  return data
+}
+
 /**
  * Loads the browser state from storage.
  *
@@ -434,30 +462,13 @@ module.exports.loadAppState = () => {
           return
         }
       }
-
-      // version information (shown on about:brave)
-      const os = require('os')
-      const versionInformation = [
-        {name: 'Brave', version: app.getVersion()},
-        {name: 'Muon', version: process.versions['atom-shell']},
-        {name: 'libchromiumcontent', version: process.versions['chrome']},
-        {name: 'V8', version: process.versions.v8},
-        {name: 'Node.js', version: process.versions.node},
-        {name: 'Update Channel', version: Channel.channel()},
-        {name: 'os.platform', version: os.platform()},
-        {name: 'os.release', version: os.release()},
-        {name: 'os.arch', version: os.arch()}
-        // TODO(bsclifton): read the latest commit hash from a file, etc.
-      ]
-      data.about = data.about || {}
-      data.about.brave = {
-        versionInformation: versionInformation
-      }
+      data = setVersionInformation(data)
     } catch (e) {
       // TODO: Session state is corrupted, maybe we should backup this
       // corrupted value for people to report into support.
       console.log('could not parse data: ', data)
       data = exports.defaultAppState()
+      data = setVersionInformation(data)
     }
     locale.init(data.settings[settings.LANGUAGE]).then((locale) => {
       app.setLocale(locale)
diff --git a/test/about/braveTest.js b/test/about/braveTest.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf4ea5e2bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/about/braveTest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/* global describe, it, before */
+
+const Brave = require('../lib/brave')
+const {urlInput} = require('../lib/selectors')
+const {getTargetAboutUrl} = require('../../js/lib/appUrlUtil')
+
+describe('about:brave tests', function () {
+  Brave.beforeAll(this)
+  before(function * () {
+    const url = getTargetAboutUrl('about:brave')
+    yield this.app.client
+      .waitForUrl(Brave.newTabUrl)
+      .waitForBrowserWindow()
+      .waitForVisible(urlInput)
+      .waitForExist('.tab[data-frame-key="1"]')
+      .tabByIndex(0)
+      .loadUrl(url)
+  })
+
+  describe('when showing versions', function () {
+    it('lists Brave', function * () {
+      yield this.app.client
+        .waitUntil(function () {
+          return this.getText('table.sortableTable td[data-sort="Brave"]')
+            .then((textValue) => {
+              console.log(textValue)
+              return textValue && String(textValue).length > 0 && String(textValue) !== 'null'
+            })
+        })
+    })
+    it('lists Muon', function * () {
+      yield this.app.client
+        .waitUntil(function () {
+          return this.getText('table.sortableTable td[data-sort="Muon"]')
+            .then((textValue) => {
+              console.log(textValue)
+              return textValue && String(textValue).length > 0 && String(textValue) !== 'null'
+            })
+        })
+    })
+    it('lists Update Channel', function * () {
+      yield this.app.client
+        .waitUntil(function () {
+          return this.getText('table.sortableTable td[data-sort="Update Channel"]')
+            .then((textValue) => {
+              console.log(textValue)
+              return textValue && String(textValue).length > 0 && String(textValue) !== 'null'
+            })
+        })
+    })
+  })
+})