diff --git a/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh b/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh
index c8a1d54..3ada94f 100755
--- a/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh
+++ b/spectre-meltdown-checker.sh
@@ -839,6 +839,8 @@ update_fwdb()
 {
 	show_header
 
+	set -e
+
 	if [ -r "$mcedb_cache" ]; then
 		previous_dbversion=$(awk '/^# %%% MCEDB / { print $4 }' "$mcedb_cache")
 	fi
@@ -891,7 +893,6 @@ update_fwdb()
 		return 1
 	fi
 	mcedb_revision=$(sqlite3 "$mcedb_tmp" "select revision from MCE")
-	mcedb_date=$(sqlite3 "$mcedb_tmp" "select strftime('%Y/%m/%d', date, 'unixepoch') from MCE")
 	if [ -z "$mcedb_revision" ]; then
 		echo ERROR "downloaded file seems invalid"
 		return 1
@@ -899,7 +900,7 @@ update_fwdb()
 	sqlite3 "$mcedb_tmp" "alter table Intel add column origin text"
 	sqlite3 "$mcedb_tmp" "update Intel set origin='mce'"
 
-	echo OK "MCExtractor database revision $mcedb_revision dated $mcedb_date"
+	echo OK "MCExtractor database revision $mcedb_revision"
 
 	# parse Intel firmwares to get their versions
 	_info_nol "Integrating Intel firmwares data to db... "
@@ -948,11 +949,7 @@ update_fwdb()
 	fi
 	echo DONE "(version $_intel_latest_date)"
 
-	dbdate=$(echo "$mcedb_date" | tr -d '/')
-	if [ "$dbdate" -lt "$_intel_latest_date" ]; then
-		dbdate="$_intel_latest_date"
-	fi
-	dbversion="$mcedb_revision.$dbdate+i$_intel_latest_date"
+	dbversion="$mcedb_revision+i$_intel_latest_date"
 
 	if [ "$1" != builtin ] && [ -n "$previous_dbversion" ] && [ "$previous_dbversion" = "v$dbversion" ]; then
 		echo "We already have this version locally, no update needed"
@@ -5597,7 +5594,7 @@ exit 0  # ok
 # The builtin version follows, but the user can download an up-to-date copy (to be stored in his $HOME) by using --update-fwdb
 # To update the builtin version itself (by *modifying* this very file), use --update-builtin-fwdb
 
-# %%% MCEDB v165.20201021+i20200616
+# %%% MCEDB v191+i20210217
 # I,0x00000611,0x00000B27,19961218
 # I,0x00000612,0x000000C6,19961210
 # I,0x00000616,0x000000C6,19961210
@@ -5803,7 +5800,7 @@ exit 0  # ok
 # I,0x000306F1,0x00000014,20140110
 # I,0x000306F2,0x00000044,20200527
 # I,0x000306F3,0x0000000D,20160211
-# I,0x000306F4,0x00000016,20190617
+# I,0x000306F4,0x00000017,20201125
 # I,0x00040650,0xFFFF000B,20121206
 # I,0x00040651,0x00000026,20191112
 # I,0x00040660,0xFFFF0011,20121012
@@ -5821,19 +5818,20 @@ exit 0  # ok
 # I,0x000406D8,0x0000012D,20190916
 # I,0x000406E1,0x00000020,20141111
 # I,0x000406E2,0x0000002C,20150521
-# I,0x000406E3,0x000000E2,20200714
+# I,0x000406E3,0x000000EA,20210125
 # I,0x000406E8,0x00000026,20160414
 # I,0x000406F0,0x00000014,20150702
-# I,0x000406F1,0x0B000038,20190618
+# I,0x000406F1,0x0B00003C,20201119
 # I,0x00050650,0x8000002B,20160208
 # I,0x00050651,0x8000002B,20160208
 # I,0x00050652,0x80000037,20170502
 # I,0x00050653,0x01000159,20200618
-# I,0x00050654,0x02006A08,20200616
+# I,0x00050654,0x02006B06,20210308
 # I,0x00050655,0x03000012,20190412
-# I,0x00050656,0x04003003,20200618
-# I,0x00050657,0x05003003,20200618
-# I,0x0005065A,0x8600000D,20191108
+# I,0x00050656,0x04003006,20201231
+# I,0x00050657,0x05003102,20210308
+# I,0x0005065A,0x86000020,20201118
+# I,0x0005065B,0x07000020,20201120
 # I,0x00050661,0xF1000008,20150130
 # I,0x00050662,0x0000001C,20190617
 # I,0x00050663,0x07000019,20190617
@@ -5844,59 +5842,65 @@ exit 0  # ok
 # I,0x000506A0,0x00000038,20150112
 # I,0x000506C2,0x00000014,20180511
 # I,0x000506C8,0x90011010,20160323
-# I,0x000506C9,0x00000040,20200227
+# I,0x000506C9,0x00000044,20201023
 # I,0x000506CA,0x0000001E,20200227
 # I,0x000506D1,0x00000102,20150605
 # I,0x000506E0,0x00000018,20141119
 # I,0x000506E1,0x0000002A,20150602
 # I,0x000506E2,0x0000002E,20150815
-# I,0x000506E3,0x000000E2,20200714
+# I,0x000506E3,0x000000EA,20210125
 # I,0x000506E8,0x00000034,20160710
 # I,0x000506F0,0x00000010,20160607
-# I,0x000506F1,0x00000032,20200307
+# I,0x000506F1,0x00000034,20201023
 # I,0x00060660,0x0000000C,20160821
 # I,0x00060661,0x0000000E,20170128
 # I,0x00060662,0x00000022,20171129
 # I,0x00060663,0x0000002A,20180417
 # I,0x000606A0,0x80000031,20200308
-# I,0x000606A4,0x8B0001B0,20200413
-# I,0x000606A5,0x8C000090,20200412
+# I,0x000606A4,0x0B000280,20200817
+# I,0x000606A5,0x0C0002F0,20210308
+# I,0x000606A6,0x0D0002A0,20210425
 # I,0x000606E0,0x0000000B,20161104
 # I,0x000606E1,0x00000108,20190423
 # I,0x000706A0,0x00000026,20170712
-# I,0x000706A1,0x00000034,20200609
-# I,0x000706A8,0x00000018,20200609
+# I,0x000706A1,0x00000036,20201023
+# I,0x000706A8,0x0000001A,20201023
 # I,0x000706E0,0x0000002C,20180614
 # I,0x000706E1,0x00000042,20190420
 # I,0x000706E2,0x00000042,20190420
 # I,0x000706E3,0x81000008,20181002
 # I,0x000706E4,0x00000046,20190905
-# I,0x000706E5,0x000000A0,20200730
+# I,0x000706E5,0x000000A6,20201101
 # I,0x00080650,0x00000018,20180108
 # I,0x000806A0,0x00000010,20190507
-# I,0x000806A1,0x00000028,20200626
+# I,0x000806A1,0x0000002A,20201106
 # I,0x000806C0,0x00000068,20200402
-# I,0x000806C1,0x00000066,20200925
-# I,0x000806D0,0x0000002E,20200709
-# I,0x000806E9,0x000000DE,20200527
-# I,0x000806EA,0x000000E0,20200617
-# I,0x000806EB,0x000000DE,20200603
-# I,0x000806EC,0x000000DE,20200518
+# I,0x000806C1,0x0000008A,20210409
+# I,0x000806C2,0x00000016,20210407
+# I,0x000806D0,0x00000050,20201217
+# I,0x000806D1,0x0000002C,20210423
+# I,0x000806E9,0x000000EA,20210105
+# I,0x000806EA,0x000000EA,20210106
+# I,0x000806EB,0x000000EA,20210105
+# I,0x000806EC,0x000000EA,20210105
 # I,0x00090660,0x80001001,20190918
-# I,0x000906E9,0x000000DE,20200526
-# I,0x000906EA,0x000000DE,20200525
-# I,0x000906EB,0x000000DE,20200525
-# I,0x000906EC,0x000000DE,20200603
-# I,0x000906ED,0x000000DE,20200524
+# I,0x00090670,0x00000019,20201111
+# I,0x000906C0,0x0000001D,20210323
+# I,0x000906E9,0x000000EA,20210105
+# I,0x000906EA,0x000000EA,20210105
+# I,0x000906EB,0x000000EA,20210105
+# I,0x000906EC,0x000000EA,20210105
+# I,0x000906ED,0x000000EA,20210105
 # I,0x000A0650,0x000000BE,20191010
 # I,0x000A0651,0x000000C2,20191113
-# I,0x000A0652,0x000000E0,20200708
-# I,0x000A0653,0x000000E0,20200708
+# I,0x000A0652,0x000000EA,20210207
+# I,0x000A0653,0x000000EA,20210308
 # I,0x000A0654,0x000000C6,20200123
-# I,0x000A0655,0x000000E2,20200914
-# I,0x000A0660,0x000000E0,20200708
+# I,0x000A0655,0x000000EC,20210308
+# I,0x000A0660,0x000000E8,20201208
 # I,0x000A0661,0x000000E0,20200702
-# I,0x000A0670,0x00000002,20200304
+# I,0x000A0670,0x0000002C,20201124
+# I,0x000A0671,0x00000040,20210411
 # I,0x000A0680,0x80000002,20200121
 # A,0x00000F00,0x02000008,20070614
 # A,0x00000F01,0x0000001C,20021031
@@ -5959,6 +5963,7 @@ exit 0  # ok
 # A,0x00680F00,0x06000017,20101029
 # A,0x00680F01,0x0600011F,20110227
 # A,0x00680F10,0x06000410,20110314
+# A,0x00690F00,0x06001009,20110613
 # A,0x00700F00,0x0700002A,20121218
 # A,0x00700F01,0x07000110,20180209
 # A,0x00730F00,0x07030009,20131206
@@ -5976,15 +5981,16 @@ exit 0  # ok
 # A,0x00820F00,0x08200002,20180214
 # A,0x00820F01,0x08200103,20190417
 # A,0x00830F00,0x08300027,20190401
-# A,0x00830F10,0x08301039,20200207
+# A,0x00830F10,0x0830104D,20200728
 # A,0x00850F00,0x08500004,20180212
 # A,0x00860F00,0x0860000E,20200127
 # A,0x00860F01,0x08600106,20200619
-# A,0x00860F81,0x08608102,20200617
+# A,0x00860F81,0x08608103,20200702
 # A,0x00870F00,0x08700004,20181206
 # A,0x00870F10,0x08701021,20200125
 # A,0x00A00F00,0x0A000033,20200413
-# A,0x00A00F10,0x0A00100F,20200624
+# A,0x00A00F10,0x0A00103F,20210105
+# A,0x00A00F11,0x0A00111D,20210202
 # A,0x00A20F00,0x0A200025,20200121
 # A,0x00A20F10,0x0A201009,20200821
-# A,0x00A50F00,0x0A50000B,20200821
+# A,0x00A50F00,0x0A50000C,20201208