diff --git a/Model/bin/needsUpdateSampleDisplayInfoTT b/Model/bin/needsUpdateSampleDisplayInfoTT
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba4b6cd4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Model/bin/needsUpdateSampleDisplayInfoTT
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use lib "$ENV{GUS_HOME}/lib/perl";
+
+use Getopt::Long qw(GetOptions);
+use Time::Local;
+
+use EbrcModelCommon::Model::tmUtils;
+use EbrcModelCommon::Model::DatasetPresenterTTUtils qw(getProjectListFromDb getPresenterFilePaths);
+
+use DBI;
+
+my ($propfile, $instance, $schema, $debug, $timestamp, $unixTimestamp);
+Getopt::Long::Configure("pass_through");
+GetOptions("propfile=s" => \$propfile,
+           "instance=s" => \$instance,
+           "schema=s" => \$schema,
+           "debug!" => \$debug,
+           "timestamp=s" => \$timestamp,
+           "unixtimestamp=s" => \$unixTimestamp,
+	  );
+
+die "required parameter missing" unless ($unixTimestamp);
+
+my $filePath = "EbrcModelCommon/Model/data/SampleDisplayInfo.xls";
+
+my $gitTimestamp = EbrcModelCommon::Model::tmUtils::getGitTimestamp($filePath, $ENV{PROJECT_HOME});
+
+if ($gitTimestamp > $unixTimestamp) {
+  print "out of date\n";
+} else {
+  print "up to date\n";
+}
+
+exit 0;
diff --git a/Model/lib/xml/tuningManager/apiTuningManager.xml b/Model/lib/xml/tuningManager/apiTuningManager.xml
index 9d51e8fe0..7256a07dc 100644
--- a/Model/lib/xml/tuningManager/apiTuningManager.xml
+++ b/Model/lib/xml/tuningManager/apiTuningManager.xml
@@ -1941,11 +1941,11 @@ create index Organism_projectId_idx&1 ON OrganismAttributes&1 (project_id, sourc
   </tuningTable>
 
 
-<!--  <tuningTable name="SampleDisplayInfo" alwaysUpdate="true">-->
-  <tuningTable name="SampleDisplayInfo" alwaysUpdate="true" >
+  <tuningTable name="SampleDisplayInfo">
     <comment> Used by the model and GBrowse, as well as an input in the creation of
       the tuning tables like MSModifiedPeptideSummary and MSPeptideSummary.
     </comment>
+    <needsUpdateProgram commandLine="needsUpdateSampleDisplayInfoTT"/>
     <program commandLine="buildSampleDisplayInfoTT"/>
   </tuningTable>