diff --git a/Sources/Amplitude/Amplitude.m b/Sources/Amplitude/Amplitude.m
index ddae15d7..a80738c9 100644
--- a/Sources/Amplitude/Amplitude.m
+++ b/Sources/Amplitude/Amplitude.m
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ - (instancetype)initWithInstanceName:(NSString *)instanceName {
         [[[AnalyticsConnector getInstance:self.instanceName] eventBridge] setEventReceiver:^(AnalyticsEvent * _Nonnull event) {
             [self logEvent:[event eventType] withEventProperties:[event eventProperties] withApiProperties:nil withUserProperties:[event userProperties] withGroups:nil withGroupProperties:nil withTimestamp:nil outOfSession:false];
         }];
-        
+
         self.defaultTracking = [[AMPDefaultTrackingOptions alloc] init];
 
         _initializerQueue = [[NSOperationQueue alloc] init];
@@ -447,11 +447,6 @@ - (void)handleAppStateUpdates:(NSNotification *)notification {
                 kAMPEventPropPreviousVersion: previousVersion ?: @"",
             }];
         }
-        [self logEvent:kAMPApplicationOpened withEventProperties:@{
-            kAMPEventPropBuild: currentBuild ?: @"",
-            kAMPEventPropVersion: currentVersion ?: @"",
-            kAMPEventPropFromBackground: @NO,
-        }];
 
         // persist the build/version when changed
         if (currentBuild ? ![currentBuild isEqualToString:previousBuild] : (previousBuild != nil)) {
@@ -461,12 +456,25 @@ - (void)handleAppStateUpdates:(NSNotification *)notification {
             [_dbHelper insertOrReplaceKeyValue:APP_VERSION value:currentVersion];
         }
     } else if ([notification.name isEqualToString:UIApplicationWillEnterForegroundNotification]) {
+        BOOL fromBackground = NO;
+        UIApplication *sharedApplication = [AMPUtils getSharedApplication];
+        if (sharedApplication) {
+            switch (sharedApplication.applicationState) {
+                case UIApplicationStateActive:
+                case UIApplicationStateInactive:
+                    fromBackground = NO;
+                    break;
+                case UIApplicationStateBackground:
+                    fromBackground = YES;
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
         NSString *currentBuild = [[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary][@"CFBundleVersion"];
         NSString *currentVersion = [[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary][@"CFBundleShortVersionString"];
         [self logEvent:kAMPApplicationOpened withEventProperties:@{
             kAMPEventPropBuild: currentBuild ?: @"",
             kAMPEventPropVersion: currentVersion ?: @"",
-            kAMPEventPropFromBackground: @YES,
+            kAMPEventPropFromBackground: @(fromBackground),
         }];
     } else if ([notification.name isEqualToString:UIApplicationDidEnterBackgroundNotification]) {
         [self logEvent:kAMPApplicationBackgrounded];
@@ -537,7 +545,7 @@ - (void)initializeApiKey:(NSString *)apiKey
             if (self.initCompletionBlock != nil) {
                 self.initCompletionBlock();
             }
-            
+
 #if !TARGET_OS_OSX && !TARGET_OS_WATCH
             // Unlike other default events options that can be evaluated later, screenViews has to be evaluated during the actual initialization
             if (self.defaultTracking.screenViews) {
diff --git a/Tests/AmplitudeTests.m b/Tests/AmplitudeTests.m
index ac06753a..88ea29c9 100644
--- a/Tests/AmplitudeTests.m
+++ b/Tests/AmplitudeTests.m
@@ -1592,12 +1592,8 @@ - (void)testObserveDidFinishLaunchingNotification {
 
     [client flushQueue];
 
-    NSDictionary *event1 = [client getLastEventFromInstanceName:instanceName fromEnd: 1];
+    NSDictionary *event1 = [client getLastEventFromInstanceName:instanceName fromEnd: 0];
     XCTAssertEqualObjects([event1 objectForKey:@"event_type"], kAMPApplicationInstalled);
-
-    NSDictionary *event2 = [client getLastEventFromInstanceName:instanceName fromEnd: 0];
-    XCTAssertEqualObjects([event2 objectForKey:@"event_type"], kAMPApplicationOpened);
-    XCTAssertEqualObjects([[event2 objectForKey:@"event_properties"] objectForKey:kAMPEventPropFromBackground], @NO);
 }
 
 - (void)testObserveDidFinishLaunchingNotificationWithPreviousBuild {
@@ -1623,17 +1619,13 @@ - (void)testObserveDidFinishLaunchingNotificationWithPreviousBuild {
     // This check is not ideal, to avoid flaky test, we only check the first event prefix.
     NSDictionary *event1 = [client getLastEventFromInstanceName:instanceName fromEnd: 1];
     XCTAssertTrue([[event1 objectForKey:@"event_type"] hasPrefix:@"[Amplitude] Application"]);
-
-    NSDictionary *event2 = [client getLastEventFromInstanceName:instanceName fromEnd: 0];
-    XCTAssertEqualObjects([event2 objectForKey:@"event_type"], kAMPApplicationOpened);
-    XCTAssertEqualObjects([[event2 objectForKey:@"event_properties"] objectForKey:kAMPEventPropFromBackground], @NO);
 }
 
 - (void)testObserveWillEnterForegroundNotification {
     id mockApplication = [OCMockObject niceMockForClass:[UIApplication class]];
     [[[mockApplication stub] andReturn:mockApplication] sharedApplication];
-    OCMStub([mockApplication applicationState]).andReturn(UIApplicationStateInactive);
-    
+    OCMExpect([mockApplication applicationState]).andReturn(UIApplicationStateInactive);
+
     NSString *instanceName = @"default_tracking_ObserveWillEnterForegroundNotification";
     Amplitude *client = [Amplitude instanceWithName:instanceName];
     client.defaultTracking.appLifecycles = YES;
@@ -1643,8 +1635,15 @@ - (void)testObserveWillEnterForegroundNotification {
     NSNotificationCenter *center = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
     [center postNotificationName:UIApplicationWillEnterForegroundNotification object:app];
 
+    OCMExpect([mockApplication applicationState]).andReturn(UIApplicationStateBackground);
+    [center postNotificationName:UIApplicationWillEnterForegroundNotification object:app];
+
     [client flushQueue];
 
+    NSDictionary *event1 = [client getLastEventFromInstanceName:instanceName fromEnd: 1];
+    XCTAssertEqualObjects([event1 objectForKey:@"event_type"], kAMPApplicationOpened);
+    XCTAssertEqualObjects([[event1 objectForKey:@"event_properties"] objectForKey:kAMPEventPropFromBackground], @NO);
+
     NSDictionary *event2 = [client getLastEventFromInstanceName:instanceName fromEnd: 0];
     XCTAssertEqualObjects([event2 objectForKey:@"event_type"], kAMPApplicationOpened);
     XCTAssertEqualObjects([[event2 objectForKey:@"event_properties"] objectForKey:kAMPEventPropFromBackground], @YES);