diff --git a/usr/local/bin/sh.zio.backup b/usr/local/bin/sh.zio.backup
index b7ad3c4..035dda0 100755
--- a/usr/local/bin/sh.zio.backup
+++ b/usr/local/bin/sh.zio.backup
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ function invoke_script() {
 function trigger_notify() {
 	level="$1"
 	title="$2"
-	message="$(echo "$3" | sed -r "s/\x1B\[[0-9;]*[JKmsu]//g")"
+	message="$3"
 	log_path="$4"
 	notify_prog="/usr/local/bin/sh.zio.notify"
 
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ function trigger_notify() {
 				--message "$message" \
 				--title "$title"
 		else
+			message="$(echo "$3" | sed -r "s/\x1B\[[0-9;]*[JKmsu]//g")"
+
 			"$notify_prog" \
 				--file "$log_path" \
 				--invoked-by "$(basename $me_filename)" \
@@ -320,11 +322,7 @@ function print_time() {
     [[ $m != "0" ]] && output+=" $m $m_string"
     [[ $s != "0" ]] && output+=" $s $s_string"
 
-	if [[ "$output" == "" ]]; then
-		echo "0 seconds"
-	else
-    	echo $output
-	fi
+    echo $output
 }
 
 function start_service() {