diff --git a/notify.pl b/notify.pl
index faf6136..6f71afa 100755
--- a/notify.pl
+++ b/notify.pl
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ my $function = $ARGV[0] || "empty";
 my $function_variable = $ARGV[1] || "empty";
 my $message = $ARGV[2] || "empty";
 
-$function_variable = substr $function_variable, 0, -4 if ($function_variable =~ m/.txt/);
+if ($function_variable =~ m/.txt/) {
+	$function_variable = substr $function_variable, 0, -4;
+	$function_variable = substr $function_variable, 4;
+	say $function_variable;
+}
 
 # define the prices for the different components of the VM
 my $base_price = '67';