diff --git a/scripts/install_config.sh b/scripts/install_config.sh
index 6e3a1bd..3c4a334 100755
--- a/scripts/install_config.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_config.sh
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ RTSP_STREAM_TO_LIVESTREAM="0"
 #-----------------------  Apprise Miscellanous Configuration -------------------#
 
 APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE="New BirdNET-Pi Detection"
-APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY="A \$comname (\$sciname)  was just detected with a confidence of \$confidence (\$reason)"
 APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=0
 APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES=0
 APPRISE_WEEKLY_REPORT=1
@@ -299,3 +298,7 @@ chmod g+w ${birdnet_conf}
 [ -d /etc/birdnet ] || sudo mkdir /etc/birdnet
 sudo ln -sf $birdnet_conf /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
 grep -ve '^#' -e '^$' /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf > $my_dir/firstrun.ini
+
+source /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
+echo 'A $comname ($sciname)  was just detected with a confidence of $confidence ($reason)' | sudo -u $BIRDNET_USER tee "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/body.txt"
+chmod g+w "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/body.txt"
diff --git a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
index 67988f6..42cc8de 100755
--- a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ SRC='^APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY="A \$comname \(\$sciname\)  was just detected wi
 DST='APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY="A \$comname (\$sciname)  was just detected with a confidence of \$confidence (\$reason)"'
 sed -i --follow-symlinks -E "s/$SRC/$DST/" /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
 
+if ! [ -f $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/body.txt ];then
+  grep -E '^APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY=".*"' birdnet.conf | cut -d '"' -f 2 | sudo_with_user tee "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/body.txt"
+  chmod g+w "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/body.txt"
+  sed -i --follow-symlinks -E 's/^APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY=/#APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY=/' /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
+fi
+
 if ! grep -E '^INFO_SITE=' /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf &>/dev/null;then
   echo "INFO_SITE=\"ALLABOUTBIRDS\"" >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
 fi