diff --git a/scripts/config.php b/scripts/config.php
index 6d2e63a..93ec929 100644
--- a/scripts/config.php
+++ b/scripts/config.php
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ if (file_exists($home."/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt")) {
   $apprise_config = "";
 }
 
+if (file_exists($home."/BirdNET-Pi/message.txt")) {
+  $apprise_notification_body = file_get_contents($home."/BirdNET-Pi/message.txt");
+} else {
+  $apprise_notification_body = "";
+}
+
 function syslog_shell_exec($cmd, $sudo_user = null) {
   if ($sudo_user) {
     $cmd = "sudo -u $sudo_user $cmd";
@@ -138,7 +144,6 @@ if(isset($_GET["latitude"])){
   $contents = preg_replace("/LONGITUDE=.*/", "LONGITUDE=$longitude", $contents);
   $contents = preg_replace("/BIRDWEATHER_ID=.*/", "BIRDWEATHER_ID=$birdweather_id", $contents);
   $contents = preg_replace("/APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE=.*/", "APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE=\"$apprise_notification_title\"", $contents);
-  $contents = preg_replace("/APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY=.*/", "APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY=\"$apprise_notification_body\"", $contents);
   $contents = preg_replace("/APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=.*/", "APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=$apprise_notify_each_detection", $contents);
   $contents = preg_replace("/APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES=.*/", "APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES=$apprise_notify_new_species", $contents);
   $contents = preg_replace("/APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES_EACH_DAY=.*/", "APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES_EACH_DAY=$apprise_notify_new_species_each_day", $contents);
@@ -177,6 +182,10 @@ if(isset($_GET["latitude"])){
     fwrite($appriseconfig, $apprise_input);
     $apprise_config = $apprise_input;
   }
+  if(isset($apprise_notification_body)){
+    $apprisebody = fopen($home."/BirdNET-Pi/message.txt", "w");
+    fwrite($apprisebody, $apprise_notification_body);
+  }
   if ($model != $config['MODEL'] || $language != $config['DATABASE_LANG']){
     if(strlen($language) == 2){
       syslog_shell_exec("$home/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/install_language_label.sh", $user);
@@ -537,7 +546,7 @@ https://discordapp.com/api/webhooks/{WebhookID}/{WebhookToken}
       <label for="apprise_notification_title">Notification Title: </label>
       <input name="apprise_notification_title" style="width: 100%" type="text" value="<?php print($config['APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE']);?>" /><br>
       <label for="apprise_notification_body">Notification Body: </label>
-      <input name="apprise_notification_body" style="width: 100%" type="text" value='<?php print($config['APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY']);?>' /><br>
+      <textarea name="apprise_notification_body" style="width: 100%" rows="5" type="text" ><?php print($apprise_notification_body);?></textarea>
       <input type="checkbox" name="apprise_notify_new_species" <?php if($config['APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES'] == 1 && filesize($home."/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt") != 0) { echo "checked"; };?> >
       <label for="apprise_notify_new_species">Notify each new infrequent species detection (<5 visits per week)</label><br>
       <input type="checkbox" name="apprise_notify_new_species_each_day" <?php if($config['APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES_EACH_DAY'] == 1 && filesize($home."/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt") != 0) { echo "checked"; };?> >
diff --git a/scripts/utils/notifications.py b/scripts/utils/notifications.py
index 3ead8ab..70e0796 100644
--- a/scripts/utils/notifications.py
+++ b/scripts/utils/notifications.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import time as timeim
 
 userDir = os.path.expanduser('~')
 APPRISE_CONFIG = userDir + '/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt'
+APPRISE_BODY = userDir + '/BirdNET-Pi/body.txt'
 DB_PATH = userDir + '/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/birds.db'
 
 images = {}
@@ -68,7 +69,9 @@ def sendAppriseNotifications(species, confidence, confidencepct, path,
     if os.path.exists(APPRISE_CONFIG) and os.path.getsize(APPRISE_CONFIG) > 0:
 
         title = html.unescape(settings_dict.get('APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE'))
-        body = html.unescape(settings_dict.get('APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY'))
+        f = open(APPRISE_BODY, 'r')
+        body = f.read()
+
         sciName, comName = species.split("_")
 
         APPRISE_ONLY_NOTIFY_SPECIES_NAMES = settings_dict.get('APPRISE_ONLY_NOTIFY_SPECIES_NAMES')
@@ -110,10 +113,8 @@ def sendAppriseNotifications(species, confidence, confidencepct, path,
                     resp = requests.get(url=url, timeout=10).json()
                     images[comName] = resp['data']['image_url']
                 except Exception as e:
-                    print("FLICKR API ERROR: "+str(e))
-                    image_url = ""
-            else:
-                image_url = images[comName]
+                    print("IMAGE API ERROR: "+str(e))
+            image_url = images.get(comName, "")
 
         if settings_dict.get('APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION') == "1":
             notify_body = render_template(body, "detection")