diff --git a/bw-updater b/bw-updater
index b162ffa..f05888f 100644
--- a/bw-updater
+++ b/bw-updater
@@ -18,10 +18,19 @@ chat_id=
 # set your username
 username=
 
-download_and_compile_bitwarden () {
+function send_message {
+	if [ $# -eq 0 ]
+	then
+		echo "No argument supplied. Please specify the message to send."
+	else
+		curl -sSf -X POST https://api.telegram.org/${key}/sendMessage --data chat_id=${chat_id} --data text="${1}" --output /dev/null
+	fi
+}
+
+function download_and_compile_bitwarden {
         rm --recursive --force /tmp/bitwarden
-        su --login "${username}" --command "git clone https://github.com/dani-garcia/bitwarden_rs.git /tmp/bitwarden"
-        su --login "${username}" --command "/home/${username}/.cargo/bin/cargo build --quiet --features sqlite --release --manifest-path=/tmp/bitwarden/Cargo.toml"
+        su --login ${username} --command "git clone https://github.com/dani-garcia/bitwarden_rs.git /tmp/bitwarden"
+        su --login ${username} --command "/home/${username}/.cargo/bin/cargo build --quiet --features sqlite --release --manifest-path=/tmp/bitwarden/Cargo.toml"
         systemctl stop bitwarden.service
         mv /tmp/bitwarden/target/release/bitwarden_rs /usr/local/bin/bitwarden
         chown root:bitwarden /usr/local/bin/bitwarden
@@ -33,12 +42,13 @@ download_and_compile_bitwarden () {
 function check_if_bitwarden_is_up_to_date {
         local_release=$(/usr/local/bin/bitwarden --version | awk --field-separator '-' '{print $2}')
         latest_release=$(git ls-remote https://github.com/dani-garcia/bitwarden_rs.git HEAD | awk '{print substr($1, 1, length($1) - 32)}')
-        if [ "${latest_release}" == "${local_release}" ]; then
-                curl -sSf -X POST https://api.telegram.org/"${key}"/sendMessage --data chat_id="${chat_id}" --data text="[Bitwarden] - Bitwarden RS is up to date (${local_release})" --output /dev/null
+        if [ ${latest_release} == ${local_release} ]
+	then
+		send_message "[Bitwarden] - Bitwarden RS is up to date (${local_release})"
         else
-                curl -sSf -X POST https://api.telegram.org/"${key}"/sendMessage --data chat_id="${chat_id}" --data text="[Bitwarden] - Bitwarden RS is not up to date (https://github.com/dani-garcia/bitwarden_rs/commit/${latest_release})" --output /dev/null
-                download_and_compile_bitwarden "${latest_release}"
-                curl -sSf -X POST https://api.telegram.org/"${key}"/sendMessage --data chat_id="${chat_id}" --data text="[Bitwarden] - Bitwarden RS has just been updated." --output /dev/null
+		send_message "[Bitwarden] - Bitwarden RS is not up to date (https://github.com/dani-garcia/bitwarden_rs/commit/${latest_release})"
+                download_and_compile_bitwarden
+		send_message "[Bitwarden] - Bitwarden RS has just been updated."
         fi
 }