diff --git a/bin/mailsync b/bin/mailsync
index b33de11..387ce65 100755
--- a/bin/mailsync
+++ b/bin/mailsync
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ syncandnotify() {
     acc="$(echo "$account" | sed "s/.*\///")"
     mbsync "$acc"
     new=$(find "$HOME/.local/share/mail/$acc/INBOX/new/" "$HOME/.local/share/mail/$acc/Inbox/new/" "$HOME/.local/share/mail/$acc/inbox/new/" -type f -newer "$HOME/.config/mutt/.mailsynclastrun" 2> /dev/null)
-    newcount=$(find "$HOME/.local/share/mail/$acc/INBOX/new/" "$HOME/.local/share/mail/$acc/Inbox/new/" "$HOME/.local/share/mail/$acc/inbox/new/" -type f -newer "$HOME/.config/mutt/.mailsynclastrun" 2> /dev/null | wc -l)
+    newcount=$(echo "$new" | sed '/^\s*$/d' | wc -l)
     if [ "$newcount" -gt "0" ]; then
         notify "$acc" "$newcount" &
         for file in $new; do