diff --git a/bin/mailsync b/bin/mailsync
index 818158d..d33ec23 100755
--- a/bin/mailsync
+++ b/bin/mailsync
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pgrep mbsync >/dev/null && { echo "mbsync is already running."; exit ;}
 # files for variable assignments. This is ugly, but there are few options that
 # will work on the maximum number of machines.
 eval "$(grep -h -- \
-	"^\s*\(export \)\?\(MBSYNCRC\|PASSWORD_STORE_DIR\|NOTMUCH_CONFIG\|GNUPGHOME|MAILSYNC_MUTE\)=" \
+	"^\s*\(export \)\?\(MBSYNCRC\|PASSWORD_STORE_DIR\|NOTMUCH_CONFIG\|GNUPGHOME\|MAILSYNC_MUTE\)=" \
 	"$HOME/.profile" "$HOME/.bash_profile" "$HOME/.zprofile"  "$HOME/.config/zsh/.zprofile" "$HOME/.zshenv" \
 	"$HOME/.config/zsh/.zshenv" "$HOME/.bashrc" "$HOME/.zshrc" "$HOME/.config/zsh/.zshrc" \
 	"$HOME/.pam_environment" 2>/dev/null)"
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ lastrun="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/mutt/.mailsynclastrun"
 
 # Mute notifications or get kernel name.
 # Settings are different for MacOS (Darwin) systems.
-[ -z "$MAILSYNC_MUTE" ] && notify="$(uname)" || notify="no"
+[ -z "$MAILSYNC_MUTE" ] && notify="$(uname)" || notify="mute"
 case "$notify" in
-	no)
+	mute)
 		notify() { echo "notifications disabled" >/dev/null ;}
 		;;
 	Darwin)