diff --git a/plugins/notifications.lua b/plugins/notifications.lua
index 0c9b15d..99ae7c0 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications.lua
+++ b/plugins/notifications.lua
@@ -26,14 +26,12 @@ local CheckNotifications = function()
 		end
 		local Notification = json.decode.decode(Data)
 		local Line = ""
-		if Notification['Notice'] ~= nil then
-			Line = "NOTICE " .. Notification['Receiver'] .. " :" .. Notification['Message']
-		else
-			Line = "PRIVMSG " .. Notification['Receiver'] .. " :" .. Notification['Message']
-		end
 		print("Sending notification: " .. Line)
-		irc:_Send(Line)
-
+		if Notification['Notice'] ~= nil then
+			irc:Notice(Notification['Receiver'], Notification['Message'])
+		else
+			irc:Say(Notification['Receiver'], Notification['Message'])
+		end
 		Redis:lrem('notifications:processing', -1, Data)
 	end
 	Redis:quit()
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ plugin.AddHook('ReactorTick', 'notifications', function()
     if irc == nil then
         return
     end
-    if LastGlobalChecked + 5 < os.time() then
+    if LastGlobalChecked + 1 < os.time() then
         LastGlobalChecked = os.time()
         pcall(function()
             CheckNotifications(irc)