diff --git a/bin/checkupdates.sh b/bin/checkupdates.sh
index ff6d511..df446f3 100755
--- a/bin/checkupdates.sh
+++ b/bin/checkupdates.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if [ -f /tmp/"$CONKYPID" ]; then
     PKGS=$(pamac checkupdates -aq| wc -l)
     if [ "$PKGS" != "0" ]; then
         if [[ "$update_notifications" == "true" ]];then
-        notify-send.sh -t 0 -i mbcc "$AVAIL_UPDATES" "$PKGS_TO_UPDATE $PKGS" -o "$YAY_UPD:terminator -T '$YAY_UPD' -e yay" \
+        notify-send.sh -u critical -i mbcc "$AVAIL_UPDATES" "$PKGS_TO_UPDATE $PKGS" -o "$YAY_UPD:terminator -T '$YAY_UPD' -e yay" \
         -o "$PAMAC_UPD:pamac-manager --updates" -o "$DISABLE:mb-setvar update_notifications=false ${CNF_FILE}"
         fi
         printf "\${font}\${alignr} $AVAIL_UPDATES: \${color red}"
diff --git a/bin/conkyctl b/bin/conkyctl
index 938ab11..feba7f2 100755
--- a/bin/conkyctl
+++ b/bin/conkyctl
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ BASECONKY="$CONKYDIR/sysinfo_mbcolor.conkyrc"
 SESSIONFILE="$CONKYDIR/conky-sessionfile"
 
 update_session () {
+    sleep 1
     :> "${SESSIONFILE}"
     while read -r pid b c confpath 
     do