diff --git a/services/notmuch/notmuch b/services/notmuch/notmuch
index 94b1c1d..fdd8204 100755
--- a/services/notmuch/notmuch
+++ b/services/notmuch/notmuch
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ip route ls | grep -v '' && exit 1
 # check if the gpg-agent is running
 pgrep gpg-agent >/dev/null || exit 2
 
-while notmuch --config="$HOME/.notmuch-config" new --quiet 2>&1 | grep -v "Ignoring" | xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty notify-send && sleep 3m; do
-    true
-done
+notmuch --config="$HOME/.notmuch-config" new --quiet 2>&1 \
+    | grep -v "Ignoring"                                  \
+    | xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty notify-send              \
+    && exec sleep 3m