diff --git a/zsh/modules/bin/tellme b/zsh/modules/bin/tellme
index 0de3437..48fe3e2 100755
--- a/zsh/modules/bin/tellme
+++ b/zsh/modules/bin/tellme
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ curl -s \
   --form-string "token=$application_token" \
   --form-string  "user=$user_token" \
   --form-string  "message=$message" \
-  https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json 1>/dev/null
+  https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json \
+  | grep "\"status\":1," 1>/dev/null
 
 [[ $? -eq 0 ]] && echo "message sent" || echo "ERROR SENDING NOTIFICATION"