diff --git a/src/notify.py b/src/notify.py
index 6cac6005ae26bee31abb80441d893bd9ca7dc17f..a8a7378634b964a8e42214225fe7c565c337d010 100644
--- a/src/notify.py
+++ b/src/notify.py
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ class DesktopNotification:
                 hints['category'] = dbus.String(ntype)
                 # it seems notification-daemon doesn't like empty text
                 if self.text:
+                    text = self.text
                     if len(self.text) > 200:
                         text = '%s\n...' % self.text[:200]
                 else: