diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ee843861..1ce82a21 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ curl -s ntfy.sh/mytopic/sse
 You can easily script it to execute any command when a message arrives. This sends desktop notifications (just like 
 the web UI, but without it):
 ```
-while read msg; do 
-  notify-send "$msg"
+while read msg; do
+  [ -n "$msg" ] && notify-send "$msg"
 done < <(stdbuf -i0 -o0 curl -s ntfy.sh/mytopic/raw)
 ```
 
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ sudo apt install ntfy
 **Debian/Ubuntu** (*manual install*)**:**
 ```bash
 sudo apt install tmux
-wget https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/releases/download/v0.0.4/ntfy_0.0.4_amd64.deb
-dpkg -i ntfy_0.0.4_amd64.deb
+wget https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/releases/download/v1.0.0/ntfy_1.0.0_amd64.deb
+dpkg -i ntfy_1.0.0_amd64.deb
 ```
 
 **Fedora/RHEL/CentOS:**
 ```bash
-rpm -ivh https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/releases/download/v0.0.4/ntfy_0.0.4_amd64.rpm
+rpm -ivh https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/releases/download/v1.0.0/ntfy_1.0.0_amd64.rpm
 ```
 
 **Docker:**
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ go get -u heckel.io/ntfy
 
 **Manual install** (*any x86_64-based Linux*)**:**
 ```bash
-wget https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/releases/download/v0.0.4/ntfy_0.0.4_linux_x86_64.tar.gz
-sudo tar -C /usr/bin -zxf ntfy_0.0.4_linux_x86_64.tar.gz ntfy
+wget https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/releases/download/v1.0.0/ntfy_1.0.0_linux_x86_64.tar.gz
+sudo tar -C /usr/bin -zxf ntfy_1.0.0_linux_x86_64.tar.gz ntfy
 ./ntfy
 ```