diff --git a/config/action.d/apprise.conf b/config/action.d/apprise.conf
index ac54d8fd..37c42ea2 100644
--- a/config/action.d/apprise.conf
+++ b/config/action.d/apprise.conf
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 # Notes.:  command executed once at the start of Fail2Ban.
 # Values:  CMD
 #
-actionstart = printf %%b "The jail <name> as been started successfully." |apprise -t "[Fail2Ban] <name>: started on `uname -n`" -c /etc/fail2ban/apprise.conf
+actionstart = printf %%b "The jail <name> as been started successfully." | <apprise> -t "[Fail2Ban] <name>: started on `uname -n`"
 
 # Option:  actionstop
 # Notes.:  command executed once at the end of Fail2Ban
 # Values:  CMD
 #
-actionstop = printf %%b "The jail <name> has been stopped." |apprise -t "[Fail2Ban] <name>: stopped on `uname -n`" -c /etc/fail2ban/apprise.conf
+actionstop = printf %%b "The jail <name> has been stopped." | <apprise> -t "[Fail2Ban] <name>: stopped on `uname -n`"
 
 # Option:  actioncheck
 # Notes.:  command executed once before each actionban command
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ actioncheck =
 # Tags:    See jail.conf(5) man page
 # Values:  CMD
 #
-actionban = printf %%b "The IP <ip> has just been banned by Fail2Ban after <failures> attempts against <name>" | apprise -n "warning" -t "[Fail2Ban] <name>: banned <ip>$
+actionban = printf %%b "The IP <ip> has just been banned by Fail2Ban after <failures> attempts against <name>" | <apprise> -n "warning" -t "[Fail2Ban] <name>: banned <ip> from `uname -n`"
 
 # Option:  actionunban
 # Notes.:  command executed when unbanning an IP. Take care that the
@@ -45,3 +45,5 @@ actionunban =
 # Define location of the default apprise configuration file to use
 #
 config = /etc/fail2ban/apprise.conf
+#
+apprise = apprise -c "<config>"