diff --git a/mutt/.mutt/mailnotify.sh b/mutt/.mutt/mailnotify.sh
index cc5f1fa..e1f1ee5 100755
--- a/mutt/.mutt/mailnotify.sh
+++ b/mutt/.mutt/mailnotify.sh
@@ -4,26 +4,31 @@ export DISPLAY=:0
 
 imapfilter -c ~/.imapfilter/config.lua
 
+# find also outputs the directory itself it is given as input and since we
+# count the lines in output for checking the number of mails, this gives
+# a result of 1 when no mails have been received. For this, we substract 1
+# from the result of our command.
+
 if [ -d "$HOME/Mail/fastmail" ]; then
 	mbsync fastmail
-	fastmail_inbox=$(find ~/Mail/fastmail/Inbox/new | wc -l)
-	if [ "$fastmail_inbox" -gt 1 ]; then
+	fastmail_inbox=$(($(find ~/Mail/fastmail/Inbox/new | wc -l)-1))
+	if [ "$fastmail_inbox" -gt 0 ]; then
 	       notify-send "You have $fastmail_inbox new mails in fastmail inbox"
 	fi
 fi
 
 if [ -d "$HOME/Mail/sanchayan" ]; then
 	mbsync gmail
-	gmail_inbox=$(find ~/Mail/sanchayan/Inbox/new | wc -l)
-	if [ "$gmail_inbox" -gt 1 ]; then
+	gmail_inbox=$(($(find ~/Mail/sanchayan/Inbox/new | wc -l)-1))
+	if [ "$gmail_inbox" -gt 0 ]; then
 	       notify-send "You have $gmail_inbox new mails in gmail inbox"
 	fi
 fi
 
 if [ -d "$HOME/Mail/asymptotic" ]; then
 	mbsync asymptotic
-	asymptotic_inbox=$(find ~/Mail/asymptotic/Inbox/new | wc -l)
-	if [ "$asymptotic_inbox" -gt 1 ]; then
+	asymptotic_inbox=$(($(find ~/Mail/asymptotic/Inbox/new | wc -l)-1))
+	if [ "$asymptotic_inbox" -gt 0 ]; then
 	       notify-send "You have $asymptotic_inbox new mails in asymptotic inbox"
 	fi
 fi