diff --git a/notify-mail.hy b/notify-mail.hy
index e60e099..3060aad 100755
--- a/notify-mail.hy
+++ b/notify-mail.hy
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@
                     :text True)]
     (match output
       OutputType.LINES (str.splitlines result.stdout)
-      OutputType.JSON (let [json-root (json.loads result.stdout)]
-                        (if (!= (len json-root) 0)
-                          (. json-root [0] [0] [(slice None -1)])
-                          [])))))
+      OutputType.JSON (json.loads result.stdout))))
 
 (defclass Message []
   (setv uid None
@@ -108,7 +105,7 @@
                          "folder:Inbox"
                          :output OutputType.JSON)]
   (for [msg-json json-root]
-    (let [msg (Message.from-json msg-json mail-root)]
+    (let [msg (Message.from-json (. msg-json [0] [0]) mail-root)]
       (Thread.start (Thread :target notify-message
                             :args #(msg))))))