diff --git a/bin/alert b/bin/alert
index 0cc392e..d4fdd68 100755
--- a/bin/alert
+++ b/bin/alert
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-MSG=$@
+TITLE=$1
+MSG=$2
 
-echo -e '\a'
-osascript -e "tell application (path to frontmost application as text) to display dialog \"$MSG\" buttons {\"OK\"} with icon note" &> /dev/null
+osascript -e "display notification \"$MSG\" with title \"$TITLE\" sound name \"Ping\"" &> /dev/null