diff --git a/examples/linux-desktop-notifications/notify-desktop.sh b/examples/linux-desktop-notifications/notify-desktop.sh
index bc93128c84cfb0338d2bad38d69f44de32597367..2e20fc42da40c82a878b8923195de4f081e2d575 100644
--- a/examples/linux-desktop-notifications/notify-desktop.sh
+++ b/examples/linux-desktop-notifications/notify-desktop.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # This is an example shell script showing how to consume a ntfy.sh topic using
 # a simple script. The notify-send command sends any arriving message as a desktop notification.
 
+TOPIC_URL=ntfy.sh/mytopic
+
 while read msg; do
   [ -n "$msg" ] && notify-send "$msg"
-done < <(stdbuf -i0 -o0 curl -s ntfy.sh/mytopic/raw)
+done < <(stdbuf -i0 -o0 curl -s $TOPIC_URL/raw)
diff --git a/examples/ssh-login-alert/ntfy-ssh-login.sh b/examples/ssh-login-alert/ntfy-ssh-login.sh
index 4c92c44b117f6a1960462b89d3dc11b328263844..1c9c14073f240993b1c2d8ba68314faf863b5895 100644
--- a/examples/ssh-login-alert/ntfy-ssh-login.sh
+++ b/examples/ssh-login-alert/ntfy-ssh-login.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # This is a PAM script hook that shows how to notify you when
 # somebody logs into your server. Place at /usr/local/bin/ntfy-ssh-login.sh (with chmod +x!).
 
+TOPIC_URL=ntfy.sh/alerts
+
 if [ "${PAM_TYPE}" = "open_session" ]; then
-  echo -en "\u26A0\uFE0F SSH login to $(hostname): ${PAM_USER} from ${PAM_RHOST}" | curl -T- ntfy.sh/alerts
+  curl -H tags:warning -H prio:high -d "SSH login to $(hostname): ${PAM_USER} from ${PAM_RHOST}" "${TOPIC_URL}"
 fi
diff --git a/server/cache_sqlite.go b/server/cache_sqlite.go
index 6ba4bbc99bb5598a781cb1eecf1f4dda60ee74ec..a6211d3e4134a4e2f9b4a6309c8c3180491f2418 100644
--- a/server/cache_sqlite.go
+++ b/server/cache_sqlite.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3" // SQLite driver
+	"log"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ func setupNewDB(db *sql.DB) error {
 }
 
 func migrateFrom0To1(db *sql.DB) error {
+	log.Print("Migrating cache database schema: from 0 to 1")
 	if _, err := db.Exec(migrate0To1AlterMessagesTableQuery); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}