diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index ed88cb3..184ca63 100644
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ db_name="fulldbbackup"
 #Telegram details
 api=bot api 
 chatid=chat id info
+url="https://api.telegram.org/bot$api/sendMessage"
 
 #ssh info
 suser="user"
@@ -36,37 +37,37 @@ shost="host/ip"
 sloc="backup remote location"
 
 # Print start status message.
-curl -s -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot$api/sendMessage -d chat_id=$chatid -d parse_mode="HTML" -d text="Backing up <b>$backup_files</b> to <b>$dest/$archive_file</b>"
+curl -s -X POST $url -d chat_id=$chatid -d parse_mode="HTML" -d text="Backing up <b>$backup_files</b> to <b>$dest/$archive_file</b>"
 
 # Backup the files using tar.
 tar czvfP $dest/$archive_file $backup_files
 
 # Print end status message.
-curl -s -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot$api/sendMessage -d chat_id=$chatid -d parse_mode="HTML" -d text="Backup finished at <b>$dest/$archive_file</b>"
+curl -s -X POST $url -d chat_id=$chatid -d parse_mode="HTML" -d text="Backup finished at <b>$dest/$archive_file</b>"
 
 # Copy over ssh
-curl -s -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot$api/sendMessage -d chat_id=$chatid -d parse_mode="HTML" -d text="Copy backup <b>$archive_file</b> to orangepi"
+curl -s -X POST $url -d chat_id=$chatid -d parse_mode="HTML" -d text="Copy backup <b>$archive_file</b> to orangepi"
 
 scp $dest/$archive_file $suser@$shost:$sloc
 
 #finished copy 
-curl -s -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot$api/sendMessage -d chat_id=$chatid -d parse_mode="HTML" -d text="Backup <b>$archive_file<b> to orangepi complete"
+curl -s -X POST $url -d chat_id=$chatid -d parse_mode="HTML" -d text="Backup <b>$archive_file<b> to orangepi complete"
 
 #Start database backup
-curl -s -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot$api/sendMessage -d chat_id=$chatid -d parse_mode="HTML" -d text="Starting SQL Backup"
+curl -s -X POST $url -d chat_id=$chatid -d parse_mode="HTML" -d text="Starting SQL Backup"
 
 #dump database
-curl -s -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot$api/sendMessage -d chat_id=$chatid -d parse_mode="HTML" -d text="dump database"
+curl -s -X POST $url -d chat_id=$chatid -d parse_mode="HTML" -d text="dump database"
 
 mysqldump --user=$user --events --ignore-table=mysql.event --password=$password --all-databases > $dest/$db_name-$date.sql
 
 #make tar
-curl -s -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot$api/sendMessage -d chat_id=$chatid -d parse_mode="HTML" -d text="Backup the files using tar."
+curl -s -X POST $url -d chat_id=$chatid -d parse_mode="HTML" -d text="Backup the files using tar."
 
 tar -cpzf $dest/$sql_file --directory=/ --exclude=proc --exclude=sys --exclude=dev/pts --exclude=$dest $src_dir
 
 # Copy over ssh
-curl -s -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot$api/sendMessage -d chat_id=$chatid -d parse_mode="HTML" -d text="Copy backup to orangepi"
+curl -s -X POST $url -d chat_id=$chatid -d parse_mode="HTML" -d text="Copy backup to orangepi"
 
 scp $dest/$sql_file $suser@$shost:$sloc
 
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ uptime >> /tmp/backup/info2
 uname=`cat /tmp/backup/info1`
 uptime=`cat /tmp/backup/info2`
 
-curl -s -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot$api/sendMessage -d chat_id=$chatid -d parse_mode="HTML" -d text="Current uptime of <b>$uname</b> is <b>$uptime</b>. All backups complete, good bye! :)"
+curl -s -X POST $url -d chat_id=$chatid -d parse_mode="HTML" -d text="Current uptime of <b>$uname</b> is <b>$uptime</b>. All backups complete, good bye! :)"
 
 #delete files
 rm $dest/$archive_file