diff --git a/src/freedombone-usb-canary b/src/freedombone-usb-canary
index 9d380f33..f641687d 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-usb-canary
+++ b/src/freedombone-usb-canary
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
 
 PROJECT_NAME=freedombone
 
-ADMIN_USER=$(cat /root/${PROJECT_NAME}-completed.txt | grep 'Admin user' | awk -F ':' '{print $2}')
-#MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS=${ADMIN_USER}@$(cat /etc/hostname)
-MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS=root@$(cat /etc/hostname)
-echo "USB device connected on ${DEVPATH}" | mail -s "${PROJECT_NAME} USB canary" ${MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS}
-echo "${ACTION}" > /tmp/usb-canary
-echo "${MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS}" >> /tmp/usb-canary
-echo "$(date)" >> /tmp/usb-canary
+UPTIME=$(cat /proc/uptime | awk -F '.' '{print $1}')
+if [ $UPTIME -gt 120 ]; then
+    ADMIN_USER=$(cat /root/${PROJECT_NAME}-completed.txt | grep 'Admin user' | awk -F ':' '{print $2}')
+    #MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS=${ADMIN_USER}@$(cat /etc/hostname)
+    MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS=root@$(cat /etc/hostname)
+    echo "USB device connected on ${DEVPATH}" | mail -s "${PROJECT_NAME} USB canary" ${MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS}
+    echo "${ACTION}" > /tmp/usb-canary
+    echo "${MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS}" >> /tmp/usb-canary
+    echo "$(date)" >> /tmp/usb-canary
+fi