diff --git a/hbd/server/templates/alerts.html b/hbd/server/templates/alerts.html
index 5fd941d..c73ca0d 100644
--- a/hbd/server/templates/alerts.html
+++ b/hbd/server/templates/alerts.html
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@
     }
 
     .alert-metric {
-      color: #666;
-      font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;
-      font-size: 0.9em;
+      color: #0066cc;
+      font-size: 0.85em;
+      font-weight: normal;
     }
 
     .alert-details {
@@ -438,8 +438,8 @@
               <div class="alert-header">
                 <span class="alert-level ${level}">${alert.level}</span>
                 <a class="alert-hostname" href="/plugins#${alert.hostname}">${alert.hostname}</a>
+                <span class="alert-metric">${alert.metric_path.includes('.') ? alert.metric_path.slice(alert.metric_path.indexOf('.') + 1) : alert.metric_path}</span>
               </div>
-              <div class="alert-metric">${alert.metric_path.includes('.') ? alert.metric_path.slice(alert.metric_path.indexOf('.') + 1) : alert.metric_path}</div>
               <div class="alert-details">
                 <span>${valueText}</span>
                 <span class="alert-duration">Active for ${duration}</span>
diff --git a/hbd/server/threshold.py b/hbd/server/threshold.py
index 1a2511d..2be4588 100644
--- a/hbd/server/threshold.py
+++ b/hbd/server/threshold.py
@@ -1109,11 +1109,16 @@ class ThresholdChecker:
         if host is not None and not host.watched:
             eventlog(host_name, lvl, message, service="threshold")
             return
+        short_path = metric_path.partition(".")[2] or metric_path
+        title = f"[{lvl}] {host_name}  {short_path}"
+        # Strip the "metric = " prefix from message so body is just the value/detail
+        prefix = short_path + " = "
+        body = message[len(prefix):] if message.startswith(prefix) else message
         asyncio.get_event_loop().create_task(notify_mod.send_notification(
             host_name,
             notify_mod.Notification(
-                title=f"[{lvl}] {host_name}",
-                body=message,
+                title=title,
+                body=body,
                 level=lvl,
             ),
         ))
@@ -1358,18 +1363,19 @@ class ThresholdChecker:
                     check_name=check_name,
                     metric_name=metric_name,
                 )
-                message = f"REMINDER ({alert_state.level.name}): {host_name} - {short_path} = {value} {threshold_info}, ongoing for {int(now - alert_state.since)}s"
+                body = f"{value} {threshold_info}, ongoing for {int(now - alert_state.since)}s"
             else:
-                message = f"REMINDER ({alert_state.level.name}): {host_name} - {short_path} = {value} (ongoing for {int(now - alert_state.since)}s)"
-            
+                body = f"{value} (ongoing for {int(now - alert_state.since)}s)"
+            message = f"REMINDER ({alert_state.level.name}): {host_name} - {short_path} = {body}"
+
             from . import hbdclass
             host = hbdclass.Host.hosts.get(host_name)
             if host is None or host.watched:
                 asyncio.get_event_loop().create_task(notify_mod.send_notification(
                     host_name,
                     notify_mod.Notification(
-                        title=f"[REMINDER/{alert_state.level.name}] {host_name}",
-                        body=message,
+                        title=f"[REMINDER/{alert_state.level.name}] {host_name}  {short_path}",
+                        body=body,
                         level=alert_state.level.name,
                     ),
                 ))