diff --git a/SABnzbd.py b/SABnzbd.py
index 63e6407..f997217 100755
--- a/SABnzbd.py
+++ b/SABnzbd.py
@@ -1521,8 +1521,8 @@ def main():
         if sabnzbd.FOUNDATION:
             import sabnzbd.osxmenu
             sabnzbd.osxmenu.notify("SAB_Launched", None)
-        growler.send_notification('SABnzbd %s' % (sabnzbd.__version__),
-                             "http://%s:%s/sabnzbd" % (browserhost, cherryport), 'startup')
+        growler.send_notification('SABnzbd%s' % growler.hostname(),
+                                  T('SABnzbd %s started') % sabnzbd.__version__, 'startup')
         # Now's the time to check for a new version
         check_latest_version()
     autorestarted = False
diff --git a/sabnzbd/growler.py b/sabnzbd/growler.py
index 45ae495..7ec1be9 100644
--- a/sabnzbd/growler.py
+++ b/sabnzbd/growler.py
@@ -137,10 +137,7 @@ def register_growl():
     error = None
     host, port = sabnzbd.misc.split_host(sabnzbd.cfg.growl_server())
 
-    if host:
-        sys_name = '@' + sabnzbd.misc.hostname().lower()
-    else:
-        sys_name = ''
+    sys_name = hostname(host)
 
     # Clean up persistent data in GNTP to make re-registration work
     GNTPRegister.notifications = []
@@ -304,3 +301,18 @@ def send_notification_center(title, msg, gtype):
     else:
         output = 'Notifier app not found'
     return output.strip('*\n ')
+
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+def hostname(host=True):
+    """ Return host's pretty name """
+    if sabnzbd.WIN32:
+        sys_name = os.environ.get('computername', 'unknown')
+    try:
+        sys_name = os.uname()[1]
+    except:
+        sys_name = 'unknown'
+    if host:
+        return '@%s' % sys_name.lower()
+    else:
+        return ''
diff --git a/sabnzbd/misc.py b/sabnzbd/misc.py
index f9bc4cc..439dd30 100644
--- a/sabnzbd/misc.py
+++ b/sabnzbd/misc.py
@@ -717,17 +717,6 @@ def split_host(srv):
 
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-def hostname():
-    """ Return host's pretty name """
-    if sabnzbd.WIN32:
-        return os.environ.get('computername', 'unknown')
-    try:
-        return os.uname()[1]
-    except:
-        return 'unknown'
-
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def check_mount(path):
     """ Return False if volume isn't mounted on Linux or OSX
         Retry 6 times with an interval of 1 sec.