diff --git a/src/notification.c b/src/notification.c
index 5449dc1..1c18db4 100644
--- a/src/notification.c
+++ b/src/notification.c
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ void notification_print(const struct notification *n)
 /* see notification.h */
 void notification_run_script(struct notification *n)
 {
+        if (n->script_run && !settings.always_run_script)
+                return;
+
+        n->script_run = true;
+
         const char *appname = n->appname ? n->appname : "";
         const char *summary = n->summary ? n->summary : "";
         const char *body = n->body ? n->body : "";
@@ -111,16 +116,11 @@ void notification_run_script(struct notification *n)
 
         for(int i = 0; i < n->script_count; i++) {
 
-                if(n->script_run[i] && !settings.always_run_script)
-                        continue;
-
                 const char *script = n->scripts[i];
 
                 if (STR_EMPTY(script))
                         continue;
 
-                n->script_run[i] = true;
-
                 int pid1 = fork();
 
                 if (pid1) {
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ void notification_unref(struct notification *n)
 
         if (n->script_count > 0){
                 g_free(n->scripts);
-                g_free(n->script_run);
         }
 
         g_free(n);
@@ -334,6 +333,7 @@ struct notification *notification_create(void)
         n->transient = false;
         n->progress = -1;
 
+        n->script_run = false;
         n->dbus_valid = false;
 
         n->fullscreen = FS_SHOW;
diff --git a/src/notification.h b/src/notification.h
index 6578882..e387c4a 100644
--- a/src/notification.h
+++ b/src/notification.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ struct notification {
         int dup_count;          /**< amount of duplicate notifications stacked onto this */
         int displayed_height;
         enum behavior_fullscreen fullscreen; //!< The instruction what to do with it, when desktop enters fullscreen
-        bool *script_run;        /**< Has the script been executed already? */
+        bool script_run;        /**< Has the script been executed already? */
 
         /* derived fields */
         char *msg;            /**< formatted message */
diff --git a/src/rules.c b/src/rules.c
index 4471185..bb9fd91 100644
--- a/src/rules.c
+++ b/src/rules.c
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ void rule_apply(struct rule *r, struct notification *n)
                 n->scripts = g_renew(const char*,n->scripts,n->script_count + 1);
                 n->scripts[n->script_count] = r->script;
 
-                n->script_run = g_renew(bool,n->script_run,n->script_count + 1);
-                n->script_run[n->script_count] = false;
-
                 n->script_count++;
         }
         if (r->set_stack_tag) {