diff --git a/src/notification.c b/src/notification.c
index 8c046c1..ad6beea 100644
--- a/src/notification.c
+++ b/src/notification.c
@@ -438,7 +438,10 @@ void notification_init(notification *n)
         n->dup_count = 0;
 
         /* urgency > URG_CRIT -> array out of range */
-        n->urgency = n->urgency > URG_CRIT ? URG_CRIT : n->urgency;
+        if (n->urgency < URG_MIN)
+                n->urgency = URG_LOW;
+        if (n->urgency > URG_MAX)
+                n->urgency = URG_CRIT;
 
         if (!n->color_strings[ColFG]) {
                 n->color_strings[ColFG] = xctx.color_strings[ColFG][n->urgency];
diff --git a/src/notification.h b/src/notification.h
index df574ac..29b6c6c 100644
--- a/src/notification.h
+++ b/src/notification.h
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@
 
 enum urgency {
         URG_NONE = -1,
+        URG_MIN = 0,
         URG_LOW = 0,
         URG_NORM = 1,
         URG_CRIT = 2,
+        URG_MAX = 2,
 };
 
 typedef struct _raw_image {