diff --git a/lib/notifier.js b/lib/notifier.js
index 883fe6b8..ccd912b4 100644
--- a/lib/notifier.js
+++ b/lib/notifier.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const crypto = require('crypto')
-const R = require('ramda')
+const _ = require('lodash/fp')
 const prettyMs = require('pretty-ms')
 const numeral = require('numeral')
 
@@ -11,13 +11,25 @@ const STALE_STATE = 2 * T.minute
 const NETWORK_DOWN_TIME = T.minute
 const ALERT_SEND_INTERVAL = T.hour
 
+const PING = Symbol('PING')
+const STALE = Symbol('STALE')
+const LOW_BALANCE = Symbol('LOW_BALANCE')
+
+const CODES_DISPLAY = {
+  [PING]: 'Machine Down',
+  [STALE]: 'Machine Stuck',
+  [LOW_BALANCE]: 'Low Balance'
+}
+
 let alertFingerprint
 let lastAlertTime
 
-function toInt10 (str) { return parseInt(str, 10) }
+function codeDisplay (code) {
+  return CODES_DISPLAY[code]
+}
 
 function jsonParse (event) {
-  return R.assoc('note', JSON.parse(event.note), event)
+  return _.set('note', JSON.parse(event.note), event)
 }
 
 function sameState (a, b) {
@@ -77,26 +89,37 @@ function checkNotification (plugins) {
   .catch(logger.error)
 }
 
+const getDeviceTime = _.flow(_.get('device_time'), _.unary(parseInt))
+
 function checkPing (deviceEvents) {
-  const sortedEvents = R.sortBy(R.compose(toInt10, R.prop('device_time')), R.map(jsonParse, deviceEvents))
-  const lastEvent = R.last(sortedEvents)
+  const sortedEvents = _.sortBy(getDeviceTime, _.map(jsonParse, deviceEvents))
+  const lastEvent = _.last(sortedEvents)
 
   if (!lastEvent) {
-    return [{code: 'ping'}]
+    return [{code: PING}]
   }
 
   const age = Math.floor(lastEvent.age)
   if (age > NETWORK_DOWN_TIME) {
-    return [{code: 'ping', age: age}]
+    return [{code: PING, age: age}]
   }
 
   return []
 }
 
+function dropRepeatsWith (comparator, arr) {
+  var fullReduce = _.reduce.convert({cap: false})
+  const iteratee = (acc, val) => val === acc.last
+  ? acc
+  : {arr: _.concat(acc.arr, val), last: val}
+
+  return fullReduce(iteratee, {arr: []}, arr).arr
+}
+
 function checkStuckScreen (deviceEvents) {
-  const sortedEvents = R.sortBy(R.compose(toInt10, R.prop('device_time')), R.map(jsonParse, deviceEvents))
-  const noRepeatEvents = R.dropRepeatsWith(sameState, sortedEvents)
-  const lastEvent = R.last(noRepeatEvents)
+  const sortedEvents = _.sortBy(getDeviceTime, _.map(jsonParse, deviceEvents))
+  const noRepeatEvents = dropRepeatsWith(sameState, sortedEvents)
+  const lastEvent = _.last(noRepeatEvents)
 
   if (!lastEvent) {
     return []
@@ -111,7 +134,7 @@ function checkStuckScreen (deviceEvents) {
 
   const age = Math.floor(lastEvent.age)
   if (age > STALE_STATE) {
-    return [{code: 'stale', state: state, age: age}]
+    return [{code: STALE, state: state, age: age}]
   }
 
   return []
@@ -154,18 +177,18 @@ function formatCurrency (num, code) {
 
 function emailAlert (alert) {
   switch (alert.code) {
-    case 'ping':
+    case PING:
       if (alert.age) {
         const pingAge = prettyMs(alert.age, {compact: true, verbose: true})
-        return 'Connection to machine down for ' + pingAge
+        return `Machine down for ${pingAge}`
       }
-      return 'Machine down for a while or never connected'
-    case 'stale':
+      return 'Machine down for a while.'
+    case STALE:
       const stuckAge = prettyMs(alert.age, {compact: true, verbose: true})
-      return 'Machine is stuck on ' + alert.state + 'screen for ' + stuckAge
-    case 'lowBalance':
+      return `Machine is stuck on ${alert.state} screen for ${stuckAge}`
+    case LOW_BALANCE:
       const balance = formatCurrency(alert.fiatBalance.balance, alert.fiatCode)
-      return 'Low balance of ' + balance + ' in ' + alert.cryptoCode + ' wallet'
+      return `Low balance of ${balance} in ${alert.cryptoCode} wallet`
   }
 }
 
@@ -181,7 +204,7 @@ function printEmailAlerts (alertRec) {
     body = body + emailAlerts(alertRec.general)
   }
 
-  R.keys(alertRec.devices).forEach(function (device) {
+  _.keys(alertRec.devices).forEach(function (device) {
     const deviceName = alertRec.deviceNames[device]
     body = body + '\nErrors for ' + deviceName + ':\n'
     body = body + emailAlerts(alertRec.devices[device])
@@ -193,13 +216,13 @@ function printEmailAlerts (alertRec) {
 function alertSubject (alertRec) {
   let alerts = alertRec.general
 
-  R.keys(alertRec.devices).forEach(function (device) {
-    alerts = R.concat(alerts, alertRec.devices[device])
+  _.keys(alertRec.devices).forEach(function (device) {
+    alerts = _.concat(alerts, alertRec.devices[device])
   })
 
   if (alerts.length === 0) return null
 
-  const alertTypes = R.uniq(R.pluck('code', alerts)).sort()
+  const alertTypes = _.map(codeDisplay, _.uniq(_.map('code', alerts))).sort()
   return '[Lamassu] Errors reported: ' + alertTypes.join(', ')
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/plugins.js b/lib/plugins.js
index 405a8560..ce2f3f33 100644
--- a/lib/plugins.js
+++ b/lib/plugins.js
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ function plugins (settings, deviceId) {
     const lowBalanceThreshold = config.lowBalanceThreshold
 
     return rec.fiatBalance.balance <= lowBalanceThreshold
-    ? {code: 'lowBalance', cryptoCode: rec.cryptoCode, fiatBalance: rec.fiatBalance, fiatCode: rec.fiatCode}
+    ? {code: Symbol('LOW_BALANCE'), cryptoCode: rec.cryptoCode, fiatBalance: rec.fiatBalance, fiatCode: rec.fiatCode}
     : null
   }