diff --git a/check-battery.sh b/check-battery.sh
index 76806f6..666b726 100755
--- a/check-battery.sh
+++ b/check-battery.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if [ $PERCENT -le "23" ]; then
   notify-send --urgency=critical "Low battery $PERCENT%"
 fi
 
-if [ $PERCENT -le "7" ]; then
+if [ $PERCENT -le "3" ]; then
   echo "powering down..."
   systemctl suspend
 fi
diff --git a/pdfshrink b/pdfshrink
index ed69c8f..4cba1a5 100755
--- a/pdfshrink
+++ b/pdfshrink
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 if [ "$1" == "-h" ] ; then
     echo "
-        shrinkpdf - resize pdf to smaller size. Warning: if no second file name is provided, the default behavior is to overwrite the original pdf
-         usage:
-          shrinkpdf.sh large.pdf
-          shrinkpdf.sh large.pdf small.pdf
-         dependencies:
-          ps2pdf from Ghostscript
-          mktemp from GNU Coreutils
-   
-              Usage: shrinkpdf.sh infile.pdf
-                     shrinkpdf.sh infile outfile.pdf 
+        pdfshrink - resize pdf to smaller size. Warning: if no second file name is provided, the default behavior is to overwrite the original pdf
+
+          Usage: pdfshrink infile.pdf
+                 pdfshrink infile outfile.pdf 
+
+          Dependencies:
+                 ps2pdf from Ghostscript
+                 mktemp from GNU Coreutils
     "
     exit 0
 fi
diff --git a/pdfsplit b/pdfsplit
index ec5461f..6f7f41e 100755
--- a/pdfsplit
+++ b/pdfsplit
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ if [ "$1" == "-h" ] ; then
 fi
 
 # the following is from a stackoverflow answer
-# function pdfsplit()
-# {
     # this function uses 3 arguments:
     #     $1 is the first page of the range to extract
     #     $2 is the last page of the range to extract
@@ -27,5 +25,4 @@ fi
        -dLastPage=${2} \
        -sOutputFile=${3%.pdf}_p${1}-p${2}.pdf \
        ${3}
-# }
 
diff --git a/wm_spawn b/wm_spawn
index 3fbedd9..15606d0 100755
--- a/wm_spawn
+++ b/wm_spawn
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ if [ -n "$TMUX" ] ; then
     tmux split-window -h $EDITOR $1
 else
     # alacritty -e "nvim \"$*\""
-    alacritty -e bash -ic "$EDITOR $1" &
+    (alacritty -e bash -ic "$EDITOR $1") &
 fi