diff --git a/birthdays.sh b/birthdays.sh
index d767ba1..ccb2f2e 100755
--- a/birthdays.sh
+++ b/birthdays.sh
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 conf_file=$HOME/birthdays
 days_left=30
 
-# functions to get days to birthday
-function days_left {
-    birthday=$(date -d "$1" +%j 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^0*//')
+readarray lines < "$conf_file"
+
+for i in "${lines[@]}"; do
+    birthday=$(date -d "$( cut -f 1 <<< "$i" )" +%j 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^0*//')
     today=$(date +%j 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^0*//')
     days=$(( ${birthday} - ${today} ))
     if  [ 0 -le "$days" ] && [ "$days" -le "$days_left" ];then
@@ -19,9 +20,4 @@ function days_left {
 	fi
 	
     fi
-}
-readarray lines < "$conf_file"
-
-for i in "${lines[@]}"; do
-    days_left "$( cut -f 1 <<< "$i" )"
 done