diff --git a/web/clitools/crawler.php b/web/clitools/crawler.php
index 8e7cfdc..bdf7c31 100755
--- a/web/clitools/crawler.php
+++ b/web/clitools/crawler.php
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ function truncs($str,$tab,$col,$ctx) {
 	$size=$tables[$tab][$col];
 	$len=mb_strlen($str,'UTF-8');
 	if ($len>$size) {
-		notify($ctx.': had to truncate to '.$size.' characters the value to be inserted into «'.$col.'» column in «'.$tab.'» table because it was too long ('.$len.' characters).',2);
+		notify($ctx.': had to truncate to '.$size.' characters the value to be inserted into «'.$col.'» column in «'.$tab.'» table because it was too long ('.$len.' characters).',3);
 		$str=mb_substr($str,0,$size-1,'UTF-8').'…';
 	}
 	return($str);
@@ -225,10 +225,10 @@ function truncn($num,$tab,$col,$ctx) {
 		$tab=strtolower($tab);
 	if (is_numeric($num)) {
 		if ($num>$tables[$tab][$col]['max']) {
-			notify($ctx.': had to ceil «'.$num.'» to «'.$tables[$tab][$col]['max'].'», ie the maximum value it can have in column «'.$col.'» of table «'.$tab.'».',2);
+			notify($ctx.': had to ceil «'.$num.'» to «'.$tables[$tab][$col]['max'].'», ie the maximum value it can have in column «'.$col.'» of table «'.$tab.'».',3);
 			$num=$tables[$tab][$col]['max'];
 		} elseif ($num<$tables[$tab][$col]['min']) {
-			notify($ctx.': had to floor «'.$num.'» to «'.$tables[$tab][$col]['min'].'», ie the minimum value it can have in column «'.$col.'» of table «'.$tab.'»).',2);
+			notify($ctx.': had to floor «'.$num.'» to «'.$tables[$tab][$col]['min'].'», ie the minimum value it can have in column «'.$col.'» of table «'.$tab.'»).',3);
 			$num=$tables[$tab][$col]['min'];
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -358,8 +358,9 @@ function subarimp($glue,$key,&$arr) {
 }
 
 function notify($msg,$sev) {
+	// notify "Severity" should be called "Importance"; anyway, it is to be thought of as "$lev" param of function "eecho": 0=debug, 1=info, 2=warning, 3=error
 	global $link, $tables, $iswin, $opts;
-	eecho(1,'*notification*: '.strip_tags($msg).N);
+	eecho($sev,'*notification*: '.strip_tags($msg).N);
 	$tab='Notifications';
 	if ($iswin) $tab='notifications';
 	if (!$opts['dryrun']) mysqli_query($link,'INSERT INTO Notifications (ID, Notification, Severity, Microtime, Seen, Deleted) VALUES (NULL, \''.myesc($link,mb_substr($msg,0,$tables[$tab]['Notification'],'UTF-8')).'\', '.$sev.', \''.microtime(true).'\', 0, 0)')
@@ -642,7 +643,7 @@ while ($i<$cinsts) {
 						if (mysqli_num_rows($res)<1) {
 							if (!$opts['dryrun']) mysqli_query($link,'INSERT INTO Platforms (Name) VALUES (\''.myesc($link,truncs($info['x-nodeinfo']['software']['name'],'Platforms','Name','«'.$info['uri'].'»')).'\')')
 								or mexit(__LINE__.': '.mysqli_error($link).N,3);
-							notify('New software found: «'.$info['uri'].'» runs on «'.$info['x-nodeinfo']['software']['name'].'»; i added it to the table of known softwares. It would be good to check whether it is a Mastodon derivate and how compatible it is, to decide whether to consider instances using it as Mastodon instances.',1);
+							notify('New software found: «'.$info['uri'].'» runs on «'.$info['x-nodeinfo']['software']['name'].'»; i added it to the table of known softwares. It would be good to check whether it is a Mastodon derivate and how compatible it is, to decide whether to consider instances using it as Mastodon instances.',2);
 						}
 					}
 				} else {
@@ -715,7 +716,7 @@ while ($i<$cinsts) {
 					if ($now-$rrow['Time']>$opts['deadline']) {
 						if (!$opts['dryrun']) mysqli_query($link,'UPDATE Instances SET Dead=1 WHERE ID='.$row['ID'])
 							or mexit(__LINE__.': '.mysqli_error($link).N,3);
-						notify('Instance «<a href="viewinst.php?id='.$row['ID'].'">'.$row['URI'].'</a>» is dead!',1);
+						notify('Instance «<a href="viewinst.php?id='.$row['ID'].'">'.$row['URI'].'</a>» is dead!',2);
 					}
 				} else {
 					eecho(2,'«'.$host.'» exists in the database but there’s no data about it in InstChecks! I’ll remedy.'.N);
@@ -733,8 +734,7 @@ while ($i<$cinsts) {
 					$instid=0;
 				}
 			} else {
-				eecho(3,'table «Instances» has «'.$nrows.'» entries for instance «'.$host.'»!'.N);
-				notify('Instance «'.$row['URI'].'» has «'.$nrows.'» entries in «Instances» table!',1);
+				notify('Instance «'.$row['URI'].'» has «'.$nrows.'» entries in «Instances» table!',3);
 			}
 		} else {
 
@@ -863,8 +863,7 @@ while ($i<$cinsts) {
 						$instrow['New']=1;
 						if ($now-$oldinstrow['FirstSeen']>$opts['oldline']) {
 							$instrow['New']=0;
-							eecho(1,'«'.$row['URI'].'» is no longer new.'.N);
-							notify('Instance «<a href="viewinst.php?id='.$row['ID'].'">'.$row['URI'].'</a>» is no longer new.',1);
+							notify('Instance «<a href="viewinst.php?id='.$row['ID'].'">'.$row['URI'].'</a>» is no longer new.',2);
 						}
 					}
 				}
@@ -984,8 +983,7 @@ while ($i<$cinsts) {
 					notify('New instance «<a href="viewinst.php?id='.$instid.'">'.$instrow['URI'].'</a>» is suitable!',1);
 
 			} else {
-				eecho(3,'table «Instances» has «'.$nrows.'» entries for instance «'.$host.'»!'.N);
-				notify('Instance «'.$row['URI'].'» has «'.$nrows.'» entries in «Instances» table!',1);
+				notify('Instance «'.$row['URI'].'» has «'.$nrows.'» entries in «Instances» table!',3);
 			}
 
 			if (array_key_exists('x-activity',$info) && is_array($info['x-activity'])) {