diff --git a/auto-notify.plugin.zsh b/auto-notify.plugin.zsh
index cea50d6..f7a728b 100644
--- a/auto-notify.plugin.zsh
+++ b/auto-notify.plugin.zsh
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 export AUTO_NOTIFY_VERSION="0.1.0"
 
+# Command that the user has executed
 AUTO_COMMAND=""
+# Full command that the user has executed after alias expansion
+AUTO_COMMAND_FULL=""
+# Command start time in seconds since epoch
 AUTO_COMMAND_START=0
+# Threshold for when to automatically show a notification
 AUTO_NOTIFY_THRESHOLD=5
+# List of commands/programs to ignore sending notifications for
 AUTO_NOTIFY_IGNORE=("vim" "nvim" "emacs" "less" "more" "man")
 
 autoload -Uz add-zsh-hook
@@ -29,7 +35,7 @@ function _is_auto_notify_ignored() {
 function _auto_notify_send() {
     local current="$(date +"%s")"
 
-    if [[ "$(_is_auto_notify_ignored "$AUTO_COMMAND")" == "yes" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$(_is_auto_notify_ignored "$AUTO_COMMAND_FULL")" == "yes" ]]; then
         return
     fi
 
@@ -42,6 +48,7 @@ function _auto_notify_send() {
 
 function _auto_notify_track() {
     AUTO_COMMAND="$1"
+    AUTO_COMMAND_FULL="$2"
     AUTO_COMMAND_START="$(date +"%s")"
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_auto_notify.zunit b/tests/test_auto_notify.zunit
index 6fe8c76..798a4f5 100644
--- a/tests/test_auto_notify.zunit
+++ b/tests/test_auto_notify.zunit
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 @test 'auto-notify-send does not send notification for short task' {
     AUTO_COMMAND="foo bar -r"
+    AUTO_COMMAND_FULL="foo bar -r"
     AUTO_COMMAND_START=11099
     run _auto_notify_send
 
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@
 
 @test 'auto-notify-send does not send notification for ignored commands' {
     for command in $AUTO_NOTIFY_IGNORE; do
-        AUTO_COMMAND="$command bar -r"
+        AUTO_COMMAND="somealias bar -r"
+        AUTO_COMMAND_FULL="$command bar -r"
         AUTO_COMMAND_START=11000
         run _auto_notify_send
 
@@ -57,11 +59,12 @@
 }
 
 @test 'auto-notify-send sends notification' {
-    AUTO_COMMAND="foo bar -r"
+    AUTO_COMMAND="f bar -r"
+    AUTO_COMMAND_FULL="foo bar -r"
     AUTO_COMMAND_START=11080
     run _auto_notify_send
 
     assert $state equals 0
-    assert "$lines[1]" same_as 'Notification: "foo bar -r" has completed'
+    assert "$lines[1]" same_as 'Notification: "f bar -r" has completed'
     assert "$lines[2]" same_as "(Total time: 20 seconds)"
 }