diff --git a/src/applications/notification/client/PhabricatorNotificationClient.php b/src/applications/notification/client/PhabricatorNotificationClient.php
--- a/src/applications/notification/client/PhabricatorNotificationClient.php
+++ b/src/applications/notification/client/PhabricatorNotificationClient.php
@@ -6,15 +6,14 @@
 
   public static function getServerStatus() {
     $uri = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('notification.server-uri');
-    $uri = new PhutilURI($uri);
-
-    $uri->setPath('/status/');
+    $uri = id(new PhutilURI($uri))
+      ->setPath('/status/');
 
     list($body) = id(new HTTPSFuture($uri))
       ->setTimeout(3)
       ->resolvex();
 
-    $status = json_decode($body, true);
+    $status = phutil_json_decode($body);
     if (!is_array($status)) {
       throw new Exception(
         pht(
diff --git a/src/applications/notification/setup/PhabricatorAphlictSetupCheck.php b/src/applications/notification/setup/PhabricatorAphlictSetupCheck.php
--- a/src/applications/notification/setup/PhabricatorAphlictSetupCheck.php
+++ b/src/applications/notification/setup/PhabricatorAphlictSetupCheck.php
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
         ->addRelatedPhabricatorConfig('notification.server-uri')
         ->addCommand(
           pht(
-            "(To start the server, run this command.)\n".
-            "phabricator/ $ ./bin/aphlict start"));
+            "(To start the server, run this command.)\n%s",
+            'phabricator/ $ ./bin/aphlict start'));
 
       return;
     }