diff --git a/vns b/vns
index dcea628..3b6c30e 100644
--- a/vns
+++ b/vns
@@ -346,10 +346,11 @@ vns_merge () {
     if [ -r "$VNS_STORE/$1.gpg" ]; then vns_raise "Output file already exists." 82; fi
     if [ ! -r "$VNS_STORE/$2.gpg" ]; then vns_raise "Could not read $2" 83; fi
 
-    local GPG_OPTS=()
-    for recip in $(gpg --list-only -v -d "${VNS_STORE}/$2.gpg" 2>&1 | awk '/public key is/{print $5}'); do
-        GPG_OPTS=( "${GPG_OPTS[@]}" -r "$recip" )
-    done
+    #local GPG_OPTS=()
+    #for recip in $(gpg --list-only -v -d "${VNS_STORE}/$2.gpg" 2>&1 | awk '/public key is/{print $5}'); do
+    #    GPG_OPTS=( "${GPG_OPTS[@]}" -r "$recip" )
+    #done
+    local -r NOTE_NAME="$1"
     local -r OUTPUT="${VNS_STORE}/${1}.gpg"
     shift
 
@@ -361,14 +362,12 @@ vns_merge () {
             fi
 
             printf "File: %s\n" "$note"
-            gpg2 --batch -d "$VNS_STORE/$note.gpg"
+            gpg2 --batch -d "$VNS_STORE/$note.gpg" 2>/dev/null
             printf "\n"
         done
     }
 
-    vns_gpgcat "$@" | gpg2 --batch --yes "${GPG_OPTS[@]}" --encrypt -o "$VNS_STORE/$OUTPUT.gpg" 
-
-    vns_git add "$VNS_STORE/$1.gpg"
+    vns_gpgcat "$@" | gpg2 --batch --yes "$(vns_gpgid)" --encrypt -o "$OUTPUT" 
 
     printf "%s" "Remove old notes? (y/N) "
     local response=''; read -r response
@@ -378,9 +377,9 @@ vns_merge () {
                 vns_git rm "$VNS_STORE/$note.gpg"    
             done;;
      esac
-     vns_git add "$VNS_STORE/$OUTPUT.gpg"
-     vns_git commit -m "merged files $OUTPUT $* into $OUTPUT"
-     vns_report "Successfully merged files $OUTPUT $* into $OUTPUT"
+     vns_git add "$OUTPUT" >/dev/null 2>&1
+     vns_git commit -m "merged files $* into $NOTE_NAME" >/dev/null 2>&1
+     vns_report "Successfully merged files $* into $NOTE_NAME"
 }
 
 vns_duplicate () {