diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 34deb94..9507d88 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ hakuna timer start --taskId=2 --note="Building cool stuff!"
 ```
 
 If you don't want to use environment variables you can use the `.hakuna.yaml` config file.
-The CLI searches for the config file in two places, the first in the current directory and
+The CLI searches for the config file in two places, first in the current directory and
 after that in the user home directory.
 
 Example using the config file:
diff --git a/cmd/tasks.go b/cmd/tasks.go
index eb4de41..9ce942e 100644
--- a/cmd/tasks.go
+++ b/cmd/tasks.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 // tasksCmd represents the tasks command
 var tasksCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "tasks",
-	Short: "List all task",
+	Short: "List all tasks",
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		format, err := cmd.LocalFlags().GetString("format")
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/timer.go b/cmd/timer.go
index a24245b..9b632fe 100644
--- a/cmd/timer.go
+++ b/cmd/timer.go
@@ -97,9 +97,14 @@ func startTimer(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		startTime = pTime
 	}
 
+	noteFlag, err := cmd.LocalFlags().GetString("note")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	h := initHakunaClient()
 
-	req, err := hakuna.NewStartTimerReq(taskId, startTime, "", 0)
+	req, err := hakuna.NewStartTimerReq(taskId, startTime, noteFlag, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}