1 files changed, 3 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Nagios/Plugin.pm b/lib/Nagios/Plugin.pm
index 697005a..82bbfcb 100644
--- a/lib/Nagios/Plugin.pm
+++ b/lib/Nagios/Plugin.pm
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use Carp;
 use base qw(Class::Accessor::Fast);
 
 Nagios::Plugin->mk_accessors(qw(
+                                                                shortname
                                                                 perfdata 
                                                                 messages 
                                                                 opts
@@ -45,11 +46,8 @@ sub new {
                 },
         );
 
-        my $shortname = undef;
-        if (exists $args{shortname}) {
-                $shortname = $args{shortname};
-                delete $args{shortname};
-        }
+        my $shortname = Nagios::Plugin::Functions::get_shortname(\%args);
+        delete $args{shortname} if (exists $args{shortname});
         my $self = {
                 shortname => $shortname,
                 perfdata  => [],           # to be added later
@@ -106,14 +104,6 @@ sub max_state_alt {
     Nagios::Plugin::Functions::max_state_alt(@_);
 }
 
-# Override default shortname accessor to add default
-sub shortname {
-    my $self = shift;
-    $self->{shortname} = shift if @_;
-    return $self->{shortname} || 
-           Nagios::Plugin::Functions::get_shortname();
-}
-
 # top level interface to Nagios::Plugin::Threshold
 sub check_threshold {
         my $self = shift;