diff --git a/pacman-zfs-snapshot.sh b/pacman-zfs-snapshot.sh
index 286d7c5..1e5fe61 100755
--- a/pacman-zfs-snapshot.sh
+++ b/pacman-zfs-snapshot.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ function split_pkgs_by_importance () {
     done
 }
 
+function set_severity () {
+    if [[ "${#important_pkgs_in_transaction[@]}" -ge '1' ]]; then
+        severity='imp'
+    else
+        severity='trv'
+    fi
+}
+
 function main () {
     local pkgs_in_transaction
     pkgs_in_transaction=("${@}")
@@ -42,7 +50,9 @@ function main () {
     declare -a important_pkgs_in_transaction trivial_pkgs_in_transaction
     split_pkgs_by_importance "${pkgs_in_transaction[@]}"
 
-    
+    local severity
+    set_severity
+
     #for pkg in "${!important_pkgs_in_transaction[@]}"; do
     #    printf -- 'Array item '"'"'%s'"'"' equals '"'"'%s'"'"'\n' "${pkg}" "${important_pkgs_in_transaction[${pkg}]}"
     #done