diff --git a/deploy/panos.sh b/deploy/panos.sh
index c54d21fe..019d8c62 100644
--- a/deploy/panos.sh
+++ b/deploy/panos.sh
@@ -207,13 +207,12 @@ panos_deploy() {
   fi
 
   # PANOS_KEY
-  _getdeployconf PANOS_KEY
   if [ "$PANOS_KEY" ]; then
-    _debug "Detected saved key."
-    _panos_key=$PANOS_KEY
+    _debug "Detected ENV variable PANOS_KEY. Saving to file."
+    _savedeployconf PANOS_KEY "$PANOS_KEY" 1
   else
-    _debug "No key detected"
-    unset _panos_key
+    _debug "Attempting to load variable PANOS_KEY from file."
+    _getdeployconf PANOS_KEY
   fi
 
   # PANOS_TEMPLATE
@@ -256,6 +255,7 @@ panos_deploy() {
   _panos_host=$PANOS_HOST
   _panos_user=$PANOS_USER
   _panos_pass=$PANOS_PASS
+  _panos_key=$PANOS_KEY
   _panos_template=$PANOS_TEMPLATE
   _panos_template_stack=$PANOS_TEMPLATE_STACK
   _panos_vsys=$PANOS_VSYS
@@ -271,12 +271,6 @@ panos_deploy() {
   if [ -z "$_panos_host" ]; then
     _err "No host found. If this is your first time deploying, please set PANOS_HOST in ENV variables. You can delete it after you have successfully deployed the certs."
     return 1
-  elif [ -z "$_panos_user" ]; then
-    _err "No user found. If this is your first time deploying, please set PANOS_USER in ENV variables. You can delete it after you have successfully deployed the certs."
-    return 1
-  elif [ -z "$_panos_pass" ]; then
-    _err "No password found. If this is your first time deploying, please set PANOS_PASS in ENV variables. You can delete it after you have successfully deployed the certs."
-    return 1
   else
     # Use certificate name based on the first domain on the certificate if no custom certificate name is set
     if [ -z "$_panos_certname" ]; then
@@ -286,6 +280,13 @@ panos_deploy() {
 
     # Generate a new API key if no valid API key is found
     if [ -z "$_panos_key" ]; then
+      if [ -z "$_panos_user" ]; then
+        _err "No user found. If this is your first time deploying, please set PANOS_USER in ENV variables. You can delete it after you have successfully deployed the certs."
+        return 1
+      elif [ -z "$_panos_pass" ]; then
+        _err "No password found. If this is your first time deploying, please set PANOS_PASS in ENV variables. You can delete it after you have successfully deployed the certs."
+        return 1
+      fi
       _debug "**** Generating new PANOS API KEY ****"
       deployer keygen
       _savedeployconf PANOS_KEY "$_panos_key" 1
diff --git a/notify/telegram.sh b/notify/telegram.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 4ed50a65..1f379f19
--- a/notify/telegram.sh
+++ b/notify/telegram.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 #TELEGRAM_BOT_APITOKEN=""
 #TELEGRAM_BOT_CHATID=""
 #TELEGRAM_BOT_URLBASE=""
+#TELEGRAM_BOT_THREADID=""
+
+# To get TELEGRAM_BOT_THREADID, just copy the link of the message from the thread.
+# https://t.me/c/123456789/XXX/1520 - XXX is the TELEGRAM_BOT_THREADID
 
 telegram_send() {
   _subject="$1"
@@ -28,6 +32,12 @@ telegram_send() {
   fi
   _saveaccountconf_mutable TELEGRAM_BOT_CHATID "$TELEGRAM_BOT_CHATID"
 
+  TELEGRAM_BOT_THREADID="${TELEGRAM_BOT_THREADID:-$(_readaccountconf_mutable TELEGRAM_BOT_THREADID)}"
+  if [ -z "$TELEGRAM_BOT_THREADID" ]; then
+    TELEGRAM_BOT_THREADID=""
+  fi
+  _saveaccountconf_mutable TELEGRAM_BOT_THREADID "$TELEGRAM_BOT_THREADID"
+
   TELEGRAM_BOT_URLBASE="${TELEGRAM_BOT_URLBASE:-$(_readaccountconf_mutable TELEGRAM_BOT_URLBASE)}"
   if [ -z "$TELEGRAM_BOT_URLBASE" ]; then
     TELEGRAM_BOT_URLBASE="https://api.telegram.org"
@@ -39,6 +49,9 @@ telegram_send() {
   _content="$(printf "*%s*\n%s" "$_subject" "$_content" | _json_encode)"
   _data="{\"text\": \"$_content\", "
   _data="$_data\"chat_id\": \"$TELEGRAM_BOT_CHATID\", "
+  if [ -n "$TELEGRAM_BOT_THREADID" ]; then
+    _data="$_data\"message_thread_id\": \"$TELEGRAM_BOT_THREADID\", "
+  fi
   _data="$_data\"parse_mode\": \"MarkdownV2\", "
   _data="$_data\"disable_web_page_preview\": \"1\"}"