diff --git a/scripts/core/sxmo_common.sh b/scripts/core/sxmo_common.sh
index becf585..05d7b5f 100644
--- a/scripts/core/sxmo_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/sxmo_common.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ alias find="busybox find"
 alias pkill="busybox pkill"
 alias pgrep="busybox pgrep"
 alias xargs="busybox xargs"
+alias less="busybox less"
+alias tail="busybox tail"
 
 SXMO_COMMON_INCLUDED=1
 
diff --git a/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemmonitor.sh b/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemmonitor.sh
index 570c46b..b9668d0 100755
--- a/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemmonitor.sh
+++ b/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemmonitor.sh
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ checkfornewtexts() {
 
 		sxmo_notificationwrite.sh \
 			random \
-			"st -T '$NUM SMS' -e less +F '$LOGDIR/$NUM/sms.txt'" \
+			"st -T '$NUM SMS' -e tail -n9999 -f '$LOGDIR/$NUM/sms.txt'" \
 			"$LOGDIR/$NUM/sms.txt" \
 			"Message - $CONTACTNAME: $TEXT"
 
diff --git a/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemtext.sh b/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemtext.sh
index c59c47b..36e3c15 100755
--- a/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemtext.sh
+++ b/scripts/modem/sxmo_modemtext.sh
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ senddrafttextmenu() {
 
 tailtextlog() {
 	if [ "$TERMMODE" != "true" ]; then
-		st -T "$1 SMS" -e less +F "$LOGDIR/$1/sms.txt"
+		st -T "$1 SMS" -e tail -n9999 -f "$LOGDIR/$1/sms.txt"
 	else
-		less +F "$LOGDIR/$1/sms.txt"
+		tail -n9999 -f "$LOGDIR/$1/sms.txt"
 	fi
 }