diff --git a/app/notify.html b/app/notify.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 6dd8af4e..00000000
--- a/app/notify.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<script>
-  require('electron').ipcRenderer.on('notification', (ev, { title, body }) => {
-    new Notification(title, { body });
-  });
-</script>
diff --git a/app/notify.ts b/app/notify.ts
index 5c1e9ce3..c455fe55 100644
--- a/app/notify.ts
+++ b/app/notify.ts
@@ -1,44 +1,10 @@
-import {resolve} from 'path';
-import {app, BrowserWindow} from 'electron';
-import isDev from 'electron-is-dev';
+import {Notification} from 'electron';
+import {icon} from './config/paths';
 
-let win: BrowserWindow;
-
-// the hack of all hacks
-// electron doesn't have a built in notification thing,
-// so we launch a window on which we can use the
-// HTML5 `Notification` API :'(
-
-let buffer: string[][] = [];
-
-function notify(title: string, body = '', details: any = {}) {
+export default function notify(title: string, body = '', details: any = {}) {
   console.log(`[Notification] ${title}: ${body}`);
   if (details.error) {
     console.error(details.error);
   }
-  if (win) {
-    win.webContents.send('notification', {title, body});
-  } else {
-    buffer.push([title, body]);
-  }
+  new Notification({title, body, ...(process.platform === 'linux' && {icon})}).show();
 }
-
-app.on('ready', () => {
-  const win_ = new BrowserWindow({
-    show: false,
-    webPreferences: {
-      nodeIntegration: true
-    }
-  });
-  const url = `file://${resolve(isDev ? __dirname : app.getAppPath(), 'notify.html')}`;
-  win_.loadURL(url);
-  win_.webContents.on('dom-ready', () => {
-    win = win_;
-    buffer.forEach(([title, body]) => {
-      notify(title, body);
-    });
-    buffer = [];
-  });
-});
-
-export default notify;