diff --git a/src/giph b/src/giph
index b4852cc..a9cde0b 100755
--- a/src/giph
+++ b/src/giph
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ MICROPHONE=0
 MICROPHONE_SOURCE=default
 FORMAT_OVERWRITE=""
 
+LAST_NOTIFICATION_ID=0
+
 function print_version() {
   echo "$VERSION"
   exit 0
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ function log() {
 }
 
 function log_error() {
-  notify "$1" "critical"
+  notify "$1"
   log "\033[0;31mERROR:\033[0m $1" -1 "${2:-true}" true
 }
 
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ function log_warning() {
 }
 
 function log_success() {
-  notify "$1" "normal"
+  notify "$1"
   log "\033[0;32mSUCCESS:\033[0m $1" 0 "${2:-true}"
 }
 
@@ -96,12 +98,27 @@ function log_info() {
   log "\033[0;36mINFO:\033[0m $1" 0 "${2:-true}"
 }
 
+# send a notification - (message:string, durationms:int)
 function notify() {
   [ "$NOTIFY" = 1 ] && {
-    notify=(notify-send -t 3000)
-    notify+=(-u "$2")
-    notify+=("giph" "$1")
-    "${notify[@]}"
+    LAST_NOTIFICATION_ID=$(gdbus call \
+      --session \
+      --dest=org.freedesktop.Notifications \
+      --object-path=/org/freedesktop/Notifications \
+      --method=org.freedesktop.Notifications.Notify \
+      "giph" "$LAST_NOTIFICATION_ID" "" "giph" "$1" \
+      '[]' '{"urgency": <1>}' "${3:-5000}" | sed -E 's/^.* ([0-9]+).*$/\1/')
+  }
+}
+
+function close_last_notification() {
+  [ "$NOTIFY" = 1 ] && {
+    gdbus call \
+      --session \
+      --dest org.freedesktop.Notifications \
+      --object-path /org/freedesktop/Notifications \
+      --method org.freedesktop.Notifications.CloseNotification "$LAST_NOTIFICATION_ID"
+    LAST_NOTIFICATION_ID=0
   }
 }
 
@@ -373,7 +390,7 @@ function record() {
       ;;
   esac
 
-  [ -n "$DELAY" ] && [ "$DELAY" -gt 0 ] && countdown_cli "$DELAY" "recording starts in"
+  [ -n "$DELAY" ] && [ "$DELAY" -gt 0 ] && countdown "$DELAY" "recording starts in"
 
   ffmpeg_command="${ffmpeg[*]}"
   log "ffmpeg command: '$ffmpeg_command'" 2 true
@@ -384,7 +401,7 @@ function record() {
   log "started recording video with ffmpeg" 1 true
 
   if [ -n "$TIMER" ] && [ "$TIMER" -gt 0 ]; then
-    countdown_cli "$TIMER" "recording stops in"
+    countdown "$TIMER" "recording stops in"
   else
     stop_recording_handler_cli
   fi
@@ -395,14 +412,16 @@ function record() {
   log "completed ffmpeg video recording" 1 true
 }
 
-function countdown_cli() {
+function countdown() {
   seconds="$1"
   while [ "$seconds" -ge 0 ]; do
     log "\r\033[K\033[0;36m$2:\033[0m $seconds" 0 false false true
+    notify "$2 $seconds" 2000
     if [ "$seconds" -gt 0 ]; then
       sleep 1
     else
       log "\r\033[K" 0 false false true
+      close_last_notification
     fi
     : "$((seconds--))"
   done