diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index e2cd74b..df1fec8 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   QCommandLineOption degubOption("remote-debugging",
                                  "Open Chromium Remote Debugging on port 9222");
   parser.addOption(degubOption);
+  QCommandLineOption notifySendOption(
+      "notify-send", "Use notify-send instead of QT/KF5 notifications");
+  parser.addOption(notifySendOption);
 
   parser.process(app);
 
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
             "--remote-debugging-port=9222 " +
                 qgetenv("QTWEBENGINE_CHROMIUM_FLAGS"));
 
-  MainWindow w;
+  MainWindow w(parser.isSet(notifySendOption));
   w.show();
 
   return app.exec();
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
index bcf8f57..c43582a 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@
 
 MainWindow *MainWindow::m_instance = nullptr;
 
-MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent) {
+MainWindow::MainWindow(bool useNotifySend, QWidget *parent)
+    : QMainWindow(parent) {
   assert(MainWindow::m_instance == nullptr);
   MainWindow::m_instance = this;
+  m_useNotifySend = useNotifySend;
   setupWebView();
   resize(1000, 700);
   showMaximized();
@@ -40,22 +42,34 @@ void MainWindow::setupWebView() {
   m_webView = new QWebEngineView(this);
   m_webView->setPage(page);
 
-#ifdef KNOTIFICATIONS
-  QWebEngineProfile::defaultProfile()->setNotificationPresenter(
-      [&](std::unique_ptr<QWebEngineNotification> notificationInfo) {
-        KNotification *notification = new KNotification("discordNotification");
-        notification->setTitle(notificationInfo->title());
-        notification->setText(notificationInfo->message());
-        notification->setPixmap(QPixmap::fromImage(notificationInfo->icon()));
-        notification->setDefaultAction("View");
-        connect(notification, &KNotification::defaultActivated,
-                [&, notificationInfo = std::move(notificationInfo)]() {
-                  notificationInfo->click();
-                  activateWindow();
-                });
-        notification->sendEvent();
-      });
-#endif
+  if (m_useKF5Notifications || m_useNotifySend)
+    QWebEngineProfile::defaultProfile()->setNotificationPresenter(
+        [&](std::unique_ptr<QWebEngineNotification> notificationInfo) {
+          if (m_useNotifySend) {
+            auto title = notificationInfo->title();
+            auto message = notificationInfo->message();
+            auto image_path =
+                QString("/tmp/discord-screenaudio-%1.png").arg(title);
+            notificationInfo->icon().save(image_path);
+            QProcess::execute("notify-send",
+                              {"--icon", image_path, "--app-name",
+                               "discord-screenaudio", title, message});
+          } else if (m_useKF5Notifications) {
+            KNotification *notification =
+                new KNotification("discordNotification");
+            notification->setTitle(notificationInfo->title());
+            notification->setText(notificationInfo->message());
+            notification->setPixmap(
+                QPixmap::fromImage(notificationInfo->icon()));
+            notification->setDefaultAction("View");
+            connect(notification, &KNotification::defaultActivated,
+                    [&, notificationInfo = std::move(notificationInfo)]() {
+                      notificationInfo->click();
+                      activateWindow();
+                    });
+            notification->sendEvent();
+          }
+        });
 
   setCentralWidget(m_webView);
 }
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.h b/src/mainwindow.h
index 39721c8..e1b991a 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.h
+++ b/src/mainwindow.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow {
   Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-  explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
+  explicit MainWindow(bool useNotifySend = false, QWidget *parent = nullptr);
   static MainWindow *instance();
 
 private:
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ private:
   void closeEvent(QCloseEvent *event) override;
   bool m_wasMaximized;
   static MainWindow *m_instance;
+  bool m_useNotifySend;
+#ifdef KNOTIFICATIONS
+  bool m_useKF5Notifications = true;
+#else
+  bool m_useKF5Notifications = false;
+#endif
 
 private Q_SLOTS:
   void fullScreenRequested(QWebEngineFullScreenRequest fullScreenRequest);