diff --git a/autotest/snorebenchmark.cpp b/autotest/snorebenchmark.cpp
index 641c078..889f028 100644
--- a/autotest/snorebenchmark.cpp
+++ b/autotest/snorebenchmark.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <libsnore/snore.h>
+#include <libsnore/snore_p.h>
 #include <libsnore/utils.h>
 
 #include <QTextDocument>
@@ -13,9 +14,14 @@ class SnoreBenchmark : public QObject
 public:
     SnoreBenchmark()
     {
-        SnoreCore::instance();
+        SnoreLog::setDebugLvl(3);
+        SnoreCore &instance = SnoreCore::instance();
+        instance.loadPlugins(SnorePlugin::BACKEND);
+        instance.setSettingsValue(QLatin1String("Timeout"), 1, LOCAL_SETTING);
     }
 
+
+
     QString htmlTestString = QLatin1String("<i>Italic A</i><br>"
                                            "<i>Italic B</i><br>"
                                            "<b>Bold</b><br>"
@@ -23,10 +29,13 @@ public:
                                            "<font color=\"blue\">Font</font><br>"
                                            "&lt;&amp;&gt;<br>"
                                            "<a href=\"https://github.com/Snorenotify/Snorenotify\">Website</a><br>");
+    QTemporaryFile tempSettings;
+
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void benchmarkUtilsToHtml();
     void benchmarkUtilsToHtmlAllMarkup();
     void benchmarkUtilsToPlain();
+    void benchmarkNotifications();
 
 };
 
@@ -34,19 +43,19 @@ void SnoreBenchmark::benchmarkUtilsToHtml()
 {
 
     QCOMPARE(Utils::normalizeMarkup(htmlTestString, Utils::NO_MARKUP), QLatin1String("Italic A\n"
-             "Italic B\n"
-             "Bold\n"
-             "Underline\n"
-             "Font\n"
-             "<&>\n"
-             "Website\n"));
+                                                                                     "Italic B\n"
+                                                                                     "Bold\n"
+                                                                                     "Underline\n"
+                                                                                     "Font\n"
+                                                                                     "<&>\n"
+                                                                                     "Website\n"));
     QCOMPARE(Utils::normalizeMarkup(htmlTestString, Utils::HREF), QLatin1String("Italic A\n"
-             "Italic B\n"
-             "Bold\n"
-             "Underline\n"
-             "Font\n"
-             "&lt;&amp;&gt;\n"
-             "<a href=\"https://github.com/Snorenotify/Snorenotify\">Website</a>\n"));
+                                                                                "Italic B\n"
+                                                                                "Bold\n"
+                                                                                "Underline\n"
+                                                                                "Font\n"
+                                                                                "&lt;&amp;&gt;\n"
+                                                                                "<a href=\"https://github.com/Snorenotify/Snorenotify\">Website</a>\n"));
     QCOMPARE(Utils::normalizeMarkup(htmlTestString, Utils::HREF | Utils::BOLD | Utils::BREAK |
                                     Utils::UNDERLINE | Utils::FONT | Utils::ITALIC), htmlTestString);
     QBENCHMARK{
@@ -69,6 +78,31 @@ void SnoreBenchmark::benchmarkUtilsToPlain()
         Utils::normalizeMarkup(htmlTestString, Utils::NO_MARKUP);
     }
 }
+
+void SnoreBenchmark::benchmarkNotifications()
+{
+    SnoreCore &instance = SnoreCore::instance();
+    int closed = 0;
+    connect(&instance, SnoreCore::notificationClosed, [&closed](Notification)
+    {
+        closed++;
+    });
+
+    Application app = SnoreCorePrivate::instance()->defaultApplication();
+ //   QBENCHMARK_ONCE{
+        for( int i=0; i<100; ++i)
+        {
+            QString number = QString::number(i);
+            Notification n(app, app.defaultAlert(), QLatin1String("Test ") + number, QLatin1String("Message ") + number, app.icon() );
+            instance.broadcastNotification(n);
+        }
+   // }
+        while(closed < 100){
+            QTest::qWait(100);
+        }
+
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(SnoreBenchmark)
 
 #include "snorebenchmark.moc"