diff --git a/ci/desktop.groovy b/ci/desktop.groovy
index b4c93b62d1..fa2b9df9f6 100644
--- a/ci/desktop.groovy
+++ b/ci/desktop.groovy
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def bundleLinux(type = 'nightly') {
   sh './scripts/build-desktop.sh bundle'
   dir(packageFolder) {
     pkg = common.pkgFilename(type, 'AppImage')
-    sh "mv ../StatusIm-x86_64.AppImage ${pkg}"
+    sh "mv ../Status-x86_64.AppImage ${pkg}"
   }
   return "${packageFolder}/${pkg}".drop(2)
 }
diff --git a/components/src/status_im/ui/components/react.cljs b/components/src/status_im/ui/components/react.cljs
index a1a42ad98c..75e94dcc04 100644
--- a/components/src/status_im/ui/components/react.cljs
+++ b/components/src/status_im/ui/components/react.cljs
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 (def dimensions (.-Dimensions js-dependencies/react-native))
 (def keyboard (.-Keyboard js-dependencies/react-native))
 (def linking (.-Linking js-dependencies/react-native))
+(def desktop-notification (.-DesktopNotification (.-NativeModules js-dependencies/react-native)))
 
 (def slider (get-class "Slider"))
 ;; Accessor methods for React Components
diff --git a/deployment/linux/usr/share/applications/Status.desktop b/deployment/linux/usr/share/applications/Status.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a753f7d0c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/linux/usr/share/applications/Status.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Name=Status
+Comment=Status Desktop
+Exec=Status
+Icon=Status
+Categories=Network;
diff --git a/deployment/linux/usr/share/applications/StatusIm.desktop b/deployment/linux/usr/share/applications/StatusIm.desktop
deleted file mode 100644
index 93b6441f41..0000000000
--- a/deployment/linux/usr/share/applications/StatusIm.desktop
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Type=Application
-Name=StatusIm
-Comment=StatusIm Desktop
-Exec=StatusIm
-Icon=StatusIm
-Categories=Network;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployment/linux/usr/share/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps/StatusIm.png b/deployment/linux/usr/share/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps/Status.png
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/linux/usr/share/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps/StatusIm.png
rename to deployment/linux/usr/share/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps/Status.png
diff --git a/desktop/CMakeLists.txt b/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
index 07189efbea..19a0a0db37 100644
--- a/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.11)
 
-set(APP_NAME StatusIm)
+set(APP_NAME Status)
 set(JS_APP_NAME StatusIm)
 set(REACT_BUILD_STATIC_LIB ON)
 
diff --git a/desktop/main.cpp b/desktop/main.cpp
index 2a36425ded..c4f36ea3c2 100644
--- a/desktop/main.cpp
+++ b/desktop/main.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   QGuiApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_EnableHighDpiScaling);
   QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);
 
-  app.setApplicationName("StatusIm");
+  app.setApplicationName("Status");
 
   QString appPath = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
 #ifndef BUILD_FOR_BUNDLE
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
 void writeLogsToFile() {
   QMutexLocker locker(&consoleOutputMutex);
-  QFile logFile(getDataStoragePath() + "/StatusIm.log");
+  QFile logFile(getDataStoragePath() + "/Status.log");
   if (logFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Append)) {
     for (QString message : consoleOutputStrings) {
       logFile.write(message.toStdString().c_str());
diff --git a/desktop/reportApp/main.qml b/desktop/reportApp/main.qml
index 2c463a44d7..d246fa6b6e 100644
--- a/desktop/reportApp/main.qml
+++ b/desktop/reportApp/main.qml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Rectangle {
       anchors.centerIn: parent
       Text {
         Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignCenter
-        text: "Oh, no! StatusIm application just crashed!"
+        text: "Oh, no! Status application just crashed!"
         font.bold: true
         font.pointSize: 25
       }
diff --git a/desktop_files/.re-natal b/desktop_files/.re-natal
index 3bdefe44e2..a8784b59ad 100644
--- a/desktop_files/.re-natal
+++ b/desktop_files/.re-natal
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     "react-native/Libraries/vendor/emitter/EventEmitter",
     "react-native-fetch-polyfill",
     "react-native-desktop-linking",
+    "react-native-desktop-notification",
     "text-encoding",
     "js-sha3",
     "web3-utils"
diff --git a/desktop_files/package.json b/desktop_files/package.json
index 19e032648d..e0792400a3 100644
--- a/desktop_files/package.json
+++ b/desktop_files/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "node_modules/react-native-securerandom/desktop",
     "modules/react-native-status/desktop",
     "modules/react-native-desktop-linking/desktop",
+    "modules/react-native-desktop-notification/desktop",
     "node_modules/google-breakpad"
   ],
   "desktopFonts": [
diff --git a/modules/react-native-desktop-notification/desktop/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/react-native-desktop-notification/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a3ec5db8e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/react-native-desktop-notification/desktop/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
+
+set(REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_EXTERNAL_MODULES_TYPE_NAMES ${REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_EXTERNAL_MODULES_TYPE_NAMES}
+                                                     \"DesktopNotification\" PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+set(REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_EXTERNAL_MODULES_SRC ${REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_EXTERNAL_MODULES_SRC}
+                                              ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/desktopnotification.cpp PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+include(${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake)
+
+set(SN_PREFIX ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/SnoreNotify_ep-prefix/src/SnoreNotify_ep)
+if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+  set(SN_LIBPATHSUFFIX /${CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE})
+  set(SnoreNotifyFreedesktop_STATIC_LIB ${SN_PREFIX}/lib${SN_LIBPATHSUFFIX}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}snore_backend_freedesktop${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
+
+  set(SnoreNotify_LIBS ${SnoreNotifyFreedesktop_STATIC_LIB})
+
+  set(SnoreNotify_CMAKE_ARGS -DBUILD_osxnotificationcenter=OFF -DBUILD_sound=OFF -DBUILD_speech=OFF -DBUILD_toasty=OFF
+                             -DBUILD_snarl=OFF -DBUILD_growl=OFF -DBUILD_trayicon=OFF -DBUILD_pushover_backend=OFF)
+endif()
+
+if (APPLE)
+  set(SnoreNotifyOSXNotificationCenter_STATIC_LIB ${SN_PREFIX}/lib${SN_LIBPATHSUFFIX}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}snore_backend_osxnotificationcenter${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
+  set(SnoreNotify_LIBS ${SnoreNotifyOSXNotificationCenter_STATIC_LIB})
+  set(SnoreNotify_CMAKE_ARGS -DBUILD_sound=OFF -DBUILD_speech=OFF -DBUILD_toasty=OFF -DBUILD_snarl=OFF -DBUILD_growl=OFF
+                             -DBUILD_freedesktop_backend=OFF -DBUILD_trayicon=OFF -DBUILD_pushover_backend=OFF)
+endif()
+
+set(SnoreNotify_INCLUDE_DIR ${SN_PREFIX}/include)
+set(SnoreNotify_STATIC_LIB ${SN_PREFIX}/lib${SN_LIBPATHSUFFIX}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}snore-qt5${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
+set(SnoreNotifyBackend_STATIC_LIB ${SN_PREFIX}/lib${SN_LIBPATHSUFFIX}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}snore_backend_snore${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
+set(SnoreNotifyBackendSettings_STATIC_LIB ${SN_PREFIX}/lib${SN_LIBPATHSUFFIX}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}snore_settings_backend_snore${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
+set(SnoreNotifySettings_STATIC_LIB ${SN_PREFIX}/lib${SN_LIBPATHSUFFIX}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}snoresettings-qt5${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
+set(SnoreNotify_CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${SN_PREFIX} -DSNORE_STATIC=ON -DBUILD_daemon=OFF -DBUILD_settings=OFF
+                           -DBUILD_snoresend=OFF ${SnoreNotify_CMAKE_ARGS})
+
+
+ExternalProject_Add(SnoreNotify_ep
+  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/status-im/snorenotify.git
+  CMAKE_ARGS ${SnoreNotify_CMAKE_ARGS}
+  BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${SnoreNotify_STATIC_LIB} ${SnoreNotify_LIBS} ${SnoreNotifyBackend_STATIC_LIB}
+                    ${SnoreNotifyBackendSettings_STATIC_LIB} ${SnoreNotifySettings_STATIC_LIB}
+  LOG_DOWNLOAD 1
+)
+
+set(REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_EXTERNAL_PROJECT_DEPS ${REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_EXTERNAL_PROJECT_DEPS} SnoreNotify_ep PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+set(REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_EXTERNAL_MODULES_LIBS ${REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_EXTERNAL_MODULES_LIBS}
+     ${SnoreNotify_LIBS} ${SnoreNotify_STATIC_LIB} ${SnoreNotifyBackend_STATIC_LIB}
+     ${SnoreNotifyBackendSettings_STATIC_LIB} ${SnoreNotifySettings_STATIC_LIB} PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+set(REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_EXTERNAL_MODULES_INCLUDE_DIRS ${REACT_NATIVE_DESKTOP_EXTERNAL_MODULES_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  ${SnoreNotify_INCLUDE_DIR} PARENT_SCOPE)
+
diff --git a/modules/react-native-desktop-notification/desktop/desktopnotification.cpp b/modules/react-native-desktop-notification/desktop/desktopnotification.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b6f1c82ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/react-native-desktop-notification/desktop/desktopnotification.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-present, Status Research and Development GmbH.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "desktopnotification.h"
+#include "bridge.h"
+#include "eventdispatcher.h"
+
+#include "libsnore/application.h"
+#include "libsnore/snore.h"
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_MAC
+#include "libsnore/snore_static_plugins.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <QGuiApplication>
+#include <QDebug>
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
+namespace SnorePlugin {}
+
+
+using namespace SnorePlugin;
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(Freedesktop)
+Q_IMPORT_PLUGIN(Snore)
+
+static void loadSnoreResources()
+{
+    // prevent multiple symbols
+     static const auto load = []() {
+         Q_INIT_RESOURCE(snore);
+         Q_INIT_RESOURCE(snore_notification);
+     };
+     load();
+}
+
+Q_COREAPP_STARTUP_FUNCTION(loadSnoreResources)
+#endif // Q_OS_LINUX
+
+namespace {
+struct RegisterQMLMetaType {
+  RegisterQMLMetaType() { qRegisterMetaType<DesktopNotification *>(); }
+} registerMetaType;
+
+const QString NewMessageAlert = QStringLiteral("NewMessage");
+} // namespace
+
+class DesktopNotificationPrivate {
+public:
+  Bridge *bridge = nullptr;
+  Snore::Application snoreApp;
+};
+
+DesktopNotification::DesktopNotification(QObject *parent)
+    : QObject(parent), d_ptr(new DesktopNotificationPrivate) {
+    connect(qApp, &QGuiApplication::focusWindowChanged, this, [=](QWindow *focusWindow){
+       m_appHasFocus = (focusWindow != nullptr);
+    });
+
+  d_ptr->snoreApp = Snore::Application(QCoreApplication::applicationName(),
+                                       Snore::Icon::defaultIcon());
+  d_ptr->snoreApp.addAlert(
+      Snore::Alert(NewMessageAlert, Snore::Icon::defaultIcon()));
+
+  if (Snore::SnoreCore::instance().pluginNames().isEmpty()) {
+    Snore::SnoreCore::instance().loadPlugins(Snore::SnorePlugin::Backend);
+  }
+
+  qDebug() << "DesktopNotification::DesktopNotification List of all loaded Snore plugins: "
+           << Snore::SnoreCore::instance().pluginNames();
+
+  Snore::SnoreCore::instance().registerApplication(d_ptr->snoreApp);
+  Snore::SnoreCore::instance().setDefaultApplication(d_ptr->snoreApp);
+
+  qDebug() << "DesktopNotification::DesktopNotification Current notification backend: "
+           << Snore::SnoreCore::instance().primaryNotificationBackend();
+}
+
+DesktopNotification::~DesktopNotification() {
+  Snore::SnoreCore::instance().deregisterApplication(d_ptr->snoreApp);
+}
+
+void DesktopNotification::setBridge(Bridge *bridge) {
+  Q_D(DesktopNotification);
+  d->bridge = bridge;
+}
+
+QString DesktopNotification::moduleName() { return "DesktopNotification"; }
+
+QList<ModuleMethod *> DesktopNotification::methodsToExport() {
+  return QList<ModuleMethod *>{};
+}
+
+QVariantMap DesktopNotification::constantsToExport() { return QVariantMap(); }
+
+void DesktopNotification::sendNotification(QString text) {
+  Q_D(DesktopNotification);
+  qDebug() << "call of DesktopNotification::sendNotification";
+
+  if (m_appHasFocus) {
+      qDebug() << "Don't send notification since some application window is active";
+      return;
+  }
+
+  Snore::Notification notification(
+      d_ptr->snoreApp, d_ptr->snoreApp.alerts()[NewMessageAlert], "New message",
+      text, Snore::Icon::defaultIcon());
+  Snore::SnoreCore::instance().broadcastNotification(notification);
+}
diff --git a/modules/react-native-desktop-notification/desktop/desktopnotification.h b/modules/react-native-desktop-notification/desktop/desktopnotification.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2bfab3e63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/react-native-desktop-notification/desktop/desktopnotification.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-present, Status Research and Development GmbH.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef DESKTOPNOTIFICATION_H
+#define DESKTOPNOTIFICATION_H
+
+#include "moduleinterface.h"
+
+#include <QVariantMap>
+
+class DesktopNotificationPrivate;
+class DesktopNotification : public QObject, public ModuleInterface {
+    Q_OBJECT
+    Q_INTERFACES(ModuleInterface)
+
+    Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(DesktopNotification)
+
+public:
+    Q_INVOKABLE DesktopNotification(QObject* parent = 0);
+    ~DesktopNotification();
+
+    void setBridge(Bridge* bridge) override;
+
+    QString moduleName() override;
+    QList<ModuleMethod*> methodsToExport() override;
+    QVariantMap constantsToExport() override;
+
+    Q_INVOKABLE void sendNotification(QString text);
+private:
+    QScopedPointer<DesktopNotificationPrivate> d_ptr;
+    bool m_appHasFocus = false;
+};
+
+#endif // DESKTOPNOTIFICATION_H
diff --git a/modules/react-native-desktop-notification/index.js b/modules/react-native-desktop-notification/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd66bbfe8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/react-native-desktop-notification/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+'use strict';
+
+import { NativeModules } from 'react-native';
+module.exports = NativeModules.DesktopNotification;
diff --git a/modules/react-native-desktop-notification/package.json b/modules/react-native-desktop-notification/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d5ea1d175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/react-native-desktop-notification/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "private": true,
+  "nativePackage": true,
+  "name": "react-native-desktop-notification",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Send desktop notifications",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "author": "",
+  "license": ""
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/build-desktop.sh b/scripts/build-desktop.sh
index 61536611c1..16c42cce1e 100755
--- a/scripts/build-desktop.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-desktop.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ external_modules_dir=( \
   'modules/react-native-status/desktop' \
   'node_modules/google-breakpad' \
   'modules/react-native-desktop-linking/desktop' \
+  'modules/react-native-desktop-notification/desktop' \
 )
 
 external_fonts=( \
@@ -59,9 +60,10 @@ function joinExistingPath() {
   fi
 }
 
-STATUSREACTPATH="$(joinExistingPath "$SCRIPTPATH" '..')"
+STATUSREACTPATH="$(cd "$SCRIPTPATH" && cd '..' && pwd)"
 WORKFOLDER="$(joinExistingPath "$STATUSREACTPATH" 'StatusImPackage')"
 DEPLOYQT="$(joinPath . 'linuxdeployqt-continuous-x86_64.AppImage')"
+APPIMAGETOOL="$(joinPath . 'appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage')"
 
 function init() {
   if [ -z $QT_PATH ]; then
@@ -101,14 +103,14 @@ function buildClojureScript() {
   echo ""
 
   # from index.desktop.js create javascript bundle and resources folder
-  echo "Generating StatusIm.jsbundle and assets folder..."
-  react-native bundle --entry-file index.desktop.js --bundle-output "$WORKFOLDER/StatusIm.jsbundle" \
+  echo "Generating Status.jsbundle and assets folder..."
+  react-native bundle --entry-file index.desktop.js --bundle-output "$WORKFOLDER/Status.jsbundle" \
                       --dev false --platform desktop --assets-dest "$WORKFOLDER/assets"
   echo -e "${GREEN}Generating done.${NC}"
   echo ""
 
   # Add path to javascript bundle to package.json
-  jsBundleLine="\"desktopJSBundlePath\": \"$WORKFOLDER/StatusIm.jsbundle\""
+  jsBundleLine="\"desktopJSBundlePath\": \"$WORKFOLDER/Status.jsbundle\""
   jsPackagePath=$(joinExistingPath "$STATUSREACTPATH" 'desktop_files/package.json')
   if grep -Fq "$jsBundleLine" "$jsPackagePath"; then
     echo -e "${GREEN}Found line in package.json.${NC}"
@@ -127,14 +129,14 @@ function buildClojureScript() {
 
 function compile() {
   pushd desktop
-    rm -rf CMakeFiles CMakeCache.txt cmake_install.cmake Makefile
+    rm -rf CMakeFiles CMakeCache.txt cmake_install.cmake Makefile modules
     cmake -Wno-dev \
           -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
           -DEXTERNAL_MODULES_DIR="$(joinStrings ${external_modules_dir[@]})" \
           -DDESKTOP_FONTS="$(joinStrings ${external_fonts[@]})" \
-          -DJS_BUNDLE_PATH="$WORKFOLDER/StatusIm.jsbundle" \
+          -DJS_BUNDLE_PATH="$WORKFOLDER/Status.jsbundle" \
           -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:='-DBUILD_FOR_BUNDLE=1 -std=c++11'
-    make
+    make -j5
   popd
 }
 
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ function bundleLinux() {
     QTBIN=$(joinExistingPath "$QT_PATH" 'bin')
   fi
 
-  # invoke linuxdeployqt to create StatusIm.AppImage
+  # invoke linuxdeployqt to create Status.AppImage
   echo "Creating AppImage..."
 
   pushd $WORKFOLDER
@@ -164,23 +166,29 @@ function bundleLinux() {
   usrBinPath=$(joinPath "$WORKFOLDER" "AppDir/usr/bin")
   cp -r ./deployment/linux/usr $WORKFOLDER/AppDir
   cp ./.env $usrBinPath
-  cp ./desktop/bin/StatusIm $usrBinPath
+  cp ./desktop/bin/Status $usrBinPath
   cp ./desktop/reportApp/reportApp $usrBinPath
+  
   if [ ! -f $DEPLOYQT ]; then
     wget --output-document="$DEPLOYQT" --show-progress -q https://github.com/probonopd/linuxdeployqt/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeployqt-continuous-x86_64.AppImage
     chmod a+x $DEPLOYQT
   fi
 
-  rm -f Application-x86_64.AppImage
-  rm -f StatusIm-x86_64.AppImage
+  if [ ! -f $APPIMAGETOOL ]; then
+    wget --output-document="$APPIMAGETOOL" --show-progress -q https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/10/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
+    chmod a+x $APPIMAGETOOL
+  fi
 
-  [ $VERBOSE_LEVEL -ge 1 ] && ldd $(joinExistingPath "$usrBinPath" 'StatusIm') 
+  rm -f Application-x86_64.AppImage
+  rm -f Status-x86_64.AppImage
+
+  [ $VERBOSE_LEVEL -ge 1 ] && ldd $(joinExistingPath "$usrBinPath" 'Status') 
   $DEPLOYQT \
     $(joinExistingPath "$usrBinPath" 'reportApp') \
     -verbose=$VERBOSE_LEVEL -always-overwrite -no-strip -no-translations -qmake="$(joinExistingPath "${QTBIN}" 'qmake')" \
     -qmldir="$STATUSREACTPATH/desktop/reportApp"
 
-  desktopFilePath="$(joinExistingPath "$WORKFOLDER" 'AppDir/usr/share/applications/StatusIm.desktop')"
+  desktopFilePath="$(joinExistingPath "$WORKFOLDER" 'AppDir/usr/share/applications/Status.desktop')"
   $DEPLOYQT \
     $desktopFilePath \
     -verbose=$VERBOSE_LEVEL -always-overwrite -no-strip \
@@ -190,30 +198,29 @@ function bundleLinux() {
     -qmldir="$(joinExistingPath "$STATUSREACTPATH" 'node_modules/react-native')"
 
   pushd $WORKFOLDER
-    [ $VERBOSE_LEVEL -ge 1 ] && ldd AppDir/usr/bin/StatusIm
+    [ $VERBOSE_LEVEL -ge 1 ] && ldd AppDir/usr/bin/Status
     cp -r assets/share/assets AppDir/usr/bin
     cp -rf StatusImAppImage/* AppDir/usr/bin
-    rm -f AppDir/usr/bin/StatusIm.AppImage
+    rm -f AppDir/usr/bin/Status.AppImage
   popd
 
   $DEPLOYQT \
     $desktopFilePath \
     -verbose=$VERBOSE_LEVEL -appimage -qmake="$qmakePath"
   pushd $WORKFOLDER
-    [ $VERBOSE_LEVEL -ge 1 ] && ldd AppDir/usr/bin/StatusIm
+    [ $VERBOSE_LEVEL -ge 1 ] && ldd AppDir/usr/bin/Status
     cp -r assets/share/assets AppDir/usr/bin
     cp -rf StatusImAppImage/* AppDir/usr/bin
-    rm -f AppDir/usr/bin/StatusIm.AppImage
+    rm -f AppDir/usr/bin/Status.AppImage
   popd
-  $DEPLOYQT \
-    "$desktopFilePath" \
-    -verbose=$VERBOSE_LEVEL -appimage -qmake="$qmakePath"
+  $APPIMAGETOOL \
+    "$WORKFOLDER/AppDir"
   pushd $WORKFOLDER
-    [ $VERBOSE_LEVEL -ge 1 ] && ldd AppDir/usr/bin/StatusIm
-    rm -rf StatusIm.AppImage
+    [ $VERBOSE_LEVEL -ge 1 ] && ldd AppDir/usr/bin/Status
+    rm -rf Status.AppImage
   popd
 
-  echo -e "${GREEN}Package ready in ./StatusIm-x86_64.AppImage!${NC}"
+  echo -e "${GREEN}Package ready in ./Status-x86_64.AppImage!${NC}"
   echo ""
 }
 
@@ -231,7 +238,7 @@ function bundleMacOS() {
     cp -r assets/share/assets Status.app/Contents/Resources
     ln -sf ../Resources/assets ../Resources/ubuntu-server ../Resources/node_modules Status.app/Contents/MacOS
     chmod +x Status.app/Contents/Resources/ubuntu-server
-    cp ../desktop/bin/StatusIm Status.app/Contents/MacOS/Status
+    cp ../desktop/bin/Status Status.app/Contents/MacOS/Status
     cp ../desktop/reportApp/reportApp Status.app/Contents/MacOS
     cp ../.env Status.app/Contents/Resources
     ln -sf ../Resources/.env Status.app/Contents/MacOS/.env
diff --git a/scripts/sign-macos-pkg.sh b/scripts/sign-macos-pkg.sh
index fc157cb21f..44ac0c5033 100755
--- a/scripts/sign-macos-pkg.sh
+++ b/scripts/sign-macos-pkg.sh
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo -e "\n### Verifying signature..."
-codesign --verify --strict=all --deep --verbose "$OBJECT"
+codesign --verify --strict=all --deep --verbose=4 "$OBJECT"
 
 echo -e "\n### Assessing Gatekeeper validation..."
 if [ -d "$OBJECT" ]; then
diff --git a/src/status_im/accounts/core.cljs b/src/status_im/accounts/core.cljs
index c51bf93d58..23f61434e8 100644
--- a/src/status_im/accounts/core.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/accounts/core.cljs
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@
             (accounts.update/account-update {:dev-mode? dev-mode?}
                                             {})))
 
+(fx/defn enable-notifications [cofx desktop-notifications?]
+  (accounts.update/account-update cofx
+                                  {:desktop-notifications? desktop-notifications?}
+                                  {}))
+
 (fx/defn switch-web3-opt-in-mode [{:keys [db] :as cofx} opt-in]
   (let [settings (get-in db [:account/account :settings])]
     (accounts.update/update-settings cofx
diff --git a/src/status_im/accounts/create/core.cljs b/src/status_im/accounts/create/core.cljs
index 99c81a9ccd..62b0a867a6 100644
--- a/src/status_im/accounts/create/core.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/accounts/create/core.cljs
@@ -56,17 +56,18 @@
            db] :as cofx}
    {:keys [pubkey address mnemonic]} password seed-backed-up]
   (let [normalized-address (utils.hex/normalize-hex address)
-        account            {:public-key      pubkey
-                            :installation-id (random-guid-generator)
-                            :address         normalized-address
-                            :name            (gfycat/generate-gfy pubkey)
-                            :status          status
-                            :signed-up?      true
-                            :photo-path      (identicon/identicon pubkey)
-                            :signing-phrase  signing-phrase
-                            :seed-backed-up? seed-backed-up
-                            :mnemonic        mnemonic
-                            :settings        (constants/default-account-settings)}]
+        account            {:public-key             pubkey
+                            :installation-id        (random-guid-generator)
+                            :address                normalized-address
+                            :name                   (gfycat/generate-gfy pubkey)
+                            :status                 status
+                            :signed-up?             true
+                            :desktop-notifications? false
+                            :photo-path             (identicon/identicon pubkey)
+                            :signing-phrase         signing-phrase
+                            :seed-backed-up?        seed-backed-up
+                            :mnemonic               mnemonic
+                            :settings               (constants/default-account-settings)}]
     (log/debug "account-created")
     (when-not (string/blank? pubkey)
       (fx/merge cofx
diff --git a/src/status_im/accounts/db.cljs b/src/status_im/accounts/db.cljs
index 3c574c1e86..244d6e3018 100644
--- a/src/status_im/accounts/db.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/accounts/db.cljs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 (spec/def :account/signing-phrase :global/not-empty-string)
 (spec/def :account/mnemonic (spec/nilable string?))
 (spec/def :account/sharing-usage-data? (spec/nilable boolean?))
+(spec/def :account/desktop-notifications? (spec/nilable boolean?))
 (spec/def :account/dev-mode? (spec/nilable boolean?))
 (spec/def :account/seed-backed-up? (spec/nilable boolean?))
 (spec/def :account/installation-id :global/not-empty-string)
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@
                                       :account/email :account/signed-up? :account/network
                                       :account/networks :account/settings :account/wnode
                                       :account/last-sign-in :account/sharing-usage-data? :account/dev-mode?
-                                      :account/seed-backed-up? :account/mnemonic
+                                      :account/seed-backed-up? :account/mnemonic :account/desktop-notifications?
                                       :account/wallet-set-up-passed? :account/last-request
                                       :account/bootnodes :account/extensions
                                       :account/mainnet-warning-shown?]))
diff --git a/src/status_im/chat/models/message.cljs b/src/status_im/chat/models/message.cljs
index 74542e1198..956e22b8aa 100644
--- a/src/status_im/chat/models/message.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/chat/models/message.cljs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
             [status-im.transport.message.protocol :as protocol]
             [status-im.data-store.messages :as messages-store]
             [status-im.data-store.user-statuses :as user-statuses-store]
+            [status-im.utils.platform :as platform]
+            [status-im.ui.components.react :as react]
             [status-im.utils.fx :as fx]
             [taoensso.timbre :as log]))
 
@@ -68,10 +70,15 @@
   (assoc message :outgoing (= from (:current-public-key db))))
 
 (fx/defn add-message
-  [{:keys [db] :as cofx} batch? {:keys [chat-id message-id clock-value] :as message} current-chat?]
+  [{:keys [db] :as cofx} batch? {:keys [chat-id message-id clock-value timestamp content from] :as message} current-chat?]
   (let [prepared-message (-> message
                              (prepare-message chat-id current-chat?)
                              (add-outgoing-status cofx))]
+    (when (and platform/desktop?
+               (not= from (:current-public-key db))
+               (get-in db [:account/account :desktop-notifications?])
+               (< (time/seconds-ago (time/to-date timestamp)) constants/one-earth-day))
+      (.sendNotification react/desktop-notification (:text content)))
     (let [fx {:db            (cond->
                               (-> db
                                   (update-in [:chats chat-id :messages] assoc message-id prepared-message)
diff --git a/src/status_im/constants.cljs b/src/status_im/constants.cljs
index f1d417d6c9..b843bbd33e 100644
--- a/src/status_im/constants.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/constants.cljs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 (def response-suggesstion-resize-duration 100)
 (def default-number-of-messages 20)
 (def blocks-per-hour 120)
+(def one-earth-day 86400)
 
 (def inbox-password "status-offline-inbox")
 
diff --git a/src/status_im/data_store/realm/schemas/base/account.cljs b/src/status_im/data_store/realm/schemas/base/account.cljs
index 479aa25239..5fbc81c97f 100644
--- a/src/status_im/data_store/realm/schemas/base/account.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/data_store/realm/schemas/base/account.cljs
@@ -202,4 +202,8 @@
 (def v12 (assoc-in v11
                    [:properties :extensions]
                    {:type       :list
-                    :objectType :extension}))
\ No newline at end of file
+                    :objectType :extension}))
+
+(def v13 (assoc-in v12
+                   [:properties :desktop-notifications?]
+                   {:type :bool :default false}))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/status_im/data_store/realm/schemas/base/core.cljs b/src/status_im/data_store/realm/schemas/base/core.cljs
index 6ef9f5d24e..3534ff4abf 100644
--- a/src/status_im/data_store/realm/schemas/base/core.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/data_store/realm/schemas/base/core.cljs
@@ -43,9 +43,13 @@
           account/v11])
 
 (def v12 [network/v1
+          bootnode/v4
+          extension/v12])
+
+(def v13 [network/v1
           bootnode/v4
           extension/v12
-          account/v12])
+          account/v13])
 
 ;; put schemas ordered by version
 (def schemas [{:schema        v1
@@ -83,4 +87,7 @@
                :migration     migrations/v11}
               {:schema        v12
                :schemaVersion 12
-               :migration     migrations/v12}])
+               :migration     migrations/v12}
+              {:schema        v13
+               :schemaVersion 13
+               :migration     migrations/v13}])
diff --git a/src/status_im/data_store/realm/schemas/base/migrations.cljs b/src/status_im/data_store/realm/schemas/base/migrations.cljs
index efdffb442e..4af5080bbf 100644
--- a/src/status_im/data_store/realm/schemas/base/migrations.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/data_store/realm/schemas/base/migrations.cljs
@@ -90,3 +90,6 @@
 
 (defn v12 [old-realm new-realm]
   (log/debug "migrating base database v12: " old-realm new-realm))
+
+(defn v13 [old-realm new-realm]
+  (log/debug "migrating base database v13: " old-realm new-realm))
diff --git a/src/status_im/events.cljs b/src/status_im/events.cljs
index 1c7cee825f..2ffe8e3f69 100644
--- a/src/status_im/events.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/events.cljs
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@
  (fn [cofx [_ dev-mode?]]
    (accounts/switch-dev-mode cofx dev-mode?)))
 
+(handlers/register-handler-fx
+ :accounts.ui/notifications-enabled
+ (fn [cofx [_ desktop-notifications?]]
+   (accounts/enable-notifications cofx desktop-notifications?)))
+
 (handlers/register-handler-fx
  :accounts.ui/web3-opt-in-mode-switched
  (fn [cofx [_ opt-in]]
diff --git a/src/status_im/ui/screens/desktop/main/tabs/profile/views.cljs b/src/status_im/ui/screens/desktop/main/tabs/profile/views.cljs
index 13878a9165..6d4e0c0627 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ui/screens/desktop/main/tabs/profile/views.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ui/screens/desktop/main/tabs/profile/views.cljs
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
     (let [{:keys [url commit]}         nightly-version
           adv-settings-open?           (= current-view-id :advanced-settings)
           backup-recovery-phrase-open? (= current-view-id :backup-recovery-phrase)
+          notifications?               (get-in user [:desktop-notifications?])
           show-backup-seed?            (and (not seed-backed-up?) (not (string/blank? mnemonic)))]
       [react/view
        [react/view {:style styles/profile-edit}
@@ -121,6 +122,11 @@
        [react/view styles/profile-view
         [profile-badge user editing?]
         [share-contact-code]
+        [react/view {:style (styles/profile-row false)}
+         [react/text {:style (styles/profile-row-text colors/black)} (i18n/label :notifications)]
+         [react/switch {:on-tint-color   colors/blue
+                        :value           notifications?
+                        :on-value-change #(re-frame/dispatch [:accounts.ui/notifications-enabled (not notifications?)])}]]
         [react/touchable-highlight {:style  (styles/profile-row adv-settings-open?)
                                     :on-press #(re-frame/dispatch [:navigate-to (if adv-settings-open? :home :advanced-settings)])}
          [react/view {:style styles/adv-settings}
diff --git a/src/status_im/utils/datetime.cljs b/src/status_im/utils/datetime.cljs
index bb8457489f..da2c2191a5 100644
--- a/src/status_im/utils/datetime.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/utils/datetime.cljs
@@ -124,9 +124,11 @@
     (label :t/datetime-ago-format {:ago (label :t/datetime-ago)
                                    :number diff
                                    :time-intervals name})))
+(defn seconds-ago [time]
+  (t/in-seconds (t/interval time (t/now))))
 
 (defn time-ago [time]
-  (let [diff (t/in-seconds (t/interval time (t/now)))]
+  (let [diff (seconds-ago time)]
     (if (< diff 60)
       (label :t/active-online)
       (let [unit (first (drop-while #(and (>= diff (:limit %))