diff --git a/espanso/notification.rs b/espanso/notification.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5894f4ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/espanso/notification.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of espanso.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019-2021 Federico Terzi
+ *
+ * espanso is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * espanso is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with espanso.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+use espanso_config::config::Config;
+use espanso_ui::UIRemote;
+
+pub struct NotificationManager<'a> {
+  ui_remote: &'a dyn UIRemote,
+  config: &'a dyn Config,
+}
+
+impl<'a> NotificationManager<'a> {
+  pub fn new(ui_remote: &'a dyn UIRemote, config: &'a dyn Config) -> Self {
+    NotificationManager { ui_remote, config }
+  }
+
+  fn notify(&self, text: &str) {
+    if self.config.show_notifications() {
+      self.ui_remote.show_notification(text);
+    }
+  }
+
+  pub fn notify_start(&self) {
+    // self.notify("Espanso is running!");
+  }
+
+  pub fn notify_config_reloaded(&self, is_manual_restart: bool) {
+    if is_manual_restart {
+      // self.notify("Configuration reloaded!");
+    } else {
+      // self.notify(
+        // "Configuration reloaded! Espanso automatically loads new changes as soon as you save them.",
+      // );
+    }
+  }
+
+  pub fn notify_keyboard_layout_reloaded(&self) {
+    // self.notify("Updated keyboard layout!");
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'a> espanso_engine::process::NotificationManager for NotificationManager<'a> {
+  fn notify_status_change(&self, enabled: bool) {
+    // Don't notify the status change outside Linux for now
+    if !cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if enabled {
+      // self.notify("Espanso enabled!")
+    } else {
+      // self.notify("Espanso disabled!")
+    }
+  }
+
+  fn notify_rendering_error(&self) {
+    // self
+      // .notify("An error occurred during rendering, please examine the logs for more information.");
+  }
+}
diff --git a/updates.txt b/updates.txt
index 994ed41c..72092271 100644
--- a/updates.txt
+++ b/updates.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Install espanso (use paru instead):
 paru -S espanso
 
 cd aur_packages
-git clone https://github.com/federico-terzi/espanso
+git clone https://github.com/espanso/espanso
 
 Install wxwidgets
 
@@ -68,22 +68,18 @@ doas pacman -S wxwidgets
 
 cd espanso
 
+To turn off notifications, simply cp from this directory the notifications.rs file to the ~/aur_packages/espanso/espanso/src/cli/worker/ui/ directory before compiling.
+
+cp ~/Documents/notes/espanso/notification.rs ~/aur_packages/espanso/espanso/src/cli/worker/ui/notification.rs
+
 cargo install --force cargo-make --version 0.34.0
 cargo make --profile release build-binary
-doas mv target/release/espanso /usr/local/bin/espanso
+doas mv target/release/espanso /usr/bin/espanso
 
 Copy xinitrc.txt which calls espanso at beginning
 
 cp ~/Documents/notes/xinitrc.txt ~/.xinitrc
 
-After restarting X session, you should be able to see some of espanso's effects on typing, just type something like ":date" and you'll see the effect.
+Copy your base.yml to your espanso/match config directory
 
-This is just a demo, you can create your own custom replacement word "triggers" in the generated config file ~/.config/espanso/config/default.yml
-
-You can also simply type:
-
-espanso edit
-
-To bring up the config file and edit it with commands, see:
-
-https://espanso.org/docs/configuration/basics/
+cp ~/Documents/notes/espanso/base.yml ~/.config/espanso/match/