diff --git a/src/components/notifications/notifications.js b/src/components/notifications/notifications.js
index d3db4b29..d9ce7604 100644
--- a/src/components/notifications/notifications.js
+++ b/src/components/notifications/notifications.js
@@ -10,13 +10,6 @@ const Notifications = {
   props: [
     'noHeading'
   ],
-  created () {
-    const store = this.$store
-    const credentials = store.state.users.currentUser.credentials
-
-    const fetcherId = notificationsFetcher.startFetching({ store, credentials })
-    this.$store.commit('setNotificationFetcher', { fetcherId })
-  },
   data () {
     return {
       bottomedOut: false
diff --git a/src/modules/statuses.js b/src/modules/statuses.js
index 8e0203e3..660d5c26 100644
--- a/src/modules/statuses.js
+++ b/src/modules/statuses.js
@@ -20,20 +20,22 @@ const emptyTl = (userId = 0) => ({
   flushMarker: 0
 })
 
+const emptyNotifications = () => ({
+  desktopNotificationSilence: true,
+  maxId: 0,
+  minId: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
+  data: [],
+  idStore: {},
+  loading: false,
+  error: false,
+  fetcherId: null
+})
+
 export const defaultState = () => ({
   allStatuses: [],
   allStatusesObject: {},
   maxId: 0,
-  notifications: {
-    desktopNotificationSilence: true,
-    maxId: 0,
-    minId: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
-    data: [],
-    idStore: {},
-    loading: false,
-    error: false,
-    fetcherId: null
-  },
+  notifications: emptyNotifications(),
   favorites: new Set(),
   error: false,
   timelines: {
@@ -340,9 +342,9 @@ export const mutations = {
     oldTimeline.visibleStatusesObject = {}
     each(oldTimeline.visibleStatuses, (status) => { oldTimeline.visibleStatusesObject[status.id] = status })
   },
-  setNotificationFetcher (state, { fetcherId }) {
-    state.notifications.fetcherId = fetcherId
-  },
+  // setNotificationFetcher (state, { fetcherId }) {
+  //   state.notifications.fetcherId = fetcherId
+  // },
   resetStatuses (state) {
     const emptyState = defaultState()
     Object.entries(emptyState).forEach(([key, value]) => {
@@ -352,6 +354,9 @@ export const mutations = {
   clearTimeline (state, { timeline }) {
     state.timelines[timeline] = emptyTl(state.timelines[timeline].userId)
   },
+  clearNotifications (state) {
+    state.notifications = emptyNotifications()
+  },
   setFavorited (state, { status, value }) {
     const newStatus = state.allStatusesObject[status.id]
     newStatus.favorited = value
@@ -428,12 +433,12 @@ const statuses = {
     setNotificationsSilence ({ rootState, commit }, { value }) {
       commit('setNotificationsSilence', { value })
     },
-    stopFetchingNotifications ({ rootState, commit }) {
-      if (rootState.statuses.notifications.fetcherId) {
-        window.clearInterval(rootState.statuses.notifications.fetcherId)
-      }
-      commit('setNotificationFetcher', { fetcherId: null })
-    },
+    // stopFetchingNotifications ({ rootState, commit }) {
+    //   if (rootState.statuses.notifications.fetcherId) {
+    //     window.clearInterval(rootState.statuses.notifications.fetcherId)
+    //   }
+    //   commit('setNotificationFetcher', { fetcherId: null })
+    // },
     deleteStatus ({ rootState, commit }, status) {
       commit('setDeleted', { status })
       apiService.deleteStatus({ id: status.id, credentials: rootState.users.currentUser.credentials })
diff --git a/src/modules/users.js b/src/modules/users.js
index 1a507d31..3cfae1fc 100644
--- a/src/modules/users.js
+++ b/src/modules/users.js
@@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ const users = {
       store.commit('setToken', false)
       store.dispatch('stopFetching', 'friends')
       store.commit('setBackendInteractor', backendInteractorService())
-      store.dispatch('stopFetchingNotifications')
+      store.dispatch('stopFetching', 'notifications')
+      store.commit('clearNotifications')
       store.commit('resetStatuses')
     },
     loginUser (store, accessToken) {
@@ -365,6 +366,9 @@ const users = {
               // Start getting fresh posts.
               store.dispatch('startFetching', { timeline: 'friends' })
 
+              // Start fetching notifications
+              store.dispatch('startFetching', { timeline: 'notifications' })
+
               // Get user mutes
               store.dispatch('fetchMutes')
 
diff --git a/src/services/backend_interactor_service/backend_interactor_service.js b/src/services/backend_interactor_service/backend_interactor_service.js
index 71e78d2f..f28686f8 100644
--- a/src/services/backend_interactor_service/backend_interactor_service.js
+++ b/src/services/backend_interactor_service/backend_interactor_service.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import apiService from '../api/api.service.js'
 import timelineFetcherService from '../timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js'
+import notificationsFetcher from '../notifications_fetcher/notifications_fetcher.service.js'
 
 const backendInteractorService = (credentials) => {
   const fetchStatus = ({id}) => {
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ const backendInteractorService = (credentials) => {
   }
 
   const startFetching = ({timeline, store, userId = false, tag}) => {
+    if (timeline === 'notifications') { return notificationsFetcher.startFetching({store, credentials}) }
     return timelineFetcherService.startFetching({timeline, store, credentials, userId, tag})
   }