diff --git a/configs.yml b/configs.yml
index 080a414..2033447 100644
--- a/configs.yml
+++ b/configs.yml
@@ -28,12 +28,10 @@ base:
             - wget
             - xorg
             - numlockx       # activate numlock (set in .xinitrc)
-            - notification-daemon
+            - dunst
             - udiskie    # automount external drives (set in .xinitrc)
             - xmlstarlet # for clitip
             - pandoc     # for clitip
-    - run:
-        - sudo ln -rsi dotfiles/dbus/org.freedesktop.Notifications.service /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Notifications.service
     - run:
         command: sudo pkgfile -u
         condition: arch
diff --git a/dotfiles/xinitrc b/dotfiles/xinitrc
index 30148da..1a2d6cd 100644
--- a/dotfiles/xinitrc
+++ b/dotfiles/xinitrc
@@ -55,4 +55,6 @@ for monitor in $(xrandr --listactivemonitors | awk '{print $4}'); do
     xrandr --output "$monitor" --mode 1920x1080
 done
 
+/usr/bin/dunst &
+
 exec i3