diff --git a/benches/app.rs b/benches/app.rs
index dc395e2f..4d3f43b7 100644
--- a/benches/app.rs
+++ b/benches/app.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 
 use criterion::{BatchSize, Criterion, criterion_group, criterion_main};
 use gurk::app::App;
-use gurk::config::{Config, User};
+use gurk::config::{Config, NotificationConfig, User};
 use gurk::signal::test::SignalManagerMock;
 use gurk::storage::{ForgetfulStorage, MemCache};
 use presage::libsignal_service::content::Content;
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ use tracing::info;
 fn test_app() -> App {
     let (app, _) = App::try_new(
         Config {
-            notifications: false,
+            notifications: NotificationConfig {
+                enabled: false,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
             ..Config::with_user(User {
                 display_name: "Tyler Durden".to_string(),
             })
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 434a6782..b812bd47 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -719,8 +719,8 @@ impl App {
                     emoji,
                     HandleReactionOptions::new()
                         .remove(remove.unwrap_or(false))
-                        .notify(true)
-                        .bell(true),
+                        .notify(self.config.notifications.show_reactions)
+                        .bell(!self.config.notifications.mute_reactions_bell),
                 )
                 .await;
                 read.into_iter().for_each(|r| {
@@ -769,8 +769,8 @@ impl App {
                     emoji,
                     HandleReactionOptions::new()
                         .remove(remove.unwrap_or(false))
-                        .notify(true)
-                        .bell(true),
+                        .notify(self.config.notifications.show_reactions)
+                        .bell(!self.config.notifications.mute_reactions_bell),
                 )
                 .await;
                 return Ok(());
@@ -1424,8 +1424,20 @@ impl App {
     }
 
     fn notify(&self, summary: &str, text: &str) {
-        if self.config.notifications {
-            if let Err(e) = Notification::new().summary(summary).body(text).show() {
+        if self.config.notifications.enabled {
+            if let Err(e) = Notification::new()
+                .summary(if self.config.notifications.show_message_chat {
+                    summary
+                } else {
+                    "gurk"
+                })
+                .body(if self.config.notifications.show_message_text {
+                    text
+                } else {
+                    "New message!"
+                })
+                .show()
+            {
                 error!("failed to send notification: {}", e);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 358cce96..f68de8c3 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// Whether to show receipts (sent, delivered, read) information next to your user name in UI
     #[serde(default = "default_true")]
     pub show_receipts: bool,
-    /// Whether to show system notifications on incoming messages
-    #[serde(default = "default_true")]
-    pub notifications: bool,
+    /// Notification settings
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub notifications: NotificationConfig,
     #[serde(default = "default_true")]
     pub bell: bool,
     /// User configuration
@@ -72,6 +72,37 @@ pub struct User {
     pub display_name: String,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct NotificationConfig {
+    /// Whether to show system notifications on incoming messages
+    #[serde(default = "default_true")]
+    pub enabled: bool,
+    /// Whether to show message preview in notifications
+    #[serde(default = "default_true")]
+    pub show_message_text: bool,
+    /// Whether to show message origin in notifications
+    #[serde(default = "default_true")]
+    pub show_message_chat: bool,
+    /// Whether to show reactions in notifications
+    #[serde(default = "default_true")]
+    pub show_reactions: bool,
+    /// Whether to mute reactions bell
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub mute_reactions_bell: bool,
+}
+
+impl Default for NotificationConfig {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            enabled: true,
+            show_message_text: true,
+            show_message_chat: true,
+            show_reactions: true,
+            mute_reactions_bell: false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "dev")]
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct DeveloperConfig {
@@ -127,7 +158,7 @@ impl Config {
             deprecated_signal_db_path: default_signal_db_path(),
             first_name_only: false,
             show_receipts: true,
-            notifications: true,
+            notifications: NotificationConfig::default(),
             bell: true,
             #[cfg(feature = "dev")]
             developer: Default::default(),
@@ -220,6 +251,16 @@ impl Config {
                 message: "will be removed in a future version; use `<data_dir>/gurk.sqlite` instead",
             });
         }
+        if config_value
+            .get("notifications")
+            .and_then(|v| v.as_bool())
+            .is_some()
+        {
+            keys.push(DeprecatedConfigKey {
+                key: "notifications",
+                message: "boolean format is deprecated; use [notifications] section with enabled, show_message_text, show_message_chat, show_reactions and mute_reactions_bell fields",
+            });
+        }
 
         let deprecated_keys = DeprecatedKeys {
             file_path: path.to_path_buf(),