diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1bbaa60..f68da1b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,3 +42,13 @@ This tool is work in progress and some functions might not work (correctly).
 | extraHeaders | Extra HTTP headers to send to YouTube. This is a JSON array of objects containing `"key"` and `"value"`. Will be sent with each API requres. | `[]`  | ✘  |
 | database | Path of channel/video database | $HOME/.local/share/yttui.db | ✘ |
 | watchCommand | Command executed to watch a video. `{{vid}}` will be replaced by the Id of the video to watch. | `["xdg-open", "https://youtube.com/watch?v={{vid}}"]` | ✘ |
+| notifications | Object describing notification settings | `{}` | ✘ |
+
+#### Notifcation options
+The `notifications` entry can have the following sub-options:
+
+|Option | Description | Default value | Required |
+|-------|-------------|---------------|--------- |
+| channelNewVideoCommand | Gets executed when refreshing a single channel and there is one new videos. `{{channelName}}` will be replaced with the name of updated channel, `{{title}}` with the title of the new video. | `[]` | ✘ |
+| channelNewVideosCommand | Gets executed when refreshing a single channel and there are multiple new videos. `{{channelName}}` will be replaced with the name of updated channel, `{{newVideos}}` with the number of new videos. | `[]` | ✘ |
+| channelsNewVideosCommand | Gets executed when refreshing multiple channels and there are new videos. `{{updatedChannels}}` will be replaced with the number of updated channels, `{{newVideos}}` with the number of new videos across all refreshed channels. | `[]` | ✘ |
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 4de1e2c..7be7c03 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -329,15 +329,45 @@ bool run_command(const std::vector<std::string> &cmd, const std::vector<std::pai
     return rc == 0;
 }
 
+std::vector<std::string> notify_channel_new_video_command;
+std::vector<std::string> notify_channel_new_videos_command;
+std::vector<std::string> notify_channels_new_videos_command;
+
 void action_refresh_channel() {
-    fetch_videos_for_channel(channels.at(selected_channel));
+    Channel &ch = channels.at(selected_channel);
+    const int new_videos = fetch_videos_for_channel(channels.at(selected_channel));
+    if(new_videos == 0)
+        return;
+    if(new_videos == 1 && !notify_channel_new_video_command.empty()) {
+        run_command(notify_channel_new_video_command, {
+                        {"{{channelName}}", ch.name},
+                        {"{{videoTitle}}", videos[ch.id].front().title},
+                    });
+    } else if(notify_channel_new_videos_command.size()) {
+        run_command(notify_channel_new_videos_command, {
+                        {"{{channelName}}", ch.name},
+                        {"{{newVideos}}", std::to_string(new_videos)}
+                    });
+    }
+
 }
 
 void action_refresh_all_channels() {
     if(message_box("Refresh all channels?", ("Do you want to refresh all " + std::to_string(channels.size()) + " channels?").c_str(), Button::Yes | Button::No, Button::No) != Button::Yes)
         return;
+    int updated_channels = 0;
+    int new_videos = 0;
     for(Channel &channel: channels) {
-        fetch_videos_for_channel(channel, true);
+        const int count = fetch_videos_for_channel(channel, true);
+        new_videos += count;
+        if(count)
+            updated_channels++;
+    }
+    if(updated_channels && new_videos && !notify_channels_new_videos_command.empty()) {
+        run_command(notify_channels_new_videos_command, {
+                        {"{{updatedChannels}}", std::to_string(updated_channels)},
+                        {"{{newVideos}}", std::to_string(new_videos)}
+                    });
     }
 }
 
@@ -523,6 +553,12 @@ int main()
         database_filename = replace(config["database"], "$HOME", user_home);
     }
     config_get_string_list(watch_command, config, "watchCommand");
+    if(config.contains("notifications") && config["notifications"].is_object()) {
+        const json &notifications = config["notifications"];
+        config_get_string_list(notify_channel_new_video_command, notifications, "channelNewVideoCommand");
+        config_get_string_list(notify_channel_new_videos_command, notifications, "channelNewVideosCommand");
+        config_get_string_list(notify_channels_new_videos_command, notifications, "channelsNewVideosCommand");
+    }
 
     db_init(database_filename);
     make_virtual_unwatched_channel();
diff --git a/yttui.conf.example b/yttui.conf.example
index a9df8a3..7f6dd62 100644
--- a/yttui.conf.example
+++ b/yttui.conf.example
@@ -4,5 +4,10 @@
         {"key": "x-extra", "value": "heder"}
     ],
     "database": "$HOME/yttui.db",
-    "watchCommand": ["xdg-open", "https://youtube.com/watch?v={{vid}}"]
+    "watchCommand": ["xdg-open", "https://youtube.com/watch?v={{vid}}"],
+    "notifications": {
+        "channelNewVideoCommand": ["notify-send", "--app-name", "yttui", "New video from {{channelName}}", "{{videoTitle}}"],
+        "channelNewVideosCommand": ["notify-send", "--app-name", "yttui", "New videos from {{channelName}}", "There are {{newVideos}} new videos."],
+        "channelsNewVideosCommand": ["notify-send", "--app-name", "yttui", "New videos from multiple channels", "There are {{newVideos}} new videos from {{updatedChannels}} channels."]
+    }
 }