diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index 664464e7..aea790ad 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class FlwtchState extends State<Flwtch> {
       var cwtchNotifier = new CwtchNotifier(profs, globalSettings, globalErrorHandler, globalTorStatus, newDesktopNotificationsManager(), globalAppState, globalServersList);
       cwtch = CwtchFfi(cwtchNotifier);
     } else {
-      var cwtchNotifier = new CwtchNotifier(profs, globalSettings, globalErrorHandler, globalTorStatus, NullNotificationsManager(), globalAppState, globalServersList);
+      var cwtchNotifier = new CwtchNotifier(profs, globalSettings, globalErrorHandler, globalTorStatus, newDesktopNotificationsManager(), globalAppState, globalServersList);
       cwtch = CwtchFfi(cwtchNotifier);
     }
     print("initState: invoking cwtch.Start()");
diff --git a/lib/notification_manager.dart b/lib/notification_manager.dart
index fa5de8c3..f01659be 100644
--- a/lib/notification_manager.dart
+++ b/lib/notification_manager.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+import 'dart:io';
+
+import 'package:desktoasts/desktoasts.dart';
 import 'package:desktop_notifications/desktop_notifications.dart';
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as path;
 
+import 'config.dart';
+
 // NotificationsManager provides a wrapper around platform specific notifications logic.
 abstract class NotificationsManager {
   Future<void> notify(String message);
@@ -26,15 +31,47 @@ class LinuxNotificationsManager implements NotificationsManager {
   }
 }
 
+// Windows Notification Manager uses https://pub.dev/packages/desktoasts to implement
+// windows notifications
+class WindowsNotificationManager implements NotificationsManager {
+  late ToastService service;
+
+  WindowsNotificationManager() {
+    service = new ToastService(
+      appName: 'Cwtch',
+      companyName: 'Open Privacy Research Society',
+      productName: 'Cwtch',
+    );
+  }
+
+  Future<void> notify(String message) async {
+    Toast toast = new Toast(
+      type: ToastType.text01,
+      title: 'Cwtch',
+      subtitle: message,
+    );
+    service.show(toast);
+  }
+}
+
 NotificationsManager newDesktopNotificationsManager() {
-  try {
-    // Test that we can actually access DBUS. Otherwise return a null
-    // notifications manager...
-    NotificationsClient client = NotificationsClient();
-    client.getCapabilities();
-    return LinuxNotificationsManager(client);
-  } catch (e) {
-    print("Attempted to access DBUS for notifications but failed. Switching off notifications.");
+  if (Platform.isLinux) {
+    try {
+      // Test that we can actually access DBUS. Otherwise return a null
+      // notifications manager...
+      NotificationsClient client = NotificationsClient();
+      client.getCapabilities();
+      return LinuxNotificationsManager(client);
+    } catch (e) {
+      EnvironmentConfig.debugLog(
+          "Attempted to access DBUS for notifications but failed. Switching off notifications.");
+    }
+  } else if (Platform.isWindows) {
+    try {
+      return WindowsNotificationManager();
+    } catch (e) {
+      EnvironmentConfig.debugLog("Failed to create Windows desktoasts notification manager");
+    }
   }
   return NullNotificationsManager();
 }
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 22a566d6..8f1137b3 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
     version: "0.5.2"
+  desktoasts:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: desktoasts
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "0.0.2"
   desktop_notifications:
     dependency: "direct main"
     description:
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 47e0b916..532fffce 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ dependencies:
   file_picker: ^4.3.2
   file_picker_desktop: ^1.1.0
   url_launcher: ^6.0.12
+  desktoasts: ^0.0.2
 
 dev_dependencies:
   msix: ^2.1.3
diff --git a/windows/flutter/generated_plugin_registrant.cc b/windows/flutter/generated_plugin_registrant.cc
index 4f788487..6859cc41 100644
--- a/windows/flutter/generated_plugin_registrant.cc
+++ b/windows/flutter/generated_plugin_registrant.cc
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@
 
 #include "generated_plugin_registrant.h"
 
+#include <desktoasts/desktoasts_plugin.h>
 #include <url_launcher_windows/url_launcher_windows.h>
 
 void RegisterPlugins(flutter::PluginRegistry* registry) {
+  DesktoastsPluginRegisterWithRegistrar(
+      registry->GetRegistrarForPlugin("DesktoastsPlugin"));
   UrlLauncherWindowsRegisterWithRegistrar(
       registry->GetRegistrarForPlugin("UrlLauncherWindows"));
 }
diff --git a/windows/flutter/generated_plugins.cmake b/windows/flutter/generated_plugins.cmake
index 411af46d..cb499b22 100644
--- a/windows/flutter/generated_plugins.cmake
+++ b/windows/flutter/generated_plugins.cmake
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 list(APPEND FLUTTER_PLUGIN_LIST
+  desktoasts
   url_launcher_windows
 )