diff --git a/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue b/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
index 1d1f45cf1..0b88824a2 100644
--- a/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
+++ b/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
@@ -1,27 +1,25 @@
 <template>
 	<div class="notifications">
-		<!-- FIXME: add label -->
-		<slot :togglePopup="togglePopup" :hasUnreadNotifications="hasUnreadNotifications">
-			<NavbarTriggerButton
-				:pressed="showNotifications"
-				ref="toggleButton"
-				@click="togglePopup"
-			>
-					<span v-if="hasUnreadNotifications" class="unread-indicator" />
-					<icon icon="bell"/>
-			</NavbarTriggerButton>
-		</slot>
+		<NavbarTriggerButton
+			:pressed="modalIsOpen"
+			ref="toggleButton"
+			:aria-label="modalIsOpen ? $t('notification.hideNotifications') : $t('notification.showNotifications')"
+			@click="togglePopup"
+		>
+				<span v-if="hasUnreadNotifications" class="unread-indicator" />
+				<icon icon="bell"/>
+		</NavbarTriggerButton>
 
 		<!-- FIXME: create dedicated dropdown menu -->
 		<transition name="fade">
-			<div class="notifications-list" v-if="showNotifications" ref="popup">
+			<div class="notifications-list" v-if="modalIsOpen" ref="popup">
 				<h3 class="head">{{ $t('notification.title') }}</h3>
 				<NotificationItem
-					v-for="(n, index) in notifications"
+					v-for="n in notifications"
 					:key="n.id"
 					class="notification-item"
 					:notification="n"
-					@markNotificationAsRead="markNotificationAsRead(index, n)"
+					@markNotificationAsRead="markNotificationAsRead(n)"
 				/>
 				<p class="nothing" v-if="notifications.length === 0">
 					{{ $t('notification.none') }}<br/>
@@ -35,75 +33,42 @@
 </template>
 
 <script lang="ts" setup>
-import {computed, onMounted, onUnmounted, ref} from 'vue'
-import {onClickOutside} from '@vueuse/core'
+import {ref} from 'vue'
+import {onClickOutside, tryOnUnmounted} from '@vueuse/core'
 
-import type {INotification} from '@/modelTypes/INotification'
-
-import NotificationService from '@/services/notification'
 import NavbarTriggerButton from '@/components/home/NavbarTriggerButton.vue'
 import NotificationItem from '@/components/notifications/NotificationItem.vue'
+import {useNotificationStore} from '@/stores/notifications'
 
-import {findIndexById} from '@/helpers/utils'
-
-const NOTIFICATIONS_PULL_INTERVAL = 10000
-
-const allNotifications = ref<INotification[]>([])
-const showNotifications = ref(false)
+const modalIsOpen = ref(false)
 const popup = ref(null)
 const toggleButton = ref(null)
 
 function togglePopup() {
-	showNotifications.value = !showNotifications.value
+	modalIsOpen.value = !modalIsOpen.value
 }
 
 onClickOutside(
 	popup,
 	() => {
-		if (!showNotifications.value) {
+		if (!modalIsOpen.value) {
 			return
 		}
-		showNotifications.value = false
+		modalIsOpen.value = false
 	},
 	{ ignore: [toggleButton]},
 )
 
-const notifications = computed(() => {
-	return allNotifications.value ? allNotifications.value.filter(n => n.name !== '') : []
-})
-const unreadNotifications = computed(() => {
-	return notifications.value.filter(n => n.readAt === null).length
-})
+const {
+	notifications,
+	hasUnreadNotifications,
 
-const hasUnreadNotifications = computed(() => unreadNotifications.value > 0)
+	startNotificationPulling,
+	markNotificationAsRead,
+} = useNotificationStore()
 
-let interval: ReturnType<typeof setInterval>
-onMounted(() => {
-	interval = setInterval(loadNotifications, NOTIFICATIONS_PULL_INTERVAL)
-})
-
-onUnmounted(() => clearInterval(interval))
-
-const notificationService = new NotificationService()
-
-loadNotifications()
-async function loadNotifications() {
-	allNotifications.value = await notificationService.getAll()
-}
-
-async function markNotificationAsRead(notification: INotification) {
-	const index = findIndexById(allNotifications.value, notification.id)
-	if (index === -1) {
-		return
-	}
-
-	allNotifications.value[index] = {
-		...notification,
-		read: true,
-	}
-
-	await notificationService.update(allNotifications.value[index])
-}
+const stopNotificationPulling = startNotificationPulling()
+tryOnUnmounted(stopNotificationPulling)
 </script>
 
 <style lang="scss" scoped>
diff --git a/src/i18n/lang/en.json b/src/i18n/lang/en.json
index ad15f9dee..bb3e08a5a 100644
--- a/src/i18n/lang/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/lang/en.json
@@ -943,6 +943,8 @@
     "contact": "contact us"
   },
   "notification": {
+    "showNotifications": "show Notifications",
+    "hideNotifications": "hide Notifications",
     "title": "Notifications",
     "none": "You don't have any notifications. Have a nice day!",
     "explainer": "Notifications will appear here when actions on namespaces, lists or tasks you subscribed to happen.",
diff --git a/src/services/notification.ts b/src/services/notification.ts
index b4202c022..919f68a4a 100644
--- a/src/services/notification.ts
+++ b/src/services/notification.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-import AbstractService from '@/services/abstractService'
 import {formatISO} from 'date-fns'
-import NotificationModel from '@/models/notification'
-import {NOTIFICATION_NAMES, type INotification} from '@/modelTypes/INotification'
+
 import type {IUser} from '@/modelTypes/IUser'
+import {NOTIFICATION_NAMES, type INotification} from '@/modelTypes/INotification'
+
+import AbstractService from '@/services/abstractService'
+import NotificationModel from '@/models/notification'
 import {getTextIdentifier} from '@/models/task'
 import {getDisplayName} from '@/models/user'
+
 import {i18n} from '@/i18n'
 
 export function getNotificationTitle(notificationItem: INotification, user: IUser | null) {
diff --git a/src/stores/notifications.ts b/src/stores/notifications.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f8a35698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stores/notifications.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import {computed, ref} from 'vue'
+import type {INotification} from '@/modelTypes/INotification'
+import NotificationService from '@/services/notification'
+import {acceptHMRUpdate, defineStore} from 'pinia'
+import {findIndexById} from '@/helpers/utils'
+
+const NOTIFICATIONS_PULL_INTERVAL = 10000
+
+export const useNotificationStore = defineStore('notification', () => {
+	const allNotifications = ref<INotification[]>([])
+
+	const notifications = computed(() => {
+		return allNotifications.value ? allNotifications.value.filter(n => n.name !== '') : []
+	})
+	const unreadNotifications = computed(() => {
+		return notifications.value.filter(n => n.readAt === null).length
+	})
+	const hasUnreadNotifications = computed(() => unreadNotifications.value > 0)
+
+	let interval: ReturnType<typeof setInterval>
+
+	const notificationService = new NotificationService()
+
+	async function loadNotifications() {
+		allNotifications.value = await notificationService.getAll()
+	}
+
+	function startNotificationPulling() {
+		loadNotifications()
+		interval = setInterval(loadNotifications, NOTIFICATIONS_PULL_INTERVAL)
+		return stopNotificationPulling
+	}
+
+	function stopNotificationPulling() {
+		clearInterval(interval)
+	}
+
+	async function markNotificationAsRead(notificationItem: INotification) {
+		const index = findIndexById(allNotifications.value, notificationItem.id)
+		if (index === -1) {
+			return
+		}
+	
+		allNotifications.value[index] = {
+			...notificationItem,
+			read: true,
+		}
+	
+		await notificationService.update(allNotifications.value[index])
+	}
+
+	return {
+		notifications,
+		unreadNotifications,
+		hasUnreadNotifications,
+
+		startNotificationPulling,
+		stopNotificationPulling,
+		markNotificationAsRead,
+	}
+})
+
+// support hot reloading
+if (import.meta.hot) {
+  import.meta.hot.accept(acceptHMRUpdate(useNotificationStore, import.meta.hot))
+}
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