diff --git a/GBM/Forms/frmMain.vb b/GBM/Forms/frmMain.vb
index 28baae0..9e255ef 100644
--- a/GBM/Forms/frmMain.vb
+++ b/GBM/Forms/frmMain.vb
@@ -1226,6 +1226,7 @@ Public Class frmMain
 
     Public Sub UpdateLog(sLogUpdate As String, Optional bTrayUpdate As Boolean = True, Optional objIcon As System.Windows.Forms.ToolTipIcon = ToolTipIcon.Info, Optional bTimeStamp As Boolean = True) Handles oBackup.UpdateLog, oRestore.UpdateLog
         Dim prsNotify As Process
+        Dim bNotifyFailed As Boolean
         Dim sUrgency As String
         Dim sIconLocation As String
         Dim sNotifyArgs As String
@@ -1292,13 +1293,19 @@ Public Class frmMain
                         prsNotify.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
                         prsNotify.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
                         prsNotify.Start()
+                        prsNotify.WaitForExit()
+                        Select Case prsNotify.ExitCode
+                            Case 0
+                                bNotifyFailed = False
+                            Case Else
+                                bNotifyFailed = True
+                        End Select
                     Catch
-                        'Show default notification style
-                        gMonTray.BalloonTipText = sLogUpdate
-                        gMonTray.BalloonTipIcon = objIcon
-                        gMonTray.ShowBalloonTip(10000)
+                        bNotifyFailed = True
                     End Try
-                Else
+                End If
+
+                If Not mgrCommon.IsUnix Or bNotifyFailed Then
                     gMonTray.BalloonTipText = sLogUpdate
                     gMonTray.BalloonTipIcon = objIcon
                     gMonTray.ShowBalloonTip(10000)
diff --git a/deb-package/gbm/DEBIAN/control b/deb-package/gbm/DEBIAN/control
index 30abda0..b34cac0 100644
--- a/deb-package/gbm/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/deb-package/gbm/DEBIAN/control
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ Priority: optional
 Version: 1.0.8
 Homepage: https://mikemaximus.github.io/gbm-web/
 Bugs: https://github.com/MikeMaximus/gbm/issues
-Depends: mono-vbnc, libsqlite3-0, p7zip-full, libnotify-bin
+Depends: mono-vbnc, libsqlite3-0, p7zip-full
+Recommends: libnotify-bin
 Description: Automatically backup your saved games!
diff --git a/gbm.sh b/gbm.sh
index 8a751d7..1ca9e26 100755
--- a/gbm.sh
+++ b/gbm.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 #check for all dependencies
-for prog in mono readlink df 7za notify-send;do
+for prog in mono readlink df 7za;do
     [ -n "`whereis -b ${prog} | cut -sd' ' -f2`" ] || (echo "Please install ${prog}" && exit 1);
 done
 for lib in libsqlite3;do