diff --git a/app/soapbox/actions/notifications.js b/app/soapbox/actions/notifications.js
index 6a6253795..105d7b666 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/actions/notifications.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/actions/notifications.js
@@ -92,16 +92,20 @@ export function updateNotificationsQueue(notification, intlMessages, intlLocale,
     }
 
     // Desktop notifications
-    if (typeof window.Notification !== 'undefined' && showAlert && !filtered) {
-      const title = new IntlMessageFormat(intlMessages[`notification.${notification.type}`], intlLocale).format({ name: notification.account.display_name.length > 0 ? notification.account.display_name : notification.account.username });
-      const body = (notification.status && notification.status.spoiler_text.length > 0) ? notification.status.spoiler_text : unescapeHTML(notification.status ? notification.status.content : '');
+    try {
+      if (typeof window.Notification !== 'undefined' && showAlert && !filtered) {
+        const title = new IntlMessageFormat(intlMessages[`notification.${notification.type}`], intlLocale).format({ name: notification.account.display_name.length > 0 ? notification.account.display_name : notification.account.username });
+        const body = (notification.status && notification.status.spoiler_text.length > 0) ? notification.status.spoiler_text : unescapeHTML(notification.status ? notification.status.content : '');
 
-      const notify = new Notification(title, { body, icon: notification.account.avatar, tag: notification.id });
+        const notify = new Notification(title, { body, icon: notification.account.avatar, tag: notification.id });
 
-      notify.addEventListener('click', () => {
-        window.focus();
-        notify.close();
-      });
+        notify.addEventListener('click', () => {
+          window.focus();
+          notify.close();
+        });
+      }
+    } catch(e) {
+      console.warn(e);
     }
 
     if (playSound && !filtered) {