diff --git a/static/js/pages/user-view.js b/static/js/pages/user-view.js
index 338b2e25c..ec78f24b7 100644
--- a/static/js/pages/user-view.js
+++ b/static/js/pages/user-view.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     })
   }]);
 
-  function UserViewCtrl($scope, $routeParams, $timeout, ApiService, UserService, UIService, AvatarService, Config, ExternalLoginService) {
+  function UserViewCtrl($scope, $routeParams, $timeout, ApiService, UserService, UIService, AvatarService, Config, ExternalLoginService, CookieService) {
     var username = $routeParams.username;
 
     $scope.Config = Config;
@@ -186,14 +186,14 @@
     };
 
 
-    $scope.notificationsPermissionsEnabled = Notification
+    $scope.notificationsPermissionsEnabled = window['Notification']
       && Notification.permission === 'granted'
-      && localStorage.getItem('quay.enabledDesktopNotifications') === 'on';
+      && CookieService.get('quay.enabledDesktopNotifications') === 'on';
 
-    $scope.desktopNotificationsPermissionIsDisabled = () => Notification.permission === 'denied';
+    $scope.desktopNotificationsPermissionIsDisabled = () => window['Notification'] && Notification.permission === 'denied';
 
     $scope.toggleDesktopNotifications = () => {
-      if (!Notification) { // unsupported in IE & some older browsers, we'll just tell the user it's not available
+      if (!window['Notification']) { // unsupported in IE & some older browsers, we'll just tell the user it's not available
         bootbox.dialog({
           "message": 'Desktop Notifications unsupported in this browser',
           "title": 'Unsupported Option',
@@ -208,24 +208,24 @@
         return;
       }
 
-      if (localStorage.getItem('quay.enabledDesktopNotifications') === 'on') {
-        localStorage.setItem('quay.enabledDesktopNotifications', 'off');
-        localStorage.removeItem('quay.notifications.mostRecentTimestamp');
+      if (CookieService.get('quay.enabledDesktopNotifications') === 'on') {
+        CookieService.putPermanent('quay.enabledDesktopNotifications', 'off');
+        CookieService.clear('quay.notifications.mostRecentTimestamp');
         $scope.notificationsPermissionsEnabled = false;
       } else {
         if (Notification.permission === 'default') {
           Notification.requestPermission()
             .then((newPermission) => {
               if (newPermission === 'granted') {
-                localStorage.setItem('quay.enabledDesktopNotifications', 'on');
+                CookieService.putPermanent('quay.enabledDesktopNotifications', 'on');
                 $scope.notificationsPermissionsEnabled = true;
               } else {
                 $scope.notificationsPermissionsEnabled = false;
               }
             });
         } else if (Notification.permission === 'granted') {
-          localStorage.setItem('quay.enabledDesktopNotifications', 'on');
-          localStorage.setItem('quay.notifications.mostRecentTimestamp', new Date().getTime().toString());
+          CookieService.putPermanent('quay.enabledDesktopNotifications', 'on');
+          CookieService.putPermanent('quay.notifications.mostRecentTimestamp', new Date().getTime().toString());
           $scope.notificationsPermissionsEnabled = true;
         }
       }
diff --git a/static/js/services/notification-service.js b/static/js/services/notification-service.js
index 323a11e3c..94c0b8bad 100644
--- a/static/js/services/notification-service.js
+++ b/static/js/services/notification-service.js
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
  * in the sidebar) and provides helper methods for working with them.
  */
 angular.module('quay').factory('NotificationService',
-  ['$rootScope', '$interval', 'UserService', 'ApiService', 'StringBuilderService', 'PlanService', 'UserService', 'Features', 'Config', '$location', 'VulnerabilityService',
+  ['$rootScope', '$interval', 'UserService', 'ApiService', 'StringBuilderService', 'PlanService', 'CookieService', 'Features', 'Config', '$location', 'VulnerabilityService',
 
-function($rootScope, $interval, UserService, ApiService, StringBuilderService, PlanService, UserService, Features, Config, $location, VulnerabilityService) {
+function($rootScope, $interval, UserService, ApiService, StringBuilderService, PlanService, CookieService, Features, Config, $location, VulnerabilityService) {
   var notificationService = {
     'user': null,
     'notifications': [],
@@ -267,8 +267,7 @@ function($rootScope, $interval, UserService, ApiService, StringBuilderService, P
       notificationService.additionalNotifications = resp['additional'];
       notificationService.notificationClasses = notificationService.getClasses(notificationService.notifications);
 
-      if (notificationService.notifications.length > 0 && localStorage.getItem('quay.enabledDesktopNotifications') === 'on') {
-        console.log(notificationService);
+      if (notificationService.notifications.length > 0 && CookieService.get('quay.enabledDesktopNotifications') === 'on') {
         notificationService.sendBrowserNotifications();
       }
     });
@@ -284,7 +283,7 @@ function($rootScope, $interval, UserService, ApiService, StringBuilderService, P
   };
 
   notificationService.sendBrowserNotifications = () => {
-    let mostRecentTimestamp = parseInt(localStorage.getItem('quay.notifications.mostRecentTimestamp'), 10);
+    let mostRecentTimestamp = parseInt(CookieService.get('quay.notifications.mostRecentTimestamp'), 10);
     if (!mostRecentTimestamp) {
       mostRecentTimestamp = new Date(notificationService.notifications[0].created).getTime();
     }
@@ -300,12 +299,12 @@ function($rootScope, $interval, UserService, ApiService, StringBuilderService, P
       }
 
       new Notification(message, {
-        icon: 'http://quay.io/static/img/quay-logo.png',
-        image: 'http://quay.io/static/img/quay-logo.png',
+        icon: window.location.origin + '/static/img/quay-logo.png',
+        image: window.location.origin + '/static/img/quay-logo.png',
       });
 
       const newTimestamp = new Date(newNotifications[0].created).getTime();
-      localStorage.setItem('quay.notifications.mostRecentTimestamp', newTimestamp.toString());
+      CookieService.putPermanent('quay.notifications.mostRecentTimestamp', newTimestamp.toString());
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/static/partials/user-view.html b/static/partials/user-view.html
index 4441934e8..9e3a90dc3 100644
--- a/static/partials/user-view.html
+++ b/static/partials/user-view.html
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
                       </span>
                       <span class="help-text"
                             ng-if="desktopNotificationsPermissionIsDisabled()"
-                      >Note: Desktop notifications have been disabled in your browser.
+                      >Note: Desktop notifications have been disabled, or are unavailable, in your browser.
                       </span>
                   </td>
               </tr>