diff --git a/lua/plugins/astrocore.lua b/lua/plugins/astrocore.lua
index 518bfa7..6016b0c 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/astrocore.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/astrocore.lua
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ return {
       cmp = true, -- enable completion at start
       diagnostics_mode = 3, -- diagnostic mode on start (0 = off, 1 = no signs/virtual text, 2 = no virtual text, 3 = on)
       highlighturl = true, -- highlight URLs at start
-      notifications = true, -- enable notifications at start
+      notifications = false, -- enable notifications at start
     },
     -- Diagnostics configuration (for vim.diagnostics.config({...})) when diagnostics are on
     diagnostics = {
diff --git a/lua/plugins/fidget.lua b/lua/plugins/fidget.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ce8a59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/plugins/fidget.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+return {
+  { "j-hui/fidget.nvim" },
+  -- { "folke/noice.nvim", enabled = false },
+}