diff --git a/app/classes/shared/helpers.py b/app/classes/shared/helpers.py
index 5955548e..7cc87b68 100644
--- a/app/classes/shared/helpers.py
+++ b/app/classes/shared/helpers.py
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ class Helpers:
         self.translation = Translation(self)
         self.update_available = False
         self.ignored_names = ["crafty_managed.txt", "db_stats"]
+        self.announcements = []
 
     @staticmethod
     def auto_installer_fix(ex):
@@ -579,7 +580,7 @@ class Helpers:
 
         return version_data
 
-    def get_announcements(self):
+    def refresh_announcements(self):
         data = []
         try:
             response = requests.get("https://craftycontrol.com/notify", timeout=2)
@@ -587,6 +588,10 @@ class Helpers:
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Failed to fetch notifications with error: {e}")
 
+        self.announcements = data
+
+    def get_announcements(self):
+        data = self.announcements
         if self.update_available:
             data.append(self.update_available)
         return data
diff --git a/app/classes/shared/tasks.py b/app/classes/shared/tasks.py
index a117452f..8d27ddb2 100644
--- a/app/classes/shared/tasks.py
+++ b/app/classes/shared/tasks.py
@@ -200,6 +200,14 @@ class TasksManager:
             id="update_watcher",
             start_date=datetime.datetime.now(),
         )
+        self.helper.refresh_announcements()
+        self.scheduler.add_job(
+            self.helper.refresh_announcements,
+            "interval",
+            hours=1,
+            id="annoucement_watcher",
+            start_date=datetime.datetime.now(),
+        )
         # self.scheduler.add_job(
         #    self.scheduler.print_jobs, "interval", seconds=10, id="-1"
         # )
diff --git a/app/frontend/templates/notify.html b/app/frontend/templates/notify.html
index 4348fad5..f8c3ad9e 100644
--- a/app/frontend/templates/notify.html
+++ b/app/frontend/templates/notify.html
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
             text-danger
         {% end %}
         "></i><span id="notif-count" class="badge badge-notify"></span> </a>
-    <div class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right navbar-dropdown" style="width: 40vw;" aria-labelledby="notifDropdown">
+    <div class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right navbar-dropdown notif-drop"
+      style="width: 40vw; max-height: 80vh; overflow-y: scroll;" aria-labelledby="notifDropdown">
       <ul style="padding-top: 10px;" id="announcements">
       </ul>
     </div>
@@ -78,6 +79,19 @@
   .clear-button:hover {
     cursor: pointer;
   }
+
+  /* Hide scrollbar for Chrome, Safari and Opera */
+  .notif-drop::-webkit-scrollbar {
+    display: none;
+  }
+
+  /* Hide scrollbar for IE, Edge and Firefox */
+  .notif-drop {
+    -ms-overflow-style: none;
+    /* IE and Edge */
+    scrollbar-width: none;
+    /* Firefox */
+  }
 </style>
 <script>
   function pfpError(image) {
@@ -117,6 +131,10 @@
     });
   }
   async function getAnnouncements() {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      getAnnouncements();
+      console.log("Notifications Refreshed")
+    }, 5 * 60 * 1000);
     var token = getCookie("_xsrf");
     let res = await fetch(`/api/v2/crafty/announcements/`, {
       method: 'GET',