diff --git a/schema/plugin.json b/schema/plugin.json
index 2fc07a7..d02c490 100644
--- a/schema/plugin.json
+++ b/schema/plugin.json
@@ -39,6 +39,19 @@
       "title": "Trigger only for the last selected notebook cell execution.",
       "description": "Trigger a notification only for the last selected executed notebook cell.",
       "default": false
+    },
+    "notification_methods": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "minItems": 1,
+      "items": {
+        "enum": [
+          "browser",
+          "ntfy"
+        ]
+      },
+      "title": "Notification Methods",
+      "description": "Methods how to notificate messages. Select from 'browser' or 'ntfy'",
+      "default": ["browser"]
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index ac2afd2..469787a 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
   JupyterFrontEnd,
   JupyterFrontEndPlugin
 } from '@jupyterlab/application';
+import { ISessionContext, SessionContext } from '@jupyterlab/apputils';
 import { KernelError, Notebook, NotebookActions } from '@jupyterlab/notebook';
 import { Cell } from '@jupyterlab/cells';
 import { ISettingRegistry } from '@jupyterlab/settingregistry';
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import { ICodeCellModel } from '@jupyterlab/cells';
 import { PageConfig } from '@jupyterlab/coreutils';
 import LRU from 'lru-cache';
 import moment from 'moment';
+import { issueNtfyNotification } from './ntfy';
 import { checkBrowserNotificationSettings } from './settings';
 
 interface ICellExecutionMetadata {
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ interface ICellExecutionMetadata {
 /**
  * Constructs notification message and displays it.
  */
-function displayNotification(
+async function displayNotification(
   cellDuration: string,
   cellNumber: number,
   notebookName: string,
@@ -27,8 +29,10 @@ function displayNotification(
   reportCellExecutionTime: boolean,
   failedExecution: boolean,
   error: KernelError | null,
-  lastCellOnly: boolean
-): void {
+  lastCellOnly: boolean,
+  notificationMethods: string[],
+  sessionContext: ISessionContext | null,
+): Promise<void> {
   const base = PageConfig.getBaseUrl();
   const notificationPayload = {
     icon: base + 'static/favicon.ico',
@@ -52,13 +56,20 @@ function displayNotification(
   }
 
   notificationPayload.body = message;
-  new Notification(title, notificationPayload);
+
+  if (notificationMethods.includes('browser')) {
+    new Notification(title, notificationPayload);
+  }
+  if ((notificationMethods.includes('ntfy')) && (sessionContext)) {
+    await issueNtfyNotification(title, notificationPayload, sessionContext);
+  }
+
 }
 
 /**
  * Trigger notification.
  */
-function triggerNotification(
+async function triggerNotification(
   cell: Cell,
   notebook: Notebook,
   cellExecutionMetadataTable: LRU<string, ICellExecutionMetadata>,
@@ -69,7 +80,9 @@ function triggerNotification(
   cellNumberType: string,
   failedExecution: boolean,
   error: KernelError | null,
-  lastCellOnly: boolean
+  lastCellOnly: boolean,
+  notificationMethods: string[],
+  sessionContext: ISessionContext | null,
 ) {
   const cellEndTime = new Date();
   const codeCellModel = cell.model as ICodeCellModel;
@@ -102,7 +115,7 @@ function triggerNotification(
           ? cellExecutionMetadata.index
           : codeCellModel.executionCount;
       const notebookName = notebook.title.label.replace(/\.[^/.]+$/, '');
-      displayNotification(
+      await displayNotification(
         cellDuration,
         cellNumber,
         notebookName,
@@ -110,7 +123,9 @@ function triggerNotification(
         reportCellExecutionTime,
         failedExecution,
         error,
-        lastCellOnly
+        lastCellOnly,
+        notificationMethods,
+        sessionContext,
       );
     }
   }
@@ -128,6 +143,8 @@ const extension: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<void> = {
     let reportCellNumber = true;
     let cellNumberType = 'cell_index';
     let lastCellOnly = false;
+    let notificationMethods = ['browser'];
+
     const cellExecutionMetadataTable: LRU<
       string,
       ICellExecutionMetadata
@@ -138,6 +155,13 @@ const extension: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<void> = {
       max: 500
     });
 
+    // SessionContext is used for running python codes
+    const manager = app.serviceManager;
+    const sessionContext = new SessionContext({
+      sessionManager: manager.sessions as any,
+      specsManager: manager.kernelspecs,
+    });
+
     if (settingRegistry) {
       const setting = await settingRegistry.load(extension.id);
       const updateSettings = (): void => {
@@ -150,6 +174,7 @@ const extension: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<void> = {
           .composite as boolean;
         cellNumberType = setting.get('cell_number_type').composite as string;
         lastCellOnly = setting.get('last_cell_only').composite as boolean;
+        notificationMethods = setting.get('notification_methods').composite as string[];
       };
       updateSettings();
       setting.changed.connect(updateSettings);
@@ -165,10 +190,10 @@ const extension: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<void> = {
       }
     });
 
-    NotebookActions.executed.connect((_, args) => {
+    NotebookActions.executed.connect(async (_, args) => {
       if (enabled && !lastCellOnly) {
         const { cell, notebook, success, error } = args;
-        triggerNotification(
+        await triggerNotification(
           cell,
           notebook,
           cellExecutionMetadataTable,
@@ -179,16 +204,18 @@ const extension: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<void> = {
           cellNumberType,
           !success,
           error,
-          lastCellOnly
+          lastCellOnly,
+          notificationMethods,
+          sessionContext,
         );
       }
     });
 
-    NotebookActions.selectionExecuted.connect((_, args) => {
+    NotebookActions.selectionExecuted.connect(async (_, args) => {
       if (enabled && lastCellOnly) {
         const { lastCell, notebook } = args;
         const failedExecution = false;
-        triggerNotification(
+        await triggerNotification(
           lastCell,
           notebook,
           cellExecutionMetadataTable,
@@ -199,7 +226,9 @@ const extension: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<void> = {
           cellNumberType,
           failedExecution,
           null,
-          lastCellOnly
+          lastCellOnly,
+          notificationMethods,
+          sessionContext,
         );
       }
     });
diff --git a/src/ntfy.ts b/src/ntfy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33358d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ntfy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { ISessionContext } from '@jupyterlab/apputils';
+import { Kernel, KernelAPI, KernelMessage } from '@jupyterlab/services';
+
+export async function ensureSessionContextKernelActivated(
+  sessionContext: ISessionContext
+): Promise<void> {
+  if (sessionContext.hasNoKernel) {
+    await sessionContext.initialize()
+      .then(async (value) => {
+        if (value) {
+          const py3kernel = await KernelAPI.startNew({ name: 'python3' });
+          await sessionContext.changeKernel(py3kernel);
+        }
+      })
+      .catch((reason) => {
+        console.error(`Failed to initialize the session in jupyterlab-notifications.\n${reason}`);
+      });;
+  }
+}
+
+export async function issueNtfyNotification(
+  title: string,
+  notificationPayload: { body: string },
+  sessionContext: ISessionContext,
+): Promise<Kernel.IShellFuture<KernelMessage.IExecuteRequestMsg, KernelMessage.IExecuteReplyMsg>> {
+  const { body } = notificationPayload;
+  await ensureSessionContextKernelActivated(sessionContext);
+  if (!sessionContext || !sessionContext.session?.kernel) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const titleEscaped = title.replace(/"/g, '\\"');
+  const bodyEscaped = body.replace(/"/g, '\\"');
+  const code = `from ntfy import notify; notify("${bodyEscaped}", "${titleEscaped}")`;
+  return sessionContext.session?.kernel?.requestExecute({ code });
+}