diff --git a/packages/cron-jobs/src/index.ts b/packages/cron-jobs/src/index.ts
index cf4132911..e1e1d6f2a 100644
--- a/packages/cron-jobs/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cron-jobs/src/index.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import type { RssFeed } from "./jobs/rss-feeds";
 import { rssFeedsJob } from "./jobs/rss-feeds";
 import { sessionCleanupJob } from "./jobs/session-cleanup";
 import { createCronJobGroup } from "./lib";
+import {notificationsFetcherJob} from "./jobs/notifications-fetcher";
 
 export const jobGroup = createCronJobGroup({
   analytics: analyticsJob,
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ export const jobGroup = createCronJobGroup({
   indexerManager: indexerManagerJob,
   healthMonitoring: healthMonitoringJob,
   sessionCleanup: sessionCleanupJob,
+  "notifications-fetcher": notificationsFetcherJob
 });
 
 export type JobGroupKeys = ReturnType<(typeof jobGroup)["getKeys"]>[number];
diff --git a/packages/cron-jobs/src/jobs/notifications-fetcher.ts b/packages/cron-jobs/src/jobs/notifications-fetcher.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84b8f7998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cron-jobs/src/jobs/notifications-fetcher.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import {createCronJob} from "../lib";
+import {EVERY_HOUR} from "@homarr/cron-jobs-core/expressions";
+
+export const notificationsFetcherJob = createCronJob("notifications-fetcher", EVERY_HOUR, {
+  runOnStart: true
+}).withCallback(async () => {
+
+});
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diff --git a/packages/db/schema/sqlite.ts b/packages/db/schema/sqlite.ts
index fd4158f38..e7ef936c2 100644
--- a/packages/db/schema/sqlite.ts
+++ b/packages/db/schema/sqlite.ts
@@ -354,6 +354,20 @@ export const icons = sqliteTable("icon", {
     .references(() => iconRepositories.id, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
 });
 
+export const notifications = sqliteTable("notifications", {
+  id: text().notNull().primaryKey(),
+  createdAt: int({ mode: "timestamp" }).notNull(),
+  dismissAfterOneAcknowledgement: int({ mode: "boolean" }).default(false).notNull(),
+  content: text().notNull()
+});
+
+export const notificationsAcknowledgements  = sqliteTable("notificationAcknowledgements", {
+  id: text().notNull().primaryKey(),
+  acknowledgedAt: int({ mode: "timestamp" }).notNull(),
+  userId: text().notNull().references(() => users.id, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
+  notificationId: text().notNull().references(() => notifications.id, { onDelete: "cascade" }),
+});
+
 export const iconRepositories = sqliteTable("iconRepository", {
   id: text().notNull().primaryKey(),
   slug: text().notNull(),
diff --git a/packages/translation/src/lang/en.json b/packages/translation/src/lang/en.json
index cac220e9f..e5d6adde2 100644
--- a/packages/translation/src/lang/en.json
+++ b/packages/translation/src/lang/en.json
@@ -2150,6 +2150,9 @@
             },
             "sessionCleanup": {
               "label": "Session Cleanup"
+            },
+            "notifications-fetcher": {
+              "label": "Notifications fetcher"
             }
           }
         },