diff --git a/ui/launch.go b/ui/launch.go
index e0f4086b..35c1ee92 100644
--- a/ui/launch.go
+++ b/ui/launch.go
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 package ui
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
-	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/Safing/portbase/modules"
 	"github.com/Safing/portmaster/updates"
 )
 
 var (
-	launchUI bool
+	launchUI       bool
+	launchNotifier bool
 )
 
 func init() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&launchUI, "ui", false, "launch user interface and exit")
+	flag.BoolVar(&launchNotifier, "notifier", false, "launch notifier and exit")
 }
 
 func launchUIByFlag() error {
-	if !launchUI {
+	if !launchUI && !launchNotifier {
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -30,37 +30,42 @@ func launchUIByFlag() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	osAndPlatform := fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
-
-	switch osAndPlatform {
-	case "linux_amd64":
-
-		file, err := updates.GetPlatformFile("app/portmaster-ui")
+	if launchUI {
+		err = launch("app/portmaster-ui")
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("ui currently not available: %s - you may need to first start portmaster and wait for it to fetch the update index", err)
+			return err
 		}
-
-		// check permission
-		info, err := os.Stat(file.Path())
-		if info.Mode() != 0755 {
-			fmt.Printf("%v\n", info.Mode())
-			err := os.Chmod(file.Path(), 0755)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to set exec permissions on %s: %s", file.Path(), err)
-			}
-		}
-
-		// exec
-		cmd := exec.Command(file.Path())
-		err = cmd.Start()
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to start ui: %s", err)
-		}
-
-		// gracefully exit portmaster
-		return modules.ErrCleanExit
-
-	default:
-		return errors.New("this os/platform is no UI support yet")
 	}
+
+	if launchNotifier {
+		return launch("notifier/portmaster-notifier")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func launch(identifier string) error {
+	file, err := updates.GetPlatformFile(identifier)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s currently not available: %s - you may need to first start portmaster and wait for it to fetch the update index", identifier, err)
+	}
+
+	// check permission
+	info, err := os.Stat(file.Path())
+	if info.Mode() != 0755 {
+		err := os.Chmod(file.Path(), 0755)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to set exec permissions on %s: %s", file.Path(), err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// exec
+	cmd := exec.Command(file.Path())
+	err = cmd.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to start %s: %s", identifier, err)
+	}
+
+	// gracefully exit portmaster
+	return modules.ErrCleanExit
 }