diff --git a/src/components/left/settings/SettingsNotifications.tsx b/src/components/left/settings/SettingsNotifications.tsx
index cf5b5fd5b..64c75f652 100644
--- a/src/components/left/settings/SettingsNotifications.tsx
+++ b/src/components/left/settings/SettingsNotifications.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { getActions, withGlobal } from '../../../global';
 
 import useLang from '../../../hooks/useLang';
 import useHistoryBack from '../../../hooks/useHistoryBack';
-import { playNotifySound } from '../../../util/notifications';
+import { playNotifySound, checkIfNotificationsSupported } from '../../../util/notifications';
 
 import Checkbox from '../../ui/Checkbox';
 import RangeSlider from '../../ui/RangeSlider';
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ const SettingsNotifications: FC<OwnProps & StateProps> = ({
 
   const runDebounced = useRunDebounced(500, true);
 
+  const areNotificationsSupported = checkIfNotificationsSupported();
+
   const handleSettingsChange = useCallback((
     e: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>,
     peerType: 'contact' | 'group' | 'broadcast',
@@ -147,11 +149,12 @@ const SettingsNotifications: FC<OwnProps & StateProps> = ({
           // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
           subLabel={lang(hasWebNotifications ? 'UserInfo.NotificationsEnabled' : 'UserInfo.NotificationsDisabled')}
           checked={hasWebNotifications}
+          disabled={!areNotificationsSupported}
           onChange={handleWebNotificationsChange}
         />
         <Checkbox
           label="Offline notifications"
-          disabled={!hasWebNotifications}
+          disabled={!hasWebNotifications || !areNotificationsSupported}
           // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
           subLabel={lang(hasPushNotifications ? 'UserInfo.NotificationsEnabled' : 'UserInfo.NotificationsDisabled')}
           checked={hasPushNotifications}
@@ -162,6 +165,7 @@ const SettingsNotifications: FC<OwnProps & StateProps> = ({
             label="Sound"
             min={0}
             max={10}
+            disabled={!areNotificationsSupported}
             value={notificationSoundVolume}
             onChange={handleVolumeChange}
           />
diff --git a/src/global/actions/ui/initial.ts b/src/global/actions/ui/initial.ts
index cde157898..34f2b26b2 100644
--- a/src/global/actions/ui/initial.ts
+++ b/src/global/actions/ui/initial.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,17 @@ addActionHandler('initShared', (): ActionReturnType => {
 addActionHandler('initMain', (global): ActionReturnType => {
   const { hasWebNotifications, hasPushNotifications } = selectNotifySettings(global);
   if (hasWebNotifications && hasPushNotifications) {
-    void subscribe();
+    // Most of the browsers only show the notifications permission prompt after the first user gesture
+    const events = ['click', 'ontouchstart', 'keypress'];
+    const subscribeAfterUserGesture = () => {
+      void subscribe();
+      events.forEach((event) => {
+        document.removeEventListener(event, subscribeAfterUserGesture);
+      });
+    };
+    events.forEach((event) => {
+      document.addEventListener(event, subscribeAfterUserGesture, { once: true });
+    });
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/src/util/notifications.ts b/src/util/notifications.ts
index 36c85fad2..c1cd5709e 100644
--- a/src/util/notifications.ts
+++ b/src/util/notifications.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function checkIfPushSupported() {
   return true;
 }
 
-function checkIfNotificationsSupported() {
+export function checkIfNotificationsSupported() {
   // Let's check if the browser supports notifications
   if (!('Notification' in window)) {
     if (DEBUG) {
@@ -137,20 +137,27 @@ function checkIfShouldResubscribe(subscription: PushSubscription | null) {
 
 async function requestPermission() {
   if (!('Notification' in window)) return;
-  if (!['granted', 'denied'].includes(Notification.permission)) {
-    await Notification.requestPermission();
+  let permission = Notification.permission;
+  if (!['granted', 'denied'].includes(permission)) {
+    permission = await Notification.requestPermission();
   }
+  const isGranted = permission === 'granted';
+  const { updateWebNotificationSettings } = getActions();
+  updateWebNotificationSettings({
+    hasWebNotifications: isGranted,
+    hasPushNotifications: isGranted,
+  });
 }
 
 async function unsubscribeFromPush(subscription: PushSubscription | null) {
   const global = getGlobal();
-  const dispatch = getActions();
+  const { deleteDeviceToken } = getActions();
   if (subscription) {
     try {
       const deviceToken = getDeviceToken(subscription);
       await callApi('unregisterDevice', deviceToken);
       await subscription.unsubscribe();
-      dispatch.deleteDeviceToken();
+      deleteDeviceToken();
       return;
     } catch (error) {
       if (DEBUG) {
@@ -161,7 +168,7 @@ async function unsubscribeFromPush(subscription: PushSubscription | null) {
   }
   if (global.push) {
     await callApi('unregisterDevice', global.push.deviceToken);
-    dispatch.deleteDeviceToken();
+    deleteDeviceToken();
   }
 }
 
@@ -226,6 +233,7 @@ export async function subscribe() {
   let subscription = await serviceWorkerRegistration.pushManager.getSubscription();
   if (!checkIfShouldResubscribe(subscription)) return;
   await unsubscribeFromPush(subscription);
+  const { setDeviceToken, updateWebNotificationSettings } = getActions();
   try {
     subscription = await serviceWorkerRegistration.pushManager.subscribe({
       userVisibleOnly: true,
@@ -236,10 +244,13 @@ export async function subscribe() {
       console.log('[PUSH] Received push subscription: ', deviceToken);
     }
     await callApi('registerDevice', deviceToken);
-    getActions()
-      .setDeviceToken(deviceToken);
+    setDeviceToken(deviceToken);
+    updateWebNotificationSettings({
+      hasWebNotifications: true,
+      hasPushNotifications: true,
+    });
   } catch (error: any) {
-    if (Notification.permission === 'denied' as NotificationPermission) {
+    if (Notification.permission === 'denied') {
       // The user denied the notification permission which
       // means we failed to subscribe and the user will need
       // to manually change the notification permission to
@@ -261,6 +272,10 @@ export async function subscribe() {
         await requestPermission();
       }
     }
+    updateWebNotificationSettings({
+      hasWebNotifications: false,
+      hasPushNotifications: false,
+    });
   }
 }