diff --git a/packages/notification/src/index.js b/packages/notification/src/index.js
index d1562574607e23688dbd393b0dd84ffdaad3f69a..bcee6d6864eeb2fe4113eb47aa6837baed29e443 100644
--- a/packages/notification/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/notification/src/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 import './vpu-notification';
-import { send } from './notification';
+import { send } from 'vpu-common/notification';
 
 export { send };
diff --git a/packages/notification/src/notification.js b/packages/notification/src/notification.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ac18c03014027b4dc49a423431bb25a0cd4a51ea..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/packages/notification/src/notification.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Sends a notification via the event
- *
- * example options:
- *
- * {
- *   "summary": "Item deleted",
- *    "body": "Item foo was deleted!",
- *    "type": "info",
- *    "timeout": 5,
- * }
- *
- * @param options
- */
-function send(options) {
-    const event = new CustomEvent("vpu-notification-send", {
-        bubbles: true,
-        cancelable: true,
-        detail: options,
-    });
-
-    window.dispatchEvent(event);
-}
-
-export { send };
diff --git a/packages/notification/src/vpu-notification-demo.js b/packages/notification/src/vpu-notification-demo.js
index 31c4c0d3650640a55d0aae667c7d3034e01236f5..113b63ed8ed73183ba0925b96ae15e943b40e65e 100644
--- a/packages/notification/src/vpu-notification-demo.js
+++ b/packages/notification/src/vpu-notification-demo.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {i18n} from './i18n';
-import {send as notify} from './notification';
+import {send as notify} from 'vpu-common/notification';
 import {html, LitElement} from 'lit-element';
 import './vpu-notification';
 import commonUtils from 'vpu-common/utils';
diff --git a/packages/notification/src/vpu-notification.js b/packages/notification/src/vpu-notification.js
index e95fe4c97ad2b978b44e111a4bead3971313e433..14db62452cf7ee3dfd2a1589e03cd2b8f8dd8174 100644
--- a/packages/notification/src/vpu-notification.js
+++ b/packages/notification/src/vpu-notification.js
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ class VPUNotification extends VPULitElement {
                     that.removeMessageId(messageId);
                 }, timeout * 1000);
             }
+
+            // mark the event as handled
+            e.preventDefault();
         });
 
         this.updateComplete.then(()=>{
diff --git a/packages/notification/vendor/common b/packages/notification/vendor/common
index 68e0a4f1f1a3ef6e05aca5216bf8684578ec2229..3623e0d1d062c1048ee37ac779d9425b56ffe26b 160000
--- a/packages/notification/vendor/common
+++ b/packages/notification/vendor/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 68e0a4f1f1a3ef6e05aca5216bf8684578ec2229
+Subproject commit 3623e0d1d062c1048ee37ac779d9425b56ffe26b