diff --git a/packages/notification/README.md b/packages/notification/README.md
index c13c06fa5bd3b18808dac7677dbb30ccca59fe3b..c09908922b89a9a6303b6a698fe89a6bf5177775 100644
--- a/packages/notification/README.md
+++ b/packages/notification/README.md
@@ -13,22 +13,16 @@
 - `lang` (optional, default: `de`): set to `de` or `en` for German or English
     - example `<vpu-notification lang="de" client-id="my-client-id"></vpu-notification>`
 
-## Events to dispatch
-
-### Sending notifications 
-
-`vpu-notification-send` sends a notification to the web component
-
-```javascript 
-event = new CustomEvent("vpu-notification-send", {
-    bubbles: true,
-    cancelable: true,
-    detail: {
-        "summary": "Item deleted",
-        "body": "Item foo was deleted!",
-        "type": "info",
-        "timeout": 5,
-    },
+## Sending notifications 
+
+```javascript
+import notification from './notification';
+
+notification.send({
+    "summary": "Item deleted",
+    "body": "Item foo was deleted!",
+    "type": "info",
+    "timeout": 5,
 });
 ``` 
 
diff --git a/packages/notification/notification.js b/packages/notification/notification.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c654e6e39c3f937cd8d0d154aecf8d279f875b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/notification/notification.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+module.exports = {
+    /**
+     * Sends a notification via the event
+     *
+     * example options:
+     *
+     * {
+     *   "summary": "Item deleted",
+     *    "body": "Item foo was deleted!",
+     *    "type": "info",
+     *    "timeout": 5,
+     * }
+     *
+     * @param options
+     */
+    send: (options) => {
+        const event = new CustomEvent("vpu-notification-send", {
+            bubbles: true,
+            cancelable: true,
+            detail: options,
+        });
+
+        document.dispatchEvent(event);
+    },
+};
diff --git a/packages/notification/vpu-notification-demo.js b/packages/notification/vpu-notification-demo.js
index 693974c1ad22554d12e076d0fad8726b9cf12ca2..80ea7eb2385abf6413c3f34edb1e007ff71540c5 100644
--- a/packages/notification/vpu-notification-demo.js
+++ b/packages/notification/vpu-notification-demo.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import {i18n} from './i18n.js';
+import {i18n} from './i18n';
+import notification from './notification';
 import {html, LitElement} from 'lit-element';
 
 class NotificationDemo extends LitElement {
@@ -46,18 +47,12 @@ class NotificationDemo extends LitElement {
     }
 
     send() {
-        const event = new CustomEvent("vpu-notification-send", {
-            bubbles: true,
-            cancelable: true,
-            detail: {
-                "summary": "Item deleted",
-                "body": "Item foo was deleted!",
-                "type": "info",
-                "timeout": 5,
-            },
+        notification.send({
+            "summary": "Item deleted",
+            "body": "Item foo was deleted!",
+            "type": "info",
+            "timeout": 5,
         });
-
-        document.dispatchEvent(event);
     }
 }