diff --git a/notify.lua b/notify.lua
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+weechat.register('notify', 'Yash Karandikar', '22.05.10', 'Unlicense',
+        'Notify on highlight', '', '')
+
+weechat.hook_signal('weechat_highlight', 'notify', '')
+weechat.hook_signal('irc_pv', 'notify', '')
+function notify (data, signal, signal_data)
+    nick, text = string.match(signal_data, '(.-)\t(.+)')
+    os.execute('notify-send -i "/usr/share/icons/Papirus-Dark/128x128/apps/weechat.svg" '  .. string.format('%q %q', nick, text))
+    return weechat.WEECHAT_RC_OK
+end