diff --git a/src/lib/Video.ts b/src/lib/Video.ts
index 8ae2bd4..afa93a4 100644
--- a/src/lib/Video.ts
+++ b/src/lib/Video.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { updatePlex } from "./helpers/updatePlex.js";
 
 import { ProgressHeadless } from "./logging/ProgressConsole.js";
 import { ProgressBars } from "./logging/ProgressBars.js";
+import { notifyDownloaded, notifyError } from "./notifications/notify.js";
 import { nll, withContext } from "./logging/ProgressLogger.js";
 
 import { ffmpegPath } from "./helpers/fetchFFMPEG.js";
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ const byteToMbits = 131072;
 
 export class Video extends Attachment {
 	private readonly description: string;
-	private readonly artworkUrl?: string;
+	public readonly artworkUrl?: string;
 
 	public static State = VideoState;
 
@@ -136,9 +137,11 @@ export class Video extends Attachment {
 					}
 					this.logger.done(chalk`{cyan Downloaded!}`);
 					promDownloadedTotal.inc();
+          notifyDownloaded(this);
 					break;
 				} catch (err) {
 					this.onError(err);
+          notifyError(message, this);
 					if (retries < Video.MaxRetries) await sleep(5000);
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/src/lib/defaults.ts b/src/lib/defaults.ts
index 9b30a35..5aa287b 100644
--- a/src/lib/defaults.ts
+++ b/src/lib/defaults.ts
@@ -68,4 +68,15 @@ export const defaultSettings: Settings = {
 		prometheusExporterPort: null,
 		contributeMetrics: true,
 	},
+	notifications: {
+		telegram: {
+			enabled: false,
+			token: "",
+			chatId: "",
+		},
+		discord: {
+			enabled: false,
+			webhookUrl: "",
+		},
+	},
 };
diff --git a/src/lib/notifications/discord.ts b/src/lib/notifications/discord.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12a8f36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/notifications/discord.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { settings } from "../helpers/index.js";
+import { Video } from "../Video.js";
+
+export const discordSendEmbed = async (title: string, video: Video) => {
+	const discord = settings.notifications.discord;
+	if (!discord || !discord.enabled || !discord.webhookUrl || !video) return;
+
+	try {
+		fetch(discord.webhookUrl, {
+			method: "POST",
+			headers: {
+				"Content-Type": "application/json",
+			},
+			body: JSON.stringify({
+				embeds: [
+					{
+						title: title,
+						author: {
+							name: video.channelTitle,
+						},
+						image: {
+							url: video.artworkUrl,
+						},
+						fields: [
+							{
+								name: "Title",
+								value: video.videoTitle,
+								inline: true,
+							},
+							{
+								name: "Channel",
+								value: video.channelTitle,
+								inline: true,
+							},
+						],
+					},
+				],
+			}),
+		});
+	} catch {
+		console.error("Failed to send discord notification");
+	}
+};
+
+export const discordSendMessage = async (message: string) => {
+	const discord = settings.notifications.discord;
+	if (!discord || !discord.enabled || !discord.webhookUrl || !message) return;
+
+	try {
+		fetch(discord.webhookUrl, {
+			method: "POST",
+			headers: {
+				"Content-Type": "application/json",
+			},
+			body: JSON.stringify({
+				content: message,
+			}),
+		});
+	} catch {
+		console.error("Failed to send discord notification");
+	}
+};
diff --git a/src/lib/notifications/notify.ts b/src/lib/notifications/notify.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c742921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/notifications/notify.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { Video } from "../Video.js";
+import { discordSendEmbed, discordSendMessage } from "./discord.js";
+import telegramSendMessage from "./telegram.js";
+
+export const notifyDownloaded = (video: Video) => {
+	const message = `Downloaded ${video.videoTitle} from ${video.channelTitle}`;
+	telegramSendMessage(message);
+	discordSendEmbed("New video downloaded", video);
+};
+
+export const notifyError = (error: string, video: Video) => {
+	const message = `Error downloading ${video.videoTitle} from ${video.channelTitle} : ${error}`;
+	telegramSendMessage(message);
+	discordSendMessage(message);
+};
diff --git a/src/lib/notifications/telegram.ts b/src/lib/notifications/telegram.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8943885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/notifications/telegram.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { settings } from "../helpers/index.js";
+
+export default async function telegramSendMessage(message: string) {
+	const telegram = settings.notifications.telegram;
+	if (!telegram || !telegram.enabled || !telegram.token || !telegram.chatId || !message) return;
+
+	try {
+		fetch(`https://api.telegram.org/bot${telegram.token}/sendMessage`, {
+			method: "POST",
+			headers: {
+				"Content-Type": "application/json",
+			},
+			body: JSON.stringify({
+				chat_id: telegram.chatId,
+				text: message,
+			}),
+		});
+	} catch {
+		console.error("Failed to send telegram notification");
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/types.ts b/src/lib/types.ts
index d79b826..fd2b8f2 100644
--- a/src/lib/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ export interface Extras extends Record<string, boolean> {
 
 export type Resolution = ValueOfA<Resolutions>;
 
+export type Notification = {
+	telegram?: {
+		token: string;
+		chatId: string;
+		enabled: boolean;
+	};
+	discord?: {
+		enabled: boolean;
+		webhookUrl: string;
+	};
+};
+
 export type Settings = {
 	__SettingsWiki: string;
 	runQuickstartPrompts: boolean;
@@ -71,4 +83,5 @@ export type Settings = {
 		prometheusExporterPort: number | null;
 		contributeMetrics: boolean;
 	};
+	notifications: Notification;
 };