diff --git a/src/controllers/notifications/NotificationController.cpp b/src/controllers/notifications/NotificationController.cpp
index 2b68b130f..653db98c9 100644
--- a/src/controllers/notifications/NotificationController.cpp
+++ b/src/controllers/notifications/NotificationController.cpp
@@ -180,8 +180,13 @@ void NotificationController::getFakeTwitchChannelLiveStatus(
                     getApp()->notifications->playSound();
                 }
                 if (getSettings()->notificationFlashTaskbar) {
-                    QApplication::alert(
-                        getApp()->windows->getMainWindow().window(), 2500);
+                    if (getSettings()->longAlerts) {
+                        QApplication::alert(
+                            getApp()->windows->getMainWindow().window(), 0);
+                    } else {
+                        QApplication::alert(
+                            getApp()->windows->getMainWindow().window(), 2500);
+                    }
                 }
             }
             return Success;
diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchChannel.cpp b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchChannel.cpp
index a219ce690..55d9b6506 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchChannel.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchChannel.cpp
@@ -408,8 +408,14 @@ void TwitchChannel::setLive(bool newLiveStatus)
                         getApp()->notifications->playSound();
                     }
                     if (getSettings()->notificationFlashTaskbar) {
-                        QApplication::alert(
-                            getApp()->windows->getMainWindow().window(), 2500);
+                        if (getSettings()->longAlerts) {
+                            QApplication::alert(
+                                getApp()->windows->getMainWindow().window(), 0);
+                        } else {
+                            QApplication::alert(
+                                getApp()->windows->getMainWindow().window(),
+                                2500);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 auto live = makeSystemMessage(this->getName() + " is live");
diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchMessageBuilder.cpp b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchMessageBuilder.cpp
index 7589d54d0..16c967b1a 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchMessageBuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchMessageBuilder.cpp
@@ -788,8 +788,13 @@ void TwitchMessageBuilder::parseHighlights(bool isPastMsg)
             }
 
             if (doAlert) {
-                QApplication::alert(getApp()->windows->getMainWindow().window(),
-                                    2500);
+                if (getSettings()->longAlerts) {
+                    QApplication::alert(
+                        getApp()->windows->getMainWindow().window(), 0);
+                } else {
+                    QApplication::alert(
+                        getApp()->windows->getMainWindow().window(), 2500);
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/singletons/Settings.hpp b/src/singletons/Settings.hpp
index 5a2fae91a..491b0db81 100644
--- a/src/singletons/Settings.hpp
+++ b/src/singletons/Settings.hpp
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ public:
     BoolSetting enableLowercaseLink = {"/links/linkLowercase", true};
 
     /// Ignored phrases
-    QStringSetting ignoredPhraseReplace = {"/ignore/ignoredPhraseReplace", "***"};
+    QStringSetting ignoredPhraseReplace = {"/ignore/ignoredPhraseReplace",
+                                           "***"};
 
     /// Ingored Users
     BoolSetting enableTwitchIgnoredUsers = {"/ignore/enableTwitchIgnoredUsers",
@@ -143,6 +144,8 @@ public:
         "/highlighting/whisperHighlight/enableTaskbarFlashing", false};
     QStringSetting highlightColor = {"/highlighting/color", "#4B282C"};
 
+    BoolSetting longAlerts = {"/highlighting/alerts", false};
+
     /// Logging
     BoolSetting enableLogging = {"/logging/enabled", false};
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/settingspages/HighlightingPage.cpp b/src/widgets/settingspages/HighlightingPage.cpp
index 8d8ce400d..eb49b3452 100644
--- a/src/widgets/settingspages/HighlightingPage.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/settingspages/HighlightingPage.cpp
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ HighlightingPage::HighlightingPage()
 
         layout.append(createCheckBox(ALWAYS_PLAY,
                                      getSettings()->highlightAlwaysPlaySound));
+        layout.append(createCheckBox(
+            "Flash taskbar only stops highlighting when chatterino is focused",
+            getSettings()->longAlerts));
     }
 
     // ---- misc