diff --git a/app/tools/yt.py b/app/tools/yt.py
index b4500db5..ba358fc9 100644
--- a/app/tools/yt.py
+++ b/app/tools/yt.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from urllib.parse import unquote
 from urllib.request import Request, urlopen, urlretrieve
 
 from app.commons import log
+from app.ui.uicommons import show_notification
 
 _YT_PATTERN = re.compile(r"https://www.youtube.com/.+(?:v=)([\w-]{11}).*")
 _YT_LIST_PATTERN = re.compile(r"https://www.youtube.com/.+?(?:list=)([\w-]{18,})?.*")
@@ -237,27 +238,32 @@ class YouTubeDL:
         except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
             log("YouTubeDLHelper error: {}".format(str(e)))
             raise YouTubeException(e)
+        except ImportError as e:
+            log("YouTubeDLHelper error: {}".format(str(e)))
         else:
             if self._update:
                 if hasattr(youtube_dl.version, "__version__"):
                     l_ver = self.get_last_release_id()
                     cur_ver = youtube_dl.version.__version__
                     if youtube_dl.version.__version__ < l_ver:
-                        msg = "youtube-dl has new release! Current: {}. Last: {}.".format(cur_ver, l_ver)
+                        msg = "youtube-dl has new release!\nCurrent: {}. Last: {}.".format(cur_ver, l_ver)
+                        show_notification(msg)
                         log(msg)
                         self._callback(msg, False)
                         self.get_latest_release()
 
             self._DownloadError = youtube_dl.utils.DownloadError
             self._dl = youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(self._OPTIONS)
-            log("youtube-dl initialized...")
+            msg = "youtube-dl initialized..."
+            show_notification(msg)
+            log(msg)
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_last_release_id():
         """ Getting last release id. """
         url = "https://api.github.com/repos/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/latest"
         with urlopen(url, timeout=10) as resp:
-            return json.load(resp).get("tag_name", "0")
+            return json.loads(resp.read().decode("utf-8")).get("tag_name", "0")
 
     def get_latest_release(self):
         try:
@@ -265,7 +271,7 @@ class YouTubeDL:
             log("Getting the last youtube-dl release...")
 
             with urlopen(YouTubeDL._LATEST_RELEASE_URL, timeout=10) as resp:
-                r = json.load(resp)
+                r = json.loads(resp.read().decode("utf-8"))
                 zip_url = r.get("zipball_url", None)
                 if zip_url:
                     zip_file = self._path + "yt.zip"
@@ -288,6 +294,7 @@ class YouTubeDL:
                                 shutil.move(info.filename, "{}{}{}".format(self._path, sep, f))
                         shutil.rmtree(pref)
                         msg = "Getting the last youtube-dl release is done!"
+                        show_notification(msg)
                         log(msg)
                         self._callback(msg, False)
                         return True
diff --git a/app/ui/uicommons.py b/app/ui/uicommons.py
index 3c3978da..ecd36ee0 100644
--- a/app/ui/uicommons.py
+++ b/app/ui/uicommons.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ MOD_MASK = Gdk.ModifierType.MOD2_MASK if IS_DARWIN else Gdk.ModifierType.CONTROL
 UI_RESOURCES_PATH = "app/ui/" if os.path.exists("app/ui/") else "ui/"
 LANG_PATH = UI_RESOURCES_PATH + "lang"
 GTK_PATH = os.environ.get("GTK_PATH", None)
-
+NOTIFY_IS_INIT = False
 IS_GNOME_SESSION = int(bool(os.environ.get("GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID")))
 # Translation.
 TEXT_DOMAIN = "demon-editor"
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ else:
     import locale
 
     locale.bindtextdomain(TEXT_DOMAIN, LANG_PATH)
+    # Init notify
+    try:
+        gi.require_version("Notify", "0.7")
+        from gi.repository import Notify
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        NOTIFY_IS_INIT = Notify.init("DemonEditor")
 
 theme = Gtk.IconTheme.get_default()
 theme.append_search_path(GTK_PATH + "/share/icons" if GTK_PATH else UI_RESOURCES_PATH + "icons")
@@ -75,7 +83,10 @@ DEFAULT_ICON = get_theme_icon(theme, "emblem-default", 16)
 
 @lru_cache(maxsize=1)
 def get_yt_icon(icon_name, size=24):
-    """ Getting  YouTube icon. If the icon is not found in the icon themes, the "APPLY" icon is returned by default! """
+    """ Getting  YouTube icon.
+
+        If the icon is not found in the icon themes, the "Info" icon is returned by default!
+    """
     default_theme = Gtk.IconTheme.get_default()
     if default_theme.has_icon(icon_name):
         return default_theme.load_icon(icon_name, size, 0)
@@ -92,6 +103,23 @@ def get_yt_icon(icon_name, size=24):
         return default_theme.load_icon(Gtk.STOCK_APPLY, size, 0)
 
 
+def show_notification(message, timeout=10000, urgency=1):
+    """ Shows notification.
+
+        @param message: text to display
+        @param timeout: milliseconds
+        @param urgency: 0 - low, 1 - normal, 2 - critical
+    """
+    if IS_DARWIN:
+        # Since NSUserNotification has been deprecated, osascript will be used.
+        os.system("""osascript -e 'display notification "{}" with title "DemonEditor"'""".format(message))
+    elif NOTIFY_IS_INIT:
+        notify = Notify.Notification.new("DemonEditor", message, "demon-editor")
+        notify.set_urgency(urgency)
+        notify.set_timeout(timeout)
+        notify.show()
+
+
 class KeyboardKey(Enum):
     """ The raw(hardware) codes of the keyboard keys. """
     F = 3 if IS_DARWIN else 41