diff --git a/src/app.zig b/src/app.zig
index 6a249f9..ae01b69 100644
--- a/src/app.zig
+++ b/src/app.zig
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ command_history: CommandHistory = CommandHistory{},
 drawer: Drawer = Drawer{},
 
 directories: Directories,
-notification: Notification,
+notification: Notification = Notification{},
 // Assigned in main after config parsing.
 file_logger: FileLogger = undefined,
 
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ pub fn init(alloc: std.mem.Allocator) !App {
         },
     });
 
-    var notification = Notification{};
-    notification.init();
-
     return App{
         .alloc = alloc,
         .should_quit = false,
@@ -86,7 +83,6 @@ pub fn init(alloc: std.mem.Allocator) !App {
         .tty = try vaxis.Tty.init(),
         .directories = try Directories.init(alloc),
         .text_input = vaxis.widgets.TextInput.init(alloc, &vx.unicode),
-        .notification = notification,
         .actions = CircStack(Action, actions_len).init(),
         .last_known_height = vx.window().height,
     };
diff --git a/src/notification.zig b/src/notification.zig
index a05dba2..07a21a7 100644
--- a/src/notification.zig
+++ b/src/notification.zig
@@ -47,17 +47,13 @@ const Info = enum {
 
 const Warn = enum { DeprecatedConfigPath, DuplicateFileOnUndo };
 
-buf: [1024]u8 = undefined,
+var buf: [1024]u8 = undefined;
+
 style: Style = Style.info,
-fbs: std.io.FixedBufferStream([]u8) = undefined,
+fbs: std.io.FixedBufferStream([]u8) = std.io.fixedBufferStream(&buf),
 /// How long until the notification disappears in seconds.
 timer: i64 = 0,
 
-pub fn init(self: *Self) void {
-    self.fbs = std.io.fixedBufferStream(&self.buf);
-    self.timer = std.time.timestamp();
-}
-
 pub fn write(self: *Self, text: []const u8, style: Style) !void {
     self.fbs.reset();
     _ = try self.fbs.write(text);