diff --git a/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/beacon/dbus/org.freedesktop.Notifications.service b/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/beacon/dbus/org.freedesktop.Notifications.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af715fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/beacon/dbus/org.freedesktop.Notifications.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[D-BUS Service]
+# Route D-Bus activation of the freedesktop notification name to beacon instead
+# of dunst. The dunst package ships /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.knopwob.dunst.service
+# which also claims Name=org.freedesktop.Notifications, so without this file D-Bus
+# auto-activates dunst the moment any app posts a notification and dunst grabs the
+# name before beacon can (beacon then exits on name-lost — see beacon/main.py).
+# A service file in ~/.local/share/dbus-1/services/ takes precedence over /usr/share,
+# so this wins the name resolution for org.freedesktop.Notifications.
+#
+# Deployed to ~/.local/share/dbus-1/services/ at install time (see updater.conf).
+Name=org.freedesktop.Notifications
+Exec=/home/themiro/Dotfiles/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/scripts/beacon-start.sh
diff --git a/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/config-updater/updater.conf b/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/config-updater/updater.conf
index 6fa7914..b4bf963 100644
--- a/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/config-updater/updater.conf
+++ b/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/config-updater/updater.conf
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ config xfce4
 # ── intentionally not managed here ───────────────────────────────────────────
 ignore config-updater  # the updater itself
 ignore dunst           # superseded by beacon (the Cosmonaut Shell notif daemon)
+                       # NOTE: the dunst package still ships a D-Bus activation file
+                       # (org.knopwob.dunst.service, Name=org.freedesktop.Notifications).
+                       # Shadow it so D-Bus activates beacon, not dunst, by deploying
+                       # beacon/dbus/ at install time:
+                       #   mkdir -p ~/.local/share/dbus-1/services
+                       #   cp ~/Dotfiles/desktopenvs/hyprdrive/beacon/dbus/*.service \
+                       #      ~/.local/share/dbus-1/services/
 ignore CRT             # referenced from dotfiles path directly in binds.conf
 ignore greetd-tuigreet # deployed to /etc/greetd/ at install time
 ignore spicetify       # managed separately (spicetify handles its own config)