diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/notifications.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/notifications.js
index da77afbe0ee..7aa070f5691 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/notifications.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/actions/notifications.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import {
 } from './importer';
 import { defineMessages } from 'react-intl';
 
-export const NOTIFICATIONS_UPDATE = 'NOTIFICATIONS_UPDATE';
+export const NOTIFICATIONS_UPDATE      = 'NOTIFICATIONS_UPDATE';
+export const NOTIFICATIONS_UPDATE_NOOP = 'NOTIFICATIONS_UPDATE_NOOP';
 
 export const NOTIFICATIONS_EXPAND_REQUEST = 'NOTIFICATIONS_EXPAND_REQUEST';
 export const NOTIFICATIONS_EXPAND_SUCCESS = 'NOTIFICATIONS_EXPAND_SUCCESS';
@@ -39,28 +40,38 @@ const unescapeHTML = (html) => {
 
 export function updateNotifications(notification, intlMessages, intlLocale) {
   return (dispatch, getState) => {
-    const showAlert = getState().getIn(['settings', 'notifications', 'alerts', notification.type], true);
-    const playSound = getState().getIn(['settings', 'notifications', 'sounds', notification.type], true);
+    const showInColumn = getState().getIn(['settings', 'notifications', 'shows', notification.type], true);
+    const showAlert    = getState().getIn(['settings', 'notifications', 'alerts', notification.type], true);
+    const playSound    = getState().getIn(['settings', 'notifications', 'sounds', notification.type], true);
 
-    dispatch(importFetchedAccount(notification.account));
-    if (notification.status) {
-      dispatch(importFetchedStatus(notification.status));
+    if (showInColumn) {
+      dispatch(importFetchedAccount(notification.account));
+
+      if (notification.status) {
+        dispatch(importFetchedStatus(notification.status));
+      }
+
+      dispatch({
+        type: NOTIFICATIONS_UPDATE,
+        notification,
+        meta: playSound ? { sound: 'boop' } : undefined,
+      });
+
+      fetchRelatedRelationships(dispatch, [notification]);
+    } else if (playSound) {
+      dispatch({
+        type: NOTIFICATIONS_UPDATE_NOOP,
+        meta: { sound: 'boop' },
+      });
     }
 
-    dispatch({
-      type: NOTIFICATIONS_UPDATE,
-      notification,
-      meta: playSound ? { sound: 'boop' } : undefined,
-    });
-
-    fetchRelatedRelationships(dispatch, [notification]);
-
     // Desktop notifications
     if (typeof window.Notification !== 'undefined' && showAlert) {
       const title = new IntlMessageFormat(intlMessages[`notification.${notification.type}`], intlLocale).format({ name: notification.account.display_name.length > 0 ? notification.account.display_name : notification.account.username });
       const body  = (notification.status && notification.status.spoiler_text.length > 0) ? notification.status.spoiler_text : unescapeHTML(notification.status ? notification.status.content : '');
 
       const notify = new Notification(title, { body, icon: notification.account.avatar, tag: notification.id });
+
       notify.addEventListener('click', () => {
         window.focus();
         notify.close();