diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/bollwerk/app/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/bollwerk/app/MainActivity.kt
index bcb9b9a..0060d50 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/bollwerk/app/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/bollwerk/app/MainActivity.kt
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 package de.bollwerk.app
 
+import android.Manifest
 import android.content.Intent
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager
+import android.os.Build
 import android.os.Bundle
 import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity
 import androidx.activity.compose.setContent
 import androidx.activity.enableEdgeToEdge
+import androidx.activity.result.contract.ActivityResultContracts
 import androidx.compose.material3.MaterialTheme
 import androidx.compose.material3.Text
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.ui.tooling.preview.Preview
+import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat
 import androidx.lifecycle.lifecycleScope
 import dagger.hilt.android.AndroidEntryPoint
 import de.bollwerk.app.domain.usecase.EnsureKeyPairUseCase
@@ -31,11 +36,16 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
     private val _chatNavigationEvents = MutableSharedFlow<ChatDeepLink>(extraBufferCapacity = 1)
     val chatNavigationEvents: SharedFlow<ChatDeepLink> = _chatNavigationEvents.asSharedFlow()
 
+    private val notificationPermissionLauncher = registerForActivityResult(
+        ActivityResultContracts.RequestPermission()
+    ) { /* no-op – best effort */ }
+
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
         lifecycleScope.launch { seedDatabaseUseCase() }
         lifecycleScope.launch { ensureKeyPairUseCase.execute() }
         enableEdgeToEdge()
+        requestNotificationPermissionIfNeeded()
         handleChatDeepLink(intent)
         setContent {
             BollwerkTheme {
@@ -44,6 +54,16 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
         }
     }
 
+    private fun requestNotificationPermissionIfNeeded() {
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.TIRAMISU) {
+            if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS)
+                != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
+            ) {
+                notificationPermissionLauncher.launch(Manifest.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     override fun onNewIntent(intent: Intent) {
         super.onNewIntent(intent)
         handleChatDeepLink(intent)