diff --git a/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/config.nix b/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/config.nix
index 0ee23017..50972176 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/config.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/config.nix
@@ -14,17 +14,9 @@ in {
       startPlugins = ["nvim-notify"];
 
       pluginRC.nvim-notify = entryAnywhere ''
-        require('notify').setup(${toLuaObject cfg.setupOpts})
-
-        -- required to fix offset_encoding errors
-        local notify = vim.notify
-        vim.notify = function(msg, ...)
-          if msg:match("warning: multiple different client offset_encodings") then
-            return
-          end
-
-          notify(msg, ...)
-        end
+        local notify = require("notify")
+        notify.setup(${toLuaObject cfg.setupOpts})
+        vim.notify = notify
       '';
     };
   };
diff --git a/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/nvim-notify.nix b/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/nvim-notify.nix
index f30d19cd..b09100da 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/nvim-notify.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/nvim-notify.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ in {
       };
 
       stages = mkOption {
-        type = enum ["fade_in_slide_out" "fade_in" "slide_out" "none"];
+        type = enum ["fade_in_slide_out" "fade" "slide" "static"];
         default = "fade_in_slide_out";
         description = "The stages of the notification";
       };
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ in {
 
       background_colour = mkOption {
         type = str;
-        default = "#000000";
+        default = "NotifyBackground";
         description = "The background colour of the notification";
       };