diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 038d87d..daf0901 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ export function App() {
     onSortOrderChange: (sortOrder: 'recent' | 'alpha') => {
       void handleSortOrderChange(sortOrder);
     },
+    isConversationNotificationsEnabled,
   };
   const conversationPaneProps = {
     activeConversation,
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
index fc7d3bf..298c6b0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import {
+  Bell,
   CheckCheck,
   ChevronDown,
   ChevronRight,
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ type ConversationRow = {
   name: string;
   unreadCount: number;
   isMention: boolean;
+  notificationsEnabled: boolean;
   contact?: Contact;
 };
 
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ interface SidebarProps {
   sortOrder?: SortOrder;
   /** Callback when sort order changes */
   onSortOrderChange?: (order: SortOrder) => void;
+  isConversationNotificationsEnabled?: (type: 'channel' | 'contact', id: string) => boolean;
 }
 
 export function Sidebar({
@@ -111,6 +114,7 @@ export function Sidebar({
   favorites,
   sortOrder: sortOrderProp = 'recent',
   onSortOrderChange,
+  isConversationNotificationsEnabled,
 }: SidebarProps) {
   const sortOrder = sortOrderProp;
   const [searchQuery, setSearchQuery] = useState('');
@@ -405,6 +409,7 @@ export function Sidebar({
     name: channel.name,
     unreadCount: getUnreadCount('channel', channel.key),
     isMention: hasMention('channel', channel.key),
+    notificationsEnabled: isConversationNotificationsEnabled?.('channel', channel.key) ?? false,
   });
 
   const buildContactRow = (contact: Contact, keyPrefix: string): ConversationRow => ({
@@ -414,6 +419,8 @@ export function Sidebar({
     name: getContactDisplayName(contact.name, contact.public_key),
     unreadCount: getUnreadCount('contact', contact.public_key),
     isMention: hasMention('contact', contact.public_key),
+    notificationsEnabled:
+      isConversationNotificationsEnabled?.('contact', contact.public_key) ?? false,
     contact,
   });
 
@@ -446,19 +453,26 @@ export function Sidebar({
         />
       )}
       <span className="name flex-1 truncate text-[13px]">{row.name}</span>
-      {row.unreadCount > 0 && (
-        <span
-          className={cn(
-            'text-[10px] font-semibold px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded-full min-w-[18px] text-center',
-            row.isMention
-              ? 'bg-badge-mention text-badge-mention-foreground'
-              : 'bg-badge-unread/90 text-badge-unread-foreground'
-          )}
-          aria-label={`${row.unreadCount} unread message${row.unreadCount !== 1 ? 's' : ''}`}
-        >
-          {row.unreadCount}
-        </span>
-      )}
+      <span className="ml-auto flex items-center gap-1">
+        {row.notificationsEnabled && (
+          <span aria-label="Notifications enabled" title="Notifications enabled">
+            <Bell className="h-3.5 w-3.5 text-muted-foreground" />
+          </span>
+        )}
+        {row.unreadCount > 0 && (
+          <span
+            className={cn(
+              'text-[10px] font-semibold px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded-full min-w-[18px] text-center',
+              row.isMention
+                ? 'bg-badge-mention text-badge-mention-foreground'
+                : 'bg-badge-unread/90 text-badge-unread-foreground'
+            )}
+            aria-label={`${row.unreadCount} unread message${row.unreadCount !== 1 ? 's' : ''}`}
+          >
+            {row.unreadCount}
+          </span>
+        )}
+      </span>
     </div>
   );
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useBrowserNotifications.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/useBrowserNotifications.ts
index 6951883..395be43 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/useBrowserNotifications.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/useBrowserNotifications.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { Message } from '../types';
 import { getStateKey } from '../utils/conversationState';
 
 const STORAGE_KEY = 'meshcore_browser_notifications_enabled_by_conversation';
-const NOTIFICATION_ICON_PATH = '/apple-touch-icon.png';
+const NOTIFICATION_ICON_PATH = '/favicon-256x256.png';
 
 type NotificationPermissionState = NotificationPermission | 'unsupported';
 type ConversationNotificationMap = Record<string, boolean>;
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/sidebar.test.tsx b/frontend/src/test/sidebar.test.tsx
index ab01c57..b8422d0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/sidebar.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/test/sidebar.test.tsx
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ function renderSidebar(overrides?: {
   favorites?: Favorite[];
   lastMessageTimes?: ConversationTimes;
   channels?: Channel[];
+  isConversationNotificationsEnabled?: (type: 'channel' | 'contact', id: string) => boolean;
 }) {
   const aliceName = 'Alice';
   const publicChannel = makeChannel('AA'.repeat(16), 'Public');
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ function renderSidebar(overrides?: {
       favorites={favorites}
       sortOrder="recent"
       onSortOrderChange={vi.fn()}
+      isConversationNotificationsEnabled={overrides?.isConversationNotificationsEnabled}
     />
   );
 
@@ -218,4 +220,37 @@ describe('Sidebar section summaries', () => {
     const selectedIds = onSelectConversation.mock.calls.map(([conv]) => conv.id);
     expect(new Set(selectedIds)).toEqual(new Set([channelA.key, channelB.key]));
   });
+
+  it('shows a notification bell for conversations with notifications enabled', () => {
+    const { aliceName } = renderSidebar({
+      unreadCounts: {},
+      isConversationNotificationsEnabled: (type, id) =>
+        (type === 'contact' && id === '11'.repeat(32)) ||
+        (type === 'channel' && id === 'BB'.repeat(16)),
+    });
+
+    const aliceRow = screen.getByText(aliceName).closest('div');
+    const flightRow = screen.getByText('#flight').closest('div');
+    if (!aliceRow || !flightRow) throw new Error('Missing sidebar rows');
+
+    expect(within(aliceRow).getByLabelText('Notifications enabled')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(within(flightRow).getByLabelText('Notifications enabled')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the notification bell to the left of the unread pill when both are present', () => {
+    const { aliceName } = renderSidebar({
+      unreadCounts: {
+        [getStateKey('contact', '11'.repeat(32))]: 3,
+      },
+      isConversationNotificationsEnabled: (type, id) =>
+        type === 'contact' && id === '11'.repeat(32),
+    });
+
+    const aliceRow = screen.getByText(aliceName).closest('div');
+    if (!aliceRow) throw new Error('Missing Alice row');
+
+    const bell = within(aliceRow).getByLabelText('Notifications enabled');
+    const unread = within(aliceRow).getByText('3');
+    expect(bell.compareDocumentPosition(unread) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING).toBeTruthy();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/useBrowserNotifications.test.ts b/frontend/src/test/useBrowserNotifications.test.ts
index 00eb4ca..530ce21 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/useBrowserNotifications.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/test/useBrowserNotifications.test.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ describe('useBrowserNotifications', () => {
     );
     expect(window.Notification).toHaveBeenCalledWith('New message in #flightless', {
       body: 'Notifications will look like this. These require the tab to stay open, and will not be reliable on mobile.',
-      icon: '/apple-touch-icon.png',
+      icon: '/favicon-256x256.png',
       tag: `meshcore-notification-preview-channel-${incomingChannelMessage.conversation_key}`,
     });
   });
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ describe('useBrowserNotifications', () => {
     expect(window.Notification).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
     expect(window.Notification).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 'New message in #flightless', {
       body: 'hello room',
-      icon: '/apple-touch-icon.png',
+      icon: '/favicon-256x256.png',
       tag: 'meshcore-message-42',
     });
   });