diff --git a/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/bower.json b/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/bower.json
index 342b8f3..8b0eb12 100644
--- a/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/bower.json
+++ b/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/bower.json
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
     "test",
     "tests"
   ],
-  "dependencies": {
-  },
+  "dependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {
     "jquery": "2.1.4",
     "angular-mocks": "1.4.7",
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@
     "lodash": "~4.11.1",
     "bootstrap-css": "3.3.6",
     "angular-chart.js": "~0.10.2",
-    "d3": "~3.5.17"
+    "d3": "~3.5.17",
+    "angular-recursion": "~1.0.5"
   }
 }
diff --git a/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/src/css/main.css b/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/src/css/main.css
index b95bde2..88a08e7 100644
--- a/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/src/css/main.css
+++ b/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/src/css/main.css
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   #xosSynchronizerNotifier .alert {
     margin-bottom: 0px !important; }
   #xosSynchronizerNotifier .sync-status-container {
-    position: relative; }
+    position: relative;
+    z-index: 200; }
   #xosSynchronizerNotifier .notification-panel {
     position: absolute;
     width: 200px; }
diff --git a/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/src/index.html b/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/src/index.html
index d8bc502..cb9b7b5 100644
--- a/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/src/index.html
+++ b/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/src/index.html
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 <script src="vendor/Chart.js/Chart.js"></script>
 <script src="vendor/angular-chart.js/dist/angular-chart.js"></script>
 <script src="vendor/d3/d3.js"></script>
+<script src="vendor/angular-recursion/angular-recursion.js"></script>
 <!-- endbower -->
 <!-- endjs -->
 <!-- inject:js -->
diff --git a/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/src/js/main.js b/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/src/js/main.js
index 301345c..03c10be 100644
--- a/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/src/js/main.js
+++ b/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/src/js/main.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         this.sendEvents(diags);
       });
     }
-  }, 10000);
+  }, 6 * 1000);
 })
 .directive('syncStatus', function() {
   return {
@@ -88,31 +88,31 @@
     bindToController: true,
     controllerAs: 'vm',
     templateUrl: 'templates/sync-status.tpl.html',
-    controller: function($log, $rootScope, Diag, xosNotification){
+    controller: function($log, $rootScope, Diag, xosNotification, XosUserPrefs){
       Diag.start();
       this.showNotificationPanel = true;
       this.synchronizers = {};
 
-      const notified = {};
-
       this.showNoSync = true;
 
       $rootScope.$on('diag', (e, d) => {
         this.synchronizers[d.name] = d;
 
+
         // if errored
         if(!d.status){
+          console.log(d.name, XosUserPrefs.getSynchronizerNotificationStatus(d.name));
           // and not already notified
-          if(!notified[d.name]){
-            xosNotification.notify('CORD Synchronizer Error', {
-              icon: '/xos/core/static/cord-logo.png',
-              body: `The ${d.name} synchronizer has stopped.`
+          if(!XosUserPrefs.getSynchronizerNotificationStatus(d.name)){
+            xosNotification.notify('CORD Synchronizer', {
+              icon: '/static/cord-logo.png',
+              body: `The ${d.name} synchronizer has not performed actions in the last 15 minutes.`
             });
           }
-          notified[d.name] = true;
+          XosUserPrefs.setSynchronizerNotificationStatus(d.name, true);
         }
         else {
-          notified[d.name] = false;
+          XosUserPrefs.setSynchronizerNotificationStatus(d.name, false);
         }
 
         // hide list if empty
diff --git a/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/src/sass/main.scss b/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/src/sass/main.scss
index 273131a..d101d76 100644
--- a/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/src/sass/main.scss
+++ b/views/ngXosViews/synchronizerNotifier/src/sass/main.scss
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
   .sync-status-container {
     position: relative;
+    z-index: 200;
   }
 
   .notification-panel {