diff --git a/src/widget/Notification.tsx b/src/widget/Notification.tsx
index 6a0cd5c..cc4cd8e 100644
--- a/src/widget/Notification.tsx
+++ b/src/widget/Notification.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import GObject from "ags/gobject";
 import AstalNotifd from "gi://AstalNotifd";
 import Pango from "gi://Pango?version=1.0";
 import GLib from "gi://GLib?version=2.0";
+import { timeout } from "ags/time";
 
 
 function getNotificationImage(notif: AstalNotifd.Notification|HistoryNotification): (string|undefined) {
@@ -58,7 +59,9 @@ export function NotificationWidget({ notification, actionClicked, holdOnHover, s
               eventControllerMotion.connect("enter", () => 
                   holdOnHover && Notifications.getDefault().holdNotification(notification.id)),
               eventControllerMotion.connect("leave", () => 
-                  holdOnHover && notification && Notifications.getDefault().removeNotification(notification.id))
+                  holdOnHover && notification && timeout(600, () => 
+                      Notifications.getDefault().removeNotification(notification.id)
+                  ))
           ]);
 
           conns.set(gestureClick, [
diff --git a/src/window/FloatingNotifications.tsx b/src/window/FloatingNotifications.tsx
index 7621f48..bbad256 100644
--- a/src/window/FloatingNotifications.tsx
+++ b/src/window/FloatingNotifications.tsx
@@ -21,13 +21,9 @@ export const FloatingNotifications = (mon: number) =>
                     <Adw.Clamp maximumSize={size}>
                         <Gtk.Box class={"float-notification"} widthRequest={size} vexpand={false}>
 
-                            {/* 
-                                Why is holdOnHover disabled: the shell for some reason crashes 
-                                when removing the notification on hover-lost 💔
-                            */}
                             <NotificationWidget notification={notif} showTime={false}
                               actionClose={() => Notifications.getDefault().removeNotification(notif)}
-                              holdOnHover={false} actionClicked={() => {
+                              holdOnHover actionClicked={() => {
                                   const viewAction = notif.actions.filter(a => 
                                       a.id.toLowerCase() === "view" || 
                                           a.label.toLowerCase() === "view"