diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Model/Notification/ProgressNotification.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Model/Notification/ProgressNotification.cs
index a95aa9610..80e8bc64a 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Model/Notification/ProgressNotification.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Model/Notification/ProgressNotification.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Model.Notification
         ///   Gets or sets the title for this notification.
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The title.</value>
-        public String Title { get; set; }
+        public String Title { get; private set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         ///   Gets or sets the current status of this task. this field could be use to show the currently processing item in a long running task.
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Jobs/EpisodeSearchJob.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Jobs/EpisodeSearchJob.cs
index 45330756a..d011acc28 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Jobs/EpisodeSearchJob.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/Jobs/EpisodeSearchJob.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers.Jobs
                 Logger.Error("Unable to find an episode {0} in database", targetId);
                 return;
             }
+            notification.CurrentMessage = "Searching for " + episode;
+
 
             var series = episode.Series;
 
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/NotificationProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/NotificationProvider.cs
index aebd6b114..00ee08ada 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/NotificationProvider.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Providers/NotificationProvider.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Providers
             get { return new List<BasicNotification>(_basicNotifications.Values); }
         }
 
-        public virtual List<ProgressNotification> GetProgressNotifications
+        public virtual List<ProgressNotification> ProgressNotifications
         {
             get
             {
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Web/Controllers/NotificationController.cs b/NzbDrone.Web/Controllers/NotificationController.cs
index 25d9cac2a..186b34ee8 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Web/Controllers/NotificationController.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Web/Controllers/NotificationController.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-using System.Web.Mvc;
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Web.Mvc;
 using MvcMiniProfiler;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Providers;
 
@@ -32,8 +35,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Web.Controllers
 
             else
             {
-                if (_notifications.GetProgressNotifications.Count != 0)
-                    message = _notifications.GetProgressNotifications[0].CurrentMessage;
+                if (_notifications.ProgressNotifications.Count != 0)
+                    message = _notifications.ProgressNotifications[0].CurrentMessage;
             }
 
 
@@ -44,5 +47,33 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Web.Controllers
 
             return Json(message, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
         }
+
+
+        [HttpGet]
+        public JsonResult Comet(string message)
+        {
+            var requestTimer = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+
+            MiniProfiler.Stop(true);
+
+            var currentMessage = GetCurrentMessage();
+
+            while (message == currentMessage && requestTimer.Elapsed.TotalSeconds < 10)
+            {
+                Thread.Sleep(250);
+                currentMessage = GetCurrentMessage();
+            }
+
+            return Json(currentMessage, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
+        }
+
+        private string GetCurrentMessage()
+        {
+            if (_notifications.ProgressNotifications.Count != 0)
+                return _notifications.ProgressNotifications[0].CurrentMessage;
+
+
+            return string.Empty;
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Web/Scripts/Notification.js b/NzbDrone.Web/Scripts/Notification.js
index 5d300500a..77c88262e 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Web/Scripts/Notification.js
+++ b/NzbDrone.Web/Scripts/Notification.js
@@ -1,30 +1,27 @@
-/// <reference path="jquery-1.5.2-vsdoc.js" />
- $(document).ready(function ()
- {
-    var speed = 0;
+$(window).load(function () {
+    var speed = 700;
     var isShown = false;
-    refreshNotifications();
+    var currentMessage = "";
+
+    $.doTimeout(200, refreshNotifications);
+
 
-    var timer = window.setInterval(function () {
-        speed = 1000;
-        refreshNotifications();
-    }, 2000);
 
     function refreshNotifications() {
-        $.ajax({
-            url: '/Notification',
-            success: notificationCallback
-        });
+        $.get('/notification/Comet', { message: currentMessage }, notificationCallback);
     }
 
     function notificationCallback(data) {
+        currentMessage = data;
 
         if (data === "") {
-            CloseMsg();
+            closeMsg();
         }
         else {
-            DisplayMsg(data);
+            displayMsg(data);
         }
+
+        refreshNotifications();
     }
 
     //SetupNotifications();
@@ -32,32 +29,20 @@
 
 
 
-    function DisplayMsg(sMsg) {
+    function displayMsg(sMsg) {
         //set the message text
-
-
-        //$("#msgText").text(sMsg);
-        $("#msgText").showHtml(sMsg, 200);
-
+        $("#msgText").showHtml(sMsg, 150);
 
         if (!isShown) {
-            isShown = true;
-            if (speed === 0) {
-                $('#msgBox').show();
-            }
-            else {
-                $('#msgBox').show("slide", { direction: "right" }, speed);
-            }
-
+            $('#msgBox').show("slide", { direction: "right" }, speed / 2);
         }
+
+        isShown = true;
     }
 
-    function CloseMsg() {
+    function closeMsg() {
         //hide the message
-        if (isShown) {
-            $('#msgBox').hide("slide", { direction: "right" }, speed);
-        }
-
+        $('#msgBox').hide("slide", { direction: "right" }, speed);
         isShown = false;
     }
 });