diff --git a/lua/gitlab/comment.lua b/lua/gitlab/comment.lua
index 6e18c05..65c56c7 100644
--- a/lua/gitlab/comment.lua
+++ b/lua/gitlab/comment.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 local Menu               = require("nui.menu")
 local NuiTree            = require("nui.tree")
+local notify             = require("notify")
 local Job                = require("plenary.job")
 local state              = require("gitlab.state")
 local u                  = require("gitlab.utils")
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ M.delete_comment         = function()
           on_stdout = function(_, line)
             vim.schedule(function()
               if line ~= nil and line ~= "" then
-                require("notify")(line, "info")
+                notify(line, "info")
                 state.tree:remove_node("-" .. note_id)
                 local discussion_node = state.tree:get_node("-" .. discussion_id)
                 if not discussion_node:has_children() then
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ M.send_edits   = function(text)
     on_stdout = function(_, line)
       local note = vim.json.decode(line)
       if note == nil then
-        require("notify")("There was an issue editing the note", "error")
+        notify("There was an issue editing the note", "error")
         return
       end
 
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ M.send_edits   = function(text)
         state.tree:render()
         local buf = vim.api.nvim_get_current_buf()
         u.darken_metadata(buf, '')
-        require("notify")("Edited comment!")
+        notify("Edited comment!")
       end)
     end,
     on_stderr = u.print_error
diff --git a/lua/gitlab/discussions.lua b/lua/gitlab/discussions.lua
index 3cf3e3e..bfe9e82 100644
--- a/lua/gitlab/discussions.lua
+++ b/lua/gitlab/discussions.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 local u            = require("gitlab.utils")
 local NuiTree      = require("nui.tree")
+local notify       = require("notify")
 local state        = require("gitlab.state")
 local Job          = require("plenary.job")
 local Popup        = require("nui.popup")
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ M.send_reply       = function(text)
     on_stdout = function(_, line)
       local note = vim.json.decode(line)
       if note == nil then
-        require("notify")("There was an issue creating the note", "error")
+        notify("There was an issue creating the note", "error")
         return
       end
 
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ M.send_reply       = function(text)
         state.tree:render()
         local buf = vim.api.nvim_get_current_buf()
         u.darken_metadata(buf, '')
-        require("notify")("Sent reply!")
+        notify("Sent reply!")
       end)
     end,
     on_stderr = u.print_error
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ M.list_discussions = function()
         vim.api.nvim_buf_set_option(buf, 'filetype', 'markdown')
         vim.api.nvim_set_current_buf(buf)
         if discussions == nil then
-          require("notify")("No discussions found for this MR", "warn")
+          notify("No discussions found for this MR", "warn")
         else
           local allDiscussions = {}
           for i, discussion in ipairs(discussions) do
diff --git a/lua/gitlab/init.lua b/lua/gitlab/init.lua
index bc9a1f6..c28e56e 100644
--- a/lua/gitlab/init.lua
+++ b/lua/gitlab/init.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 local Job          = require("plenary.job")
 local state        = require("gitlab.state")
+local notify       = require("notify")
 local discussions  = require("gitlab.discussions")
 local summary      = require("gitlab.summary")
 local keymaps      = require("gitlab.keymaps")
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ M.setup = function(args)
     local command = string.format("cd %s && make", state.BIN_PATH)
     local installCode = os.execute(command .. "> /dev/null")
     if installCode ~= 0 then
-      require("notify")("Could not install gitlab.nvim! Do you have Go installed?", "error")
+      notify("Could not install gitlab.nvim! Do you have Go installed?", "error")
       return
     end
   end
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ M.setup = function(args)
         if projectData[1] ~= nil then
           local parsed_ok, data = pcall(vim.json.decode, projectData[1])
           if parsed_ok ~= true then
-            require("notify")("Failed calling setup. Could not get project data.", "error")
+            notify("Failed calling setup. Could not get project data.", "error")
           else
             state.INFO = data
           end
diff --git a/lua/gitlab/utils/init.lua b/lua/gitlab/utils/init.lua
index 6dd11ad..1de1d61 100644
--- a/lua/gitlab/utils/init.lua
+++ b/lua/gitlab/utils/init.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 local state = require("gitlab.state")
+local notify = require("notify")
 
 local function get_git_root()
   local output = vim.fn.system('git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null')
@@ -66,14 +67,14 @@ local base_invalid = function()
   local current_branch = string.gsub(current_branch_raw, "\n", "")
 
   if current_branch == "main" or current_branch == "master" then
-    require("notify")('On ' .. current_branch .. ' branch, no MRs available', "error")
+    notify('On ' .. current_branch .. ' branch, no MRs available', "error")
     return true
   end
 
   local base = state.BASE_BRANCH
   local hasBaseBranch = feature_branch_exists(base)
   if not hasBaseBranch then
-    require("notify")('No base branch. If this is a Gitlab repository, please check your setup function!', "error")
+    notify('No base branch. If this is a Gitlab repository, please check your setup function!', "error")
     return true
   end
 end
@@ -153,13 +154,13 @@ end
 
 local function print_success(_, line)
   if line ~= nil and line ~= "" then
-    require("notify")(line, "info")
+    notify(line, "info")
   end
 end
 
 local function print_error(_, line)
   if line ~= nil and line ~= "" then
-    require("notify")(line, "error")
+    notify(line, "error")
   end
 end