diff --git a/birdnet.conf-defaults b/birdnet.conf-defaults
index 239d4d8..6eb87b6 100644
--- a/birdnet.conf-defaults
+++ b/birdnet.conf-defaults
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY="A \$sciname \$comname was just detected with a confid
 APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=0
 APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES=0
 APPRISE_WEEKLY_REPORT=1
+APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES_EACH_DAY=0
+APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES=0
 
 #----------------------  Flickr Images API Configuration -----------------------#
 ## If FLICKR_API_KEY is set, the web interface will try and display bird images 
diff --git a/scripts/install_config.sh b/scripts/install_config.sh
index db980d7..a7f7991 100755
--- a/scripts/install_config.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_config.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY="A \$sciname \$comname was just detected with a confid
 APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=0
 APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES=0
 APPRISE_WEEKLY_REPORT=1
+APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES_EACH_DAY=0
+APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES=0
 
 #----------------------  Flickr Images API Configuration -----------------------#
 ## If FLICKR_API_KEY is set, the web interface will try and display bird images 
diff --git a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
index a2c8cea..c5e6ee8 100755
--- a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ fi
 if ! grep APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES_EACH_DAY /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf &>/dev/null;then
   sudo -u$USER echo "APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES_EACH_DAY=0 " >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
 fi
+if ! grep APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf &>/dev/null;then
+  sudo -u$USER echo "APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES=0 " >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
+fi
 
 # If the config does not contain the DATABASE_LANG setting, we'll want to add it.
 # Defaults to not-selected, which config.php will know to render as a language option.
diff --git a/scripts/utils/notifications.py b/scripts/utils/notifications.py
index 8106140..7db8fd4 100644
--- a/scripts/utils/notifications.py
+++ b/scripts/utils/notifications.py
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ import socket
 import sqlite3
 from datetime import datetime
 import requests
+import time
 
 userDir = os.path.expanduser('~')
 APPRISE_CONFIG = userDir + '/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt'
 DB_PATH = userDir + '/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/birds.db'
 
+flickr_images = {}
+species_last_notified = {}
+
 
 def notify(body, title, attached=""):
     apobj = apprise.Apprise()
@@ -37,6 +41,14 @@ def sendAppriseNotifications(species, confidence, path, date, time, week, latitu
         body = settings_dict.get('APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY')
         sciName, comName = species.split("_")
 
+        print(species_last_notified)
+
+        APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES = settings_dict.get('APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES')
+        if APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES != "0":
+            if species_last_notified.get(comName) is not None:
+                if int(time.time()) - species_last_notified[comName] < int(APPRISE_MINIMUM_SECONDS_BETWEEN_NOTIFICATIONS_PER_SPECIES):
+                    return
+
         try:
             websiteurl = settings_dict.get('BIRDNETPI_URL')
             if len(websiteurl) == 0:
@@ -46,7 +58,6 @@ def sendAppriseNotifications(species, confidence, path, date, time, week, latitu
 
         listenurl = websiteurl+"?filename="+path
         image_url = ""
-        flickr_images = {}
 
         if len(settings_dict.get('FLICKR_API_KEY')) > 0 and "$flickrimage" in body:
             if not comName in flickr_images:
@@ -93,6 +104,7 @@ def sendAppriseNotifications(species, confidence, path, date, time, week, latitu
                 .replace("$flickrimage", image_url if "{" in body else "")\
                 .replace("$overlap", overlap)
             notify(notify_body, notify_title, image_url)
+            species_last_notified[comName] = int(time.time())
 
         APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_NEW_SPECIES_DAILY_COUNT_LIMIT = 1  # Notifies the first N per day.
         if settings_dict.get('APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES_EACH_DAY') == "1":
@@ -137,6 +149,7 @@ def sendAppriseNotifications(species, confidence, path, date, time, week, latitu
                         .replace("$overlap", overlap)\
                         + " (first time today)"
                     notify(notify_body, notify_title, image_url)
+                    species_last_notified[comName] = int(time.time())
                 con.close()
             except sqlite3.Error as e:
                 print(e)
@@ -184,6 +197,7 @@ def sendAppriseNotifications(species, confidence, path, date, time, week, latitu
                         .replace("$overlap", overlap)\
                         + " (only seen " + str(int(numberDetections)) + " times in last 7d)"
                     notify(notify_body, notify_title, image_url)
+                    species_last_notified[comName] = int(time.time())
                 con.close()
             except sqlite3.Error:
                 print("Database busy")