diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
index 96e57fc744..d9d9a1d26b 100644
--- a/cabal.project
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ constraints: zip +disable-bzip2 +disable-zstd
 source-repository-package
     type: git
     location: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq.git
-    tag: c2f1dabcd0a2b8f7959b6946623c9620e036a103
+    tag: a8260290e7896a1e75ae595c255171175237cb06
 
 source-repository-package
     type: git
diff --git a/scripts/nix/sha256map.nix b/scripts/nix/sha256map.nix
index b1470a1b92..61e6a6aaa8 100644
--- a/scripts/nix/sha256map.nix
+++ b/scripts/nix/sha256map.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq.git"."c2f1dabcd0a2b8f7959b6946623c9620e036a103" = "1sa0b1hl8vcr43w2zqiab2lnssdbl0jpj5gd9n5mh59b5ynvlmdr";
+  "https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq.git"."a8260290e7896a1e75ae595c255171175237cb06" = "0nmndbxzskyg7cmc7m8nviwalrq8144bzz6y7ywpaai36fdjmj5l";
   "https://github.com/simplex-chat/aeson.git"."3eb66f9a68f103b5f1489382aad89f5712a64db7" = "0kilkx59fl6c3qy3kjczqvm8c3f4n3p0bdk9biyflf51ljnzp4yp";
   "https://github.com/simplex-chat/haskell-terminal.git"."f708b00009b54890172068f168bf98508ffcd495" = "0zmq7lmfsk8m340g47g5963yba7i88n4afa6z93sg9px5jv1mijj";
   "https://github.com/zw3rk/android-support.git"."3c3a5ab0b8b137a072c98d3d0937cbdc96918ddb" = "1r6jyxbim3dsvrmakqfyxbd6ms6miaghpbwyl0sr6dzwpgaprz97";
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
index 67876a5268..5ff8aeaaeb 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
@@ -540,9 +540,9 @@ processChatCommand = \case
       updateCallItemStatus userId ct call receivedStatus Nothing $> Just call
   APIUpdateProfile profile -> withUser (`updateProfile` profile)
   APIParseMarkdown text -> pure . CRApiParsedMarkdown $ parseMaybeMarkdownList text
-  APIRegisterToken token -> CRNtfTokenStatus <$> withUser (\_ -> withAgent (`registerNtfToken` token))
+  APIGetNtfToken -> withUser $ \_ -> crNtfToken <$> withAgent getNtfToken
+  APIRegisterToken token mode -> CRNtfTokenStatus <$> withUser (\_ -> withAgent $ \a -> registerNtfToken a token mode)
   APIVerifyToken token code nonce -> withUser $ \_ -> withAgent (\a -> verifyNtfToken a token code nonce) $> CRCmdOk
-  APIIntervalNofication token interval -> withUser $ \_ -> withAgent (\a -> enableNtfCron a token interval) $> CRCmdOk
   APIDeleteToken token -> withUser $ \_ -> withAgent (`deleteNtfToken` token) $> CRCmdOk
   APIGetNtfMessage nonce encNtfInfo -> withUser $ \user -> do
     (NotificationInfo {ntfConnId, ntfMsgMeta}, msgs) <- withAgent $ \a -> getNotificationMessage a nonce encNtfInfo
@@ -2277,10 +2277,10 @@ chatCommandP =
     <|> "/_call status @" *> (APICallStatus <$> A.decimal <* A.space <*> strP)
     <|> "/_profile " *> (APIUpdateProfile <$> jsonP)
     <|> "/_parse " *> (APIParseMarkdown . safeDecodeUtf8 <$> A.takeByteString)
-    <|> "/_ntf register " *> (APIRegisterToken <$> tokenP)
-    <|> "/_ntf verify " *> (APIVerifyToken <$> tokenP <* A.space <*> strP <* A.space <*> strP)
-    <|> "/_ntf interval " *> (APIIntervalNofication <$> tokenP <* A.space <*> A.decimal)
-    <|> "/_ntf delete " *> (APIDeleteToken <$> tokenP)
+    <|> "/_ntf get " $> APIGetNtfToken
+    <|> "/_ntf register " *> (APIRegisterToken <$> strP_ <*> strP)
+    <|> "/_ntf verify " *> (APIVerifyToken <$> strP <* A.space <*> strP <* A.space <*> strP)
+    <|> "/_ntf delete " *> (APIDeleteToken <$> strP)
     <|> "/_ntf message " *> (APIGetNtfMessage <$> strP <* A.space <*> strP)
     <|> "/smp_servers default" $> SetUserSMPServers []
     <|> "/smp_servers " *> (SetUserSMPServers <$> smpServersP)
@@ -2346,10 +2346,6 @@ chatCommandP =
     mcTextP = MCText . safeDecodeUtf8 <$> A.takeByteString
     msgContentP = "text " *> mcTextP <|> "json " *> jsonP
     ciDeleteMode = "broadcast" $> CIDMBroadcast <|> "internal" $> CIDMInternal
-    tokenP = "apns " *> (DeviceToken PPApns <$> hexStringP)
-    hexStringP =
-      A.takeWhile (\c -> (c >= '0' && c <= '9') || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f')) >>= \s ->
-        if even (B.length s) then pure s else fail "odd number of hex characters"
     displayName = safeDecodeUtf8 <$> (B.cons <$> A.satisfy refChar <*> A.takeTill (== ' '))
     sendMsgQuote msgDir = SendMessageQuote <$> displayName <* A.space <*> pure msgDir <*> quotedMsg <*> A.takeByteString
     quotedMsg = A.char '(' *> A.takeTill (== ')') <* A.char ')' <* optional A.space
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs
index 6e9976ef5f..c895fd7cc9 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE DuplicateRecordFields #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE NamedFieldPuns #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 
 module Simplex.Chat.Controller where
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@ import Data.Text (Text)
 import Data.Time (ZonedTime)
 import Data.Time.Clock (UTCTime)
 import Data.Version (showVersion)
-import Data.Word (Word16)
 import GHC.Generics (Generic)
 import Numeric.Natural
 import qualified Paths_simplex_chat as SC
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ data ChatCommand
   | APICallStatus ContactId WebRTCCallStatus
   | APIUpdateProfile Profile
   | APIParseMarkdown Text
-  | APIRegisterToken DeviceToken
+  | APIGetNtfToken
+  | APIRegisterToken DeviceToken NotificationsMode
   | APIVerifyToken DeviceToken ByteString C.CbNonce
-  | APIIntervalNofication DeviceToken Word16
   | APIDeleteToken DeviceToken
   | APIGetNtfMessage {nonce :: C.CbNonce, encNtfInfo :: ByteString}
   | GetUserSMPServers
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ data ChatResponse
   | CRUserContactLinkSubscribed
   | CRUserContactLinkSubError {chatError :: ChatError}
   | CRNtfTokenStatus {status :: NtfTknStatus}
+  | CRNtfToken {token :: DeviceToken, status :: NtfTknStatus, ntfMode :: NotificationsMode}
   | CRNtfMessages {connEntity :: Maybe ConnectionEntity, msgTs :: Maybe UTCTime, ntfMessages :: [NtfMsgInfo]}
   | CRNewContactConnection {connection :: PendingContactConnection}
   | CRContactConnectionDeleted {connection :: PendingContactConnection}
@@ -332,6 +333,9 @@ data NtfMsgInfo = NtfMsgInfo {msgTs :: UTCTime, msgFlags :: MsgFlags}
 
 instance ToJSON NtfMsgInfo where toEncoding = J.genericToEncoding J.defaultOptions
 
+crNtfToken :: (DeviceToken, NtfTknStatus, NotificationsMode) -> ChatResponse
+crNtfToken (token, status, ntfMode) = CRNtfToken {token, status, ntfMode}
+
 data ChatError
   = ChatError {errorType :: ChatErrorType}
   | ChatErrorAgent {agentError :: AgentErrorType}
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
index a0ed279e82..7808f1ffec 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ responseToView testView = \case
   CRNewContactConnection _ -> []
   CRContactConnectionDeleted PendingContactConnection {pccConnId} -> ["connection :" <> sShow pccConnId <> " deleted"]
   CRNtfTokenStatus status -> ["device token status: " <> plain (smpEncode status)]
+  CRNtfToken _ status mode -> ["device token status: " <> plain (smpEncode status) <> ", notifications mode: " <> plain (strEncode mode)]
   CRNtfMessages {} -> []
   CRMessageError prefix err -> [plain prefix <> ": " <> plain err]
   CRChatError e -> viewChatError e
diff --git a/stack.yaml b/stack.yaml
index 7fdb5f799a..d991665da1 100644
--- a/stack.yaml
+++ b/stack.yaml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ extra-deps:
   # - simplexmq-1.0.0@sha256:34b2004728ae396e3ae449cd090ba7410781e2b3cefc59259915f4ca5daa9ea8,8561
   # - ../simplexmq
   - github: simplex-chat/simplexmq
-    commit: c2f1dabcd0a2b8f7959b6946623c9620e036a103
+    commit: a8260290e7896a1e75ae595c255171175237cb06
   # - terminal-0.2.0.0@sha256:de6770ecaae3197c66ac1f0db5a80cf5a5b1d3b64a66a05b50f442de5ad39570,2977
   - github: simplex-chat/aeson
     commit: 3eb66f9a68f103b5f1489382aad89f5712a64db7