diff --git a/frigate/app.py b/frigate/app.py
index 7f51fac1b..30c16ecc8 100644
--- a/frigate/app.py
+++ b/frigate/app.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import frigate.util as util
 from frigate.api.auth import hash_password
 from frigate.api.fastapi_app import create_fastapi_app
 from frigate.camera import CameraMetrics, PTZMetrics
+from frigate.comms.async_webpush_client import AsyncWebPushClient
 from frigate.comms.base_communicator import Communicator
 from frigate.comms.config_updater import ConfigPublisher
 from frigate.comms.dispatcher import Dispatcher
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ from frigate.comms.event_metadata_updater import (
 )
 from frigate.comms.inter_process import InterProcessCommunicator
 from frigate.comms.mqtt import MqttClient
-from frigate.comms.webpush import WebPushClient
 from frigate.comms.ws import WebSocketClient
 from frigate.comms.zmq_proxy import ZmqProxy
 from frigate.config.config import FrigateConfig
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class FrigateApp:
         ]
 
         if notification_cameras:
-            comms.append(WebPushClient(self.config))
+            comms.append(AsyncWebPushClient(self.config, self.stop_event))
 
         comms.append(WebSocketClient(self.config))
         comms.append(self.inter_process_communicator)
diff --git a/frigate/comms/async_webpush_client.py b/frigate/comms/async_webpush_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..beefba266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frigate/comms/async_webpush_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+import json
+import logging
+import queue
+import threading
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from multiprocessing.synchronize import Event as MpEvent
+from typing import Any
+
+from webpush import WebPushClient
+
+from frigate.config import FrigateConfig
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@dataclass
+class PushNotification:
+    user: str
+    payload: dict[str, Any]
+    title: str
+    message: str
+    direct_url: str = ""
+    image: str = ""
+    notification_type: str = "alert"
+    ttl: int = 0
+
+
+class AsyncWebPushClient(WebPushClient):
+    def __init__(self, config: FrigateConfig, stop_event: MpEvent) -> None:
+        super().__init__(config)
+        self.notification_queue: queue.Queue[PushNotification] = queue.Queue()
+        self.notification_thread = threading.Thread(
+            target=self._process_notifications, daemon=True
+        )
+        self.notification_thread.start()
+        self.stop_event = stop_event
+
+    def send_push_notification(
+        self,
+        user: str,
+        payload: dict[str, Any],
+        title: str,
+        message: str,
+        direct_url: str = "",
+        image: str = "",
+        notification_type: str = "alert",
+        ttl: int = 0,
+    ) -> None:
+        notification = PushNotification(
+            user=user,
+            payload=payload,
+            title=title,
+            message=message,
+            direct_url=direct_url,
+            image=image,
+            notification_type=notification_type,
+            ttl=ttl,
+        )
+        self.notification_queue.put(notification)
+
+    def _process_notifications(self) -> None:
+        while not self.stop_event.is_set():
+            try:
+                notification = self.notification_queue.get(timeout=1.0)
+                self.check_registrations()
+
+                for pusher in self.web_pushers[notification.user]:
+                    endpoint = pusher.subscription_info["endpoint"]
+                    headers = self.claim_headers[
+                        endpoint[: endpoint.index("/", 10)]
+                    ].copy()
+                    headers["urgency"] = "high"
+
+                    resp = pusher.send(
+                        headers=headers,
+                        ttl=notification.ttl,
+                        data=json.dumps(
+                            {
+                                "title": notification.title,
+                                "message": notification.message,
+                                "direct_url": notification.direct_url,
+                                "image": notification.image,
+                                "id": notification.payload.get("after", {}).get(
+                                    "id", ""
+                                ),
+                                "type": notification.notification_type,
+                            }
+                        ),
+                        timeout=10,
+                    )
+
+                    if resp.status_code in (404, 410):
+                        self.expired_subs.setdefault(notification.user, []).append(
+                            endpoint
+                        )
+                    elif resp.status_code != 201:
+                        logger.warning(
+                            f"Failed to send notification to {notification.user} :: {resp.status_code}"
+                        )
+
+                self.cleanup_registrations()
+                self.notification_queue.task_done()
+
+            except queue.Empty:
+                continue
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.error(f"Error processing notification: {str(e)}")
+
+    def stop(self) -> None:
+        self.notification_thread.join()
+        super().stop()