diff --git a/src/controllers/notifications/NotificationModel.cpp b/src/controllers/notifications/NotificationModel.cpp
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+++ b/src/controllers/notifications/NotificationModel.cpp
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+#include "NotificationModel.hpp"
+
+#include "Application.hpp"
+#include "singletons/Settings.hpp"
+#include "util/StandardItemHelper.hpp"
+
+namespace chatterino {
+
+NotificationModel::NotificationModel(QObject *parent)
+    : SignalVectorModel<QString>(1, parent)
+{
+}
+
+// turn a vector item into a model row
+QString NotificationModel::getItemFromRow(std::vector<QStandardItem *> &row,
+                                          const QString &original)
+{
+    return QString(row[0]->data().toString());
+}
+
+void NotificationModel::getRowFromItem(const QString &item,
+                                       std::vector<QStandardItem *> &row)
+{
+    setStringItem(row[0], item);
+}
+}  // namespace chatterino
diff --git a/src/controllers/notifications/NotificationModel.hpp b/src/controllers/notifications/NotificationModel.hpp
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+++ b/src/controllers/notifications/NotificationModel.hpp
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+#pragma once
+
+#include <QObject>
+
+#include "common/SignalVectorModel.hpp"
+#include "controllers/notifications/NotificationController.hpp"
+
+namespace chatterino {
+
+class NotificationController;
+
+class NotificationModel : public SignalVectorModel<QString>
+{
+    explicit NotificationModel(QObject *parent);
+
+protected:
+    // turn a vector item into a model row
+    virtual QString getItemFromRow(std::vector<QStandardItem *> &row,
+                                   const QString &original) override;
+
+    // turns a row in the model into a vector item
+    virtual void getRowFromItem(const QString &item,
+                                std::vector<QStandardItem *> &row) override;
+
+    friend class NotificationController;
+};
+
+}  // namespace chatterino