diff --git a/packages/web-util/src/hooks/useNotifications.ts b/packages/web-util/src/hooks/useNotifications.ts
index deaa7a7c1..733950592 100644
--- a/packages/web-util/src/hooks/useNotifications.ts
+++ b/packages/web-util/src/hooks/useNotifications.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { TranslatedString } from "@gnu-taler/taler-util";
-import { StateUpdater, useEffect, useState } from "preact/hooks";
+import { useEffect, useState } from "preact/hooks";
 import { memoryMap } from "../index.browser.js";
 
 export type NotificationMessage = ErrorNotification | InfoNotification;
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ interface InfoNotification {
   title: TranslatedString;
 }
 
-const storage = memoryMap<NotificationMessage[]>();
+const storage = memoryMap<Map<string, NotificationMessage>>();
 const NOTIFICATION_KEY = "notification";
 
 export function notifyError(
@@ -23,20 +23,24 @@ export function notifyError(
   description: TranslatedString | undefined,
   debug?: any,
 ) {
-  const currentState: NotificationMessage[] =
-    storage.get(NOTIFICATION_KEY) ?? [];
-  const newState = currentState.concat({
-    type: "error",
+  const currentState: Map<string, NotificationMessage> =
+    storage.get(NOTIFICATION_KEY) ?? new Map();
+
+  const notif = {
+    type: "error" as const,
     title,
     description,
     debug,
-  });
+  };
+  const newState = currentState.set(hash(notif), notif);
   storage.set(NOTIFICATION_KEY, newState);
 }
 export function notifyInfo(title: TranslatedString) {
-  const currentState: NotificationMessage[] =
-    storage.get(NOTIFICATION_KEY) ?? [];
-  const newState = currentState.concat({ type: "info", title });
+  const currentState: Map<string, NotificationMessage> =
+    storage.get(NOTIFICATION_KEY) ?? new Map();
+
+  const notif = { type: "info" as const, title };
+  const newState = currentState.set(hash(notif), notif);
   storage.set(NOTIFICATION_KEY, newState);
 }
 
@@ -46,22 +50,48 @@ type Notification = {
 };
 
 export function useNotifications(): Notification[] {
-  const [value, setter] = useState<NotificationMessage[]>([]);
+  const [value, setter] = useState<Map<string, NotificationMessage>>(new Map());
   useEffect(() => {
     return storage.onUpdate(NOTIFICATION_KEY, () => {
-      const mem = storage.get(NOTIFICATION_KEY) ?? [];
+      const mem = storage.get(NOTIFICATION_KEY) ?? new Map();
       setter(mem);
     });
   });
-  return value.map((message, idx) => {
+
+  return Array.from(value.values()).map((message, idx) => {
     return {
       message,
       remove: () => {
-        const mem = storage.get(NOTIFICATION_KEY) ?? [];
-        const newState = Array.from(mem);
-        newState.splice(idx, 1);
+        const mem = storage.get(NOTIFICATION_KEY) ?? new Map();
+        const newState = new Map(mem);
+        newState.delete(hash(message));
         storage.set(NOTIFICATION_KEY, newState);
       },
     };
   });
 }
+
+function hashCode(str: string): string {
+  if (str.length === 0) return "0";
+  let hash = 0;
+  let chr;
+  for (let i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
+    chr = str.charCodeAt(i);
+    hash = (hash << 5) - hash + chr;
+    hash |= 0; // Convert to 32bit integer
+  }
+  return hash.toString(16);
+}
+
+function hash(msg: NotificationMessage): string {
+  let str = (msg.type + ":" + msg.title) as string;
+  if (msg.type === "error") {
+    if (msg.description) {
+      str += ":" + msg.description;
+    }
+    if (msg.debug) {
+      str += ":" + msg.debug;
+    }
+  }
+  return hashCode(str);
+}