diff --git a/app-shell/src/notifications/connect.ts b/app-shell/src/notifications/connect.ts
index e8ad5cb7628..4bb208a8409 100644
--- a/app-shell/src/notifications/connect.ts
+++ b/app-shell/src/notifications/connect.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import mqtt from 'mqtt'
 
 import { connectionStore } from './store'
 import {
+  sendDeserialized,
   sendDeserializedGenericError,
   deserializeExpectedMessages,
 } from './deserialize'
@@ -135,15 +136,8 @@ function establishListeners({
             hostname,
             topic,
           })
-          try {
-            const browserWindow = connectionStore.getBrowserWindow()
-            browserWindow?.webContents.send(
-              'notify',
-              hostname,
-              topic,
-              deserializedMessage
-            )
-          } catch {} // Prevents shell erroring during app shutdown event.
+
+          sendDeserialized({ hostname, topic, message: deserializedMessage })
         })
         .catch(error => notifyLog.debug(`${error.message}`))
     }
@@ -155,10 +149,7 @@ function establishListeners({
   // handles transport layer errors only
   client.on('error', error => {
     notifyLog.warn(`Error - ${error.name}: ${error.message}`)
-    sendDeserializedGenericError({
-      hostname,
-      topic: 'ALL_TOPICS',
-    })
+    sendDeserializedGenericError(hostname, 'ALL_TOPICS')
     client.end()
   })
 
@@ -173,10 +164,7 @@ function establishListeners({
         packet.reasonCode ?? 'undefined'
       }`
     )
-    sendDeserializedGenericError({
-      hostname,
-      topic: 'ALL_TOPICS',
-    })
+    sendDeserializedGenericError(hostname, 'ALL_TOPICS')
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/app-shell/src/notifications/deserialize.ts b/app-shell/src/notifications/deserialize.ts
index 135ec2938ca..41dae367409 100644
--- a/app-shell/src/notifications/deserialize.ts
+++ b/app-shell/src/notifications/deserialize.ts
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ export function sendDeserialized({
   } catch {} // Prevents shell erroring during app shutdown event.
 }
 
-export function sendDeserializedGenericError({
-  hostname,
-  topic,
-}: Omit<SendToBrowserParams, 'message'>): void {
+export function sendDeserializedGenericError(
+  hostname: string,
+  topic: NotifyTopic
+): void {
   sendDeserialized({
     hostname,
     topic,
diff --git a/app-shell/src/notifications/subscribe.ts b/app-shell/src/notifications/subscribe.ts
index 5626854b4ad..a4ee0ad3315 100644
--- a/app-shell/src/notifications/subscribe.ts
+++ b/app-shell/src/notifications/subscribe.ts
@@ -53,29 +53,20 @@ export function subscribe({
           void waitUntilActiveOrErrored('subscription').catch(
             (error: Error) => {
               notifyLog.debug(error.message)
-              sendDeserializedGenericError({
-                hostname,
-                topic,
-              })
+              sendDeserializedGenericError(hostname, topic)
             }
           )
         }
       })
       .catch((error: Error) => {
         notifyLog.debug(error.message)
-        sendDeserializedGenericError({
-          hostname,
-          topic,
-        })
+        sendDeserializedGenericError(hostname, topic)
       })
   }
 
   function subscribeCb(error: Error, result: mqtt.ISubscriptionGrant[]): void {
     if (error != null) {
-      sendDeserializedGenericError({
-        hostname,
-        topic,
-      })
+      sendDeserializedGenericError(hostname, topic)
     } else {
       notifyLog.debug(
         `Successfully subscribed on ${hostname} to topic: ${topic}`