diff --git a/client/src/javascript/actions/FloodActions.ts b/client/src/javascript/actions/FloodActions.ts
index dc2870f0..ea500ef1 100644
--- a/client/src/javascript/actions/FloodActions.ts
+++ b/client/src/javascript/actions/FloodActions.ts
@@ -117,10 +117,7 @@ const FloodActions = {
   fetchNotifications: (options: NotificationFetchOptions) =>
     axios
       .get(`${baseURI}api/notifications`, {
-        params: {
-          limit: options.limit,
-          start: options.start,
-        },
+        params: options,
       })
       .then((json) => json.data)
       .then(
diff --git a/server/routes/api/index.ts b/server/routes/api/index.ts
index 8aeece39..fb93a8b4 100644
--- a/server/routes/api/index.ts
+++ b/server/routes/api/index.ts
@@ -70,12 +70,43 @@ router.get<unknown, unknown, unknown, {snapshot: HistorySnapshot}>('/history', (
   );
 });
 
+/**
+ * GET /api/notifications
+ * @summary Gets notifications
+ * @tags Flood
+ * @security User
+ * @param {NotificationFetchOptions} queries - options
+ * @return {{Notification[][], NotificationCount}} 200 - success response - application/json
+ * @return {Error} 500 - failure response - application/json
+ */
 router.get<unknown, unknown, unknown, NotificationFetchOptions>('/notifications', (req, res) => {
-  req.services?.notificationService.getNotifications(req.query, getResponseFn(res));
+  req.services?.notificationService.getNotifications(req.query).then(
+    (notifications) => {
+      res.status(200).json(notifications);
+    },
+    (err: Error) => {
+      res.status(500).json({message: err.message});
+    },
+  );
 });
 
+/**
+ * DELETE /api/notifications
+ * @summary Clears notifications
+ * @tags Flood
+ * @security User
+ * @return 200 - success response
+ * @return {Error} 500 - failure response - application/json
+ */
 router.delete('/notifications', (req, res) => {
-  req.services?.notificationService.clearNotifications(getResponseFn(res));
+  req.services?.notificationService.clearNotifications().then(
+    () => {
+      res.status(200).send();
+    },
+    (err: Error) => {
+      res.status(500).json({message: err.message});
+    },
+  );
 });
 
 /**
diff --git a/server/services/notificationService.ts b/server/services/notificationService.ts
index 3370a890..14ac59ce 100644
--- a/server/services/notificationService.ts
+++ b/server/services/notificationService.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import Datastore from 'nedb';
+import Datastore from 'nedb-promises';
 import path from 'path';
 
 import type {Notification, NotificationCount, NotificationFetchOptions} from '@shared/types/Notification';
@@ -14,50 +14,18 @@ const DEFAULT_QUERY_LIMIT = 20;
 
 class NotificationService extends BaseService<NotificationServiceEvents> {
   count: NotificationCount = {read: 0, total: 0, unread: 0};
-  db = this.loadDatabase();
+  db = Datastore.create({
+    autoload: true,
+    filename: path.join(config.dbPath, this.user._id, 'notifications.db'),
+  });
 
   constructor(...args: ConstructorParameters<typeof BaseService>) {
     super(...args);
 
-    this.onServicesUpdated = () => {
-      this.countNotifications();
-    };
-  }
+    (async () => {
+      const notifications = await this.db.find<Notification>({}).catch(() => undefined);
 
-  addNotification(notifications: Array<Pick<Notification, 'id' | 'data'>>) {
-    this.count.total += notifications.length;
-    this.count.unread += notifications.length;
-
-    const timestamp = Date.now();
-    const notificationsToInsert = notifications.map((notification) => ({
-      ts: timestamp,
-      data: notification.data,
-      id: notification.id,
-      read: false,
-    })) as Notification[];
-
-    this.db.insert(notificationsToInsert, () => this.emitUpdate());
-  }
-
-  clearNotifications(callback: (data?: null, err?: Error) => void) {
-    this.db.remove({}, {multi: true}, (err) => {
-      if (err) {
-        callback(null, err);
-        return;
-      }
-
-      this.count = {read: 0, total: 0, unread: 0};
-      this.emitUpdate();
-
-      callback();
-    });
-  }
-
-  countNotifications() {
-    this.db.find({}, (err: Error, notifications: Array<Notification>) => {
-      if (err) {
-        this.count = {read: 0, total: 0, unread: 0};
-      } else {
+      if (notifications != null) {
         notifications.forEach((notification) => {
           if (notification.read) {
             this.count.read += 1;
@@ -70,7 +38,7 @@ class NotificationService extends BaseService<NotificationServiceEvents> {
       }
 
       this.emitUpdate();
-    });
+    })();
   }
 
   emitUpdate = () => {
@@ -84,49 +52,77 @@ class NotificationService extends BaseService<NotificationServiceEvents> {
     return this.count;
   }
 
-  getNotifications(
-    query: NotificationFetchOptions,
-    callback: (
-      data: {
-        notifications: Notification[][];
-        count: NotificationCount;
-      } | null,
-      err?: Error,
-    ) => void,
-  ) {
-    const sortedNotifications = this.db.find({}).sort({ts: -1});
-    const queryCallback = (err: Error | null, notifications: Notification[][]) => {
-      if (err) {
-        callback(null, err);
-        return;
-      }
+  /**
+   * Adds notifications
+   *
+   * @param {Array<Notification>} notifications - Notifications to add
+   * @return {Promise<void>} - Rejects with error.
+   */
+  async addNotification(notifications: Array<Pick<Notification, 'id' | 'data'>>): Promise<void> {
+    this.count.total += notifications.length;
+    this.count.unread += notifications.length;
 
-      callback({notifications, count: this.count});
-    };
+    await this.db
+      .insert(
+        notifications.map((notification) => ({
+          ts: Date.now(),
+          data: notification.data,
+          id: notification.id,
+          read: false,
+        })),
+      )
+      .catch(() => undefined);
 
-    if (query.allNotifications) {
-      sortedNotifications.exec(queryCallback);
-    } else if (query.start != null) {
-      sortedNotifications
-        .skip(Number(query.start))
-        .limit(Number(query.limit) || DEFAULT_QUERY_LIMIT)
-        .exec(queryCallback);
-    } else {
-      sortedNotifications.limit(Number(query.limit) || DEFAULT_QUERY_LIMIT).exec(queryCallback);
-    }
+    this.emitUpdate();
   }
 
-  loadDatabase(): Datastore<Array<Notification>> {
-    if (this.db != null) {
-      return this.db;
+  /**
+   * Clears notifications
+   *
+   * @return {Promise<void>} - Rejects with error.
+   */
+  async clearNotifications(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.db.remove({}, {multi: true});
+
+    this.count = {read: 0, total: 0, unread: 0};
+    this.emitUpdate();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets notifications
+   *
+   * @param {NotificationFetchOptions} - options - An object of options...
+   * @return {Promise<{Notification[][], NotificationCount}>} - Resolves with notifications and counts or rejects with error.
+   */
+  async getNotifications({
+    allNotifications,
+    start,
+    limit,
+  }: NotificationFetchOptions): Promise<{
+    notifications: Notification[][];
+    count: NotificationCount;
+  }> {
+    const sortedNotifications = this.db.find<Notification>({}).sort({ts: -1});
+
+    if (allNotifications) {
+      return {
+        notifications: await sortedNotifications.exec(),
+        count: this.count,
+      };
+    } else if (start != null) {
+      return {
+        notifications: await sortedNotifications
+          .skip(Number(start))
+          .limit(Number(limit) || DEFAULT_QUERY_LIMIT)
+          .exec(),
+        count: this.count,
+      };
+    } else {
+      return {
+        notifications: await sortedNotifications.limit(Number(limit) || DEFAULT_QUERY_LIMIT).exec(),
+        count: this.count,
+      };
     }
-
-    const db = new Datastore({
-      autoload: true,
-      filename: path.join(config.dbPath, this.user._id, 'notifications.db'),
-    });
-
-    return db;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/shared/types/Notification.ts b/shared/types/Notification.ts
index e2c8867c..bd82e99b 100644
--- a/shared/types/Notification.ts
+++ b/shared/types/Notification.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export interface NotificationState {
 }
 
 export interface NotificationFetchOptions {
-  id: string;
+  id?: string;
   limit: number;
   start: number;
   allNotifications?: boolean;