diff --git a/user/app/doom-emacs/config.el b/user/app/doom-emacs/config.el
index c475bff..de41ac5 100644
--- a/user/app/doom-emacs/config.el
+++ b/user/app/doom-emacs/config.el
@@ -1359,6 +1359,8 @@ https://github.com/magit/magit/issues/460 (@cpitclaudel)."
 
   (setq mu4e-index-lazy-check t)
   (setq mu4e-index-cleanup t)
+  (setq mu4e-update-interval 120)
+  (mu4e-alert-enable-notifications)
 
   (define-key mu4e-main-mode-map (kbd "<SPC>") #'doom/leader)
   (define-key mu4e-headers-mode-map (kbd "<SPC>") #'doom/leader)
@@ -1444,6 +1446,8 @@ https://github.com/magit/magit/issues/460 (@cpitclaudel)."
   (add-hook 'mu4e-compose-mode-hook #'no-auto-fill)
   (add-hook 'mu4e-compose-pre-hook #'no-org-msg-mode)
 
+  (mu4e--start) ;; start mu4e silently
+
 )
 
 ;;;-- Load emacs direnv;;;--
diff --git a/user/app/doom-emacs/doom.org b/user/app/doom-emacs/doom.org
index 68ecb1f..072b823 100644
--- a/user/app/doom-emacs/doom.org
+++ b/user/app/doom-emacs/doom.org
@@ -1617,6 +1617,8 @@ I don't have this active right now since it's kinda weird with pgtk...
 
   (setq mu4e-index-lazy-check t)
   (setq mu4e-index-cleanup t)
+  (setq mu4e-update-interval 120)
+  (mu4e-alert-enable-notifications)
 
   (define-key mu4e-main-mode-map (kbd "<SPC>") #'doom/leader)
   (define-key mu4e-headers-mode-map (kbd "<SPC>") #'doom/leader)
@@ -1702,6 +1704,8 @@ I don't have this active right now since it's kinda weird with pgtk...
   (add-hook 'mu4e-compose-mode-hook #'no-auto-fill)
   (add-hook 'mu4e-compose-pre-hook #'no-org-msg-mode)
 
+  (mu4e--start) ;; start mu4e silently
+
 )
 
 #+END_SRC