diff --git a/src/renderer/__mocks__/state-mocks.ts b/src/renderer/__mocks__/state-mocks.ts
index 93b259b02..c3a5964df 100644
--- a/src/renderer/__mocks__/state-mocks.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/__mocks__/state-mocks.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   type Account,
   type AppearanceSettingsState,
   type AuthState,
+  FetchType,
   type FilterSettingsState,
   type GitifyState,
   type GitifyUser,
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ const mockAppearanceSettings: AppearanceSettingsState = {
 
 const mockNotificationSettings: NotificationSettingsState = {
   groupBy: GroupBy.REPOSITORY,
+  fetchType: FetchType.INTERVAL,
   fetchAllNotifications: true,
   detailedNotifications: true,
   showPills: true,
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/fields/FieldLabel.tsx b/src/renderer/components/fields/FieldLabel.tsx
index 471dc0b7f..1234ea3e5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/fields/FieldLabel.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/fields/FieldLabel.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export interface IFieldLabel {
 
 export const FieldLabel: FC<IFieldLabel> = (props: IFieldLabel) => {
   return (
-    <label className="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer" htmlFor={props.name}>
+    <label className={'mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer'} htmlFor={props.name}>
       {props.label}
     </label>
   );
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/fields/RadioGroup.tsx b/src/renderer/components/fields/RadioGroup.tsx
index 989e0e5b2..23bc21388 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/fields/RadioGroup.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/fields/RadioGroup.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import type { ChangeEvent, FC } from 'react';
+import type { ChangeEvent, FC, ReactNode } from 'react';
 
 import { Stack } from '@primer/react';
 
 import type { RadioGroupItem } from '../../types';
 import { FieldLabel } from './FieldLabel';
+import { Tooltip } from './Tooltip';
 
 export interface IRadioGroup {
   name: string;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ export interface IRadioGroup {
   options: RadioGroupItem[];
   value: string;
   onChange: (event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => void;
+  tooltip?: ReactNode | string;
 }
 
 export const RadioGroup: FC<IRadioGroup> = (props: IRadioGroup) => {
@@ -47,6 +49,10 @@ export const RadioGroup: FC<IRadioGroup> = (props: IRadioGroup) => {
           </Stack>
         );
       })}
+
+      {props.tooltip && (
+        <Tooltip name={`tooltip-${props.name}`} tooltip={props.tooltip} />
+      )}
     </Stack>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/fields/__snapshots__/FieldLabel.test.tsx.snap b/src/renderer/components/fields/__snapshots__/FieldLabel.test.tsx.snap
index 12a2042d4..e69ae5347 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/fields/__snapshots__/FieldLabel.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/renderer/components/fields/__snapshots__/FieldLabel.test.tsx.snap
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ exports[`renderer/components/fields/FieldLabel.tsx should render 1`] = `
   "baseElement": <body>
     <div>
       <label
-        class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+        class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
         for="appearance"
       >
         Appearance
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ exports[`renderer/components/fields/FieldLabel.tsx should render 1`] = `
   </body>,
   "container": <div>
     <label
-      class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+      class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
       for="appearance"
     >
       Appearance
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/fields/__snapshots__/RadioGroup.test.tsx.snap b/src/renderer/components/fields/__snapshots__/RadioGroup.test.tsx.snap
index 128f708b5..08e1c0767 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/fields/__snapshots__/RadioGroup.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/renderer/components/fields/__snapshots__/RadioGroup.test.tsx.snap
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ exports[`renderer/components/fields/RadioGroup.tsx should render 1`] = `
         data-wrap="nowrap"
       >
         <label
-          class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+          class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
           for="appearance"
         >
           Appearance
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ exports[`renderer/components/fields/RadioGroup.tsx should render 1`] = `
             value="one"
           />
           <label
-            class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+            class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
             for="radio-appearance-one"
           >
             Value 1
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ exports[`renderer/components/fields/RadioGroup.tsx should render 1`] = `
             value="two"
           />
           <label
-            class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+            class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
             for="radio-appearance-two"
           >
             Value 2
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ exports[`renderer/components/fields/RadioGroup.tsx should render 1`] = `
       data-wrap="nowrap"
     >
       <label
-        class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+        class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
         for="appearance"
       >
         Appearance
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ exports[`renderer/components/fields/RadioGroup.tsx should render 1`] = `
           value="one"
         />
         <label
-          class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+          class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
           for="radio-appearance-one"
         >
           Value 1
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ exports[`renderer/components/fields/RadioGroup.tsx should render 1`] = `
           value="two"
         />
         <label
-          class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+          class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
           for="radio-appearance-two"
         >
           Value 2
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ exports[`renderer/components/fields/RadioGroup.tsx should render as disabled 1`]
         data-wrap="nowrap"
       >
         <label
-          class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+          class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
           for="appearance"
         >
           Appearance
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ exports[`renderer/components/fields/RadioGroup.tsx should render as disabled 1`]
             value="one"
           />
           <label
-            class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+            class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
             for="radio-appearance-one"
           >
             Value 1
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ exports[`renderer/components/fields/RadioGroup.tsx should render as disabled 1`]
             value="two"
           />
           <label
-            class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+            class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
             for="radio-appearance-two"
           >
             Value 2
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ exports[`renderer/components/fields/RadioGroup.tsx should render as disabled 1`]
       data-wrap="nowrap"
     >
       <label
-        class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+        class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
         for="appearance"
       >
         Appearance
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ exports[`renderer/components/fields/RadioGroup.tsx should render as disabled 1`]
           value="one"
         />
         <label
-          class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+          class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
           for="radio-appearance-one"
         >
           Value 1
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ exports[`renderer/components/fields/RadioGroup.tsx should render as disabled 1`]
           value="two"
         />
         <label
-          class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+          class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
           for="radio-appearance-two"
         >
           Value 2
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/settings/NotificationSettings.test.tsx b/src/renderer/components/settings/NotificationSettings.test.tsx
index 0cdcc13cf..bc99033bf 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/settings/NotificationSettings.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/settings/NotificationSettings.test.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,27 @@ describe('renderer/components/settings/NotificationSettings.tsx', () => {
     expect(updateSetting).toHaveBeenCalledWith('groupBy', 'DATE');
   });
 
+  it('should change the fetchType radio group', async () => {
+    await act(async () => {
+      render(
+        <AppContext.Provider
+          value={{
+            auth: mockAuth,
+            settings: mockSettings,
+            updateSetting,
+          }}
+        >
+          <NotificationSettings />
+        </AppContext.Provider>,
+      );
+    });
+
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('radio-fetchType-inactivity'));
+
+    expect(updateSetting).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(updateSetting).toHaveBeenCalledWith('fetchType', 'INACTIVITY');
+  });
+
   it('should toggle the fetchAllNotifications checkbox', async () => {
     await act(async () => {
       render(
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/settings/NotificationSettings.tsx b/src/renderer/components/settings/NotificationSettings.tsx
index 485db612e..f82c9ad17 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/settings/NotificationSettings.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/settings/NotificationSettings.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { Stack, Text } from '@primer/react';
 import { APPLICATION } from '../../../shared/constants';
 
 import { AppContext } from '../../context/App';
-import { GroupBy, Size } from '../../types';
+import { FetchType, GroupBy, Size } from '../../types';
 import { openGitHubParticipatingDocs } from '../../utils/links';
 import { Checkbox } from '../fields/Checkbox';
 import { RadioGroup } from '../fields/RadioGroup';
@@ -41,6 +41,33 @@ export const NotificationSettings: FC = () => {
           value={settings.groupBy}
         />
 
+        <RadioGroup
+          label="Fetch type:"
+          name="fetchType"
+          onChange={(evt) => {
+            updateSetting('fetchType', evt.target.value as FetchType);
+          }}
+          options={[
+            { label: 'Interval', value: FetchType.INTERVAL },
+            { label: 'Inactivity', value: FetchType.INACTIVITY },
+          ]}
+          tooltip={
+            <Stack direction="vertical" gap="condensed">
+              <Text>Controls how new notifications are fetched.</Text>
+              <Text>
+                <Text as="strong">Interval</Text> will check for new
+                notifications on a regular scheduled interval.
+              </Text>
+              <Text>
+                <Text as="strong">Inactivity</Text> will check for new
+                notifications only when there has been no user activity within{' '}
+                {APPLICATION.NAME} for a specified period of time.
+              </Text>
+            </Stack>
+          }
+          value={settings.fetchType}
+        />
+
         <Checkbox
           checked={settings.fetchAllNotifications}
           label="Fetch all notifications"
@@ -102,7 +129,7 @@ export const NotificationSettings: FC = () => {
               tooltip={
                 <Stack direction="vertical" gap="condensed">
                   <Text>Show notification metric pills for:</Text>
-                  <div className="pl-4">
+                  <div className="pl-2">
                     <Stack direction="vertical" gap="none">
                       <Stack direction="horizontal" gap="condensed">
                         <IssueOpenedIcon size={Size.SMALL} />
@@ -140,27 +167,23 @@ export const NotificationSettings: FC = () => {
               tooltip={
                 <Stack direction="vertical" gap="condensed">
                   <Text>Show GitHub number for:</Text>
-                  <div className="pl-4">
-                    <ul>
-                      <li>
-                        <Stack direction="horizontal" gap="condensed">
-                          <CommentIcon size={Size.SMALL} />
-                          Discussion
-                        </Stack>
-                      </li>
-                      <li>
-                        <Stack direction="horizontal" gap="condensed">
-                          <IssueOpenedIcon size={Size.SMALL} />
-                          Issue
-                        </Stack>
-                      </li>
-                      <li>
-                        <Stack direction="horizontal" gap="condensed">
-                          <GitPullRequestIcon size={Size.SMALL} />
-                          Pull Request
-                        </Stack>
-                      </li>
-                    </ul>
+                  <div className="pl-2">
+                    <Stack direction="vertical" gap="none">
+                      <Stack direction="horizontal" gap="condensed">
+                        <CommentIcon size={Size.SMALL} />
+                        Discussion
+                      </Stack>
+
+                      <Stack direction="horizontal" gap="condensed">
+                        <IssueOpenedIcon size={Size.SMALL} />
+                        Issue
+                      </Stack>
+
+                      <Stack direction="horizontal" gap="condensed">
+                        <GitPullRequestIcon size={Size.SMALL} />
+                        Pull Request
+                      </Stack>
+                    </Stack>
                   </div>
                 </Stack>
               }
diff --git a/src/renderer/context/App.tsx b/src/renderer/context/App.tsx
index 2ee32c34b..7533ba95e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/context/App.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/context/App.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import {
 import { useTheme } from '@primer/react';
 
 import { Constants } from '../constants';
-import { useInterval } from '../hooks/useInterval';
+import { useInactivityTimer } from '../hooks/timers/useInactivityTimer';
+import { useIntervalTimer } from '../hooks/timers/useIntervalTimer';
 import { useNotifications } from '../hooks/useNotifications';
 import type {
   Account,
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import type {
   Status,
   Token,
 } from '../types';
+import { FetchType } from '../types';
 import type { Notification } from '../typesGitHub';
 import { headNotifications } from '../utils/api/client';
 import type {
@@ -142,11 +144,25 @@ export const AppProvider = ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => {
     settings.filterReasons,
   ]);
 
-  useInterval(() => {
-    fetchNotifications({ auth, settings });
-  }, Constants.FETCH_NOTIFICATIONS_INTERVAL_MS);
+  useIntervalTimer(
+    () => {
+      fetchNotifications({ auth, settings });
+    },
+    settings.fetchType === FetchType.INTERVAL
+      ? Constants.FETCH_NOTIFICATIONS_INTERVAL_MS
+      : null,
+  );
+
+  useInactivityTimer(
+    () => {
+      fetchNotifications({ auth, settings });
+    },
+    settings.fetchType === FetchType.INACTIVITY
+      ? Constants.FETCH_NOTIFICATIONS_INTERVAL_MS
+      : null,
+  );
 
-  useInterval(() => {
+  useIntervalTimer(() => {
     for (const account of auth.accounts) {
       refreshAccount(account);
     }
diff --git a/src/renderer/context/defaults.ts b/src/renderer/context/defaults.ts
index 3654d98c6..decf204de 100644
--- a/src/renderer/context/defaults.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/context/defaults.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
   type AppearanceSettingsState,
   type AuthState,
+  FetchType,
   type FilterSettingsState,
   GroupBy,
   type NotificationSettingsState,
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ const defaultAppearanceSettings: AppearanceSettingsState = {
 
 const defaultNotificationSettings: NotificationSettingsState = {
   groupBy: GroupBy.REPOSITORY,
+  fetchType: FetchType.INTERVAL,
   fetchAllNotifications: true,
   detailedNotifications: true,
   showPills: true,
diff --git a/src/renderer/hooks/timers/useInactivityTimer.ts b/src/renderer/hooks/timers/useInactivityTimer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab602b0d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/hooks/timers/useInactivityTimer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+
+const events = ['mousedown', 'keypress', 'click'];
+
+/**
+ * Hook that triggers a callback after a specified period of user inactivity.
+ * User activity as defined in `events` will reset the timer.
+ */
+export const useInactivityTimer = (callback: () => void, delay: number) => {
+  const savedCallback = useRef<(() => void) | null>(null);
+  const timeoutRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null);
+
+  // Remember the latest callback
+  useEffect(() => {
+    savedCallback.current = callback;
+  }, [callback]);
+
+  // Reset the inactivity timer
+  const resetTimer = useCallback(() => {
+    if (timeoutRef.current) {
+      clearTimeout(timeoutRef.current);
+    }
+
+    if (delay !== null && savedCallback.current) {
+      timeoutRef.current = setTimeout(() => {
+        // Fire callback once inactivity threshold reached
+        savedCallback.current();
+
+        // Schedule next run while still inactive
+        resetTimer();
+      }, delay);
+    }
+  }, [delay]);
+
+  // Set up event listeners for user activity
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (delay === null) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Add event listeners to track activity
+    for (const event of events) {
+      document.addEventListener(event, resetTimer, { passive: true });
+    }
+
+    // Start initial timer
+    resetTimer();
+
+    // Cleanup function
+    return () => {
+      if (timeoutRef.current) {
+        clearTimeout(timeoutRef.current);
+      }
+
+      for (const event of events) {
+        document.removeEventListener(event, resetTimer);
+      }
+    };
+  }, [delay, resetTimer]);
+};
diff --git a/src/renderer/hooks/useInterval.ts b/src/renderer/hooks/timers/useIntervalTimer.ts
similarity index 60%
rename from src/renderer/hooks/useInterval.ts
rename to src/renderer/hooks/timers/useIntervalTimer.ts
index 5686f3af1..930af231e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/hooks/useInterval.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/hooks/timers/useIntervalTimer.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 
-// Thanks to https://overreacted.io/making-setinterval-declarative-with-react-hooks/
-export const useInterval = (callback, delay: number) => {
-  const savedCallback = useRef(null);
+/**
+ * Hook that triggers a callback after a specified period of time.
+ *
+ * Thanks to https://overreacted.io/making-setinterval-declarative-with-react-hooks/
+ */
+export const useIntervalTimer = (callback: () => void, delay: number) => {
+  const savedCallback = useRef<(() => void) | null>(null);
 
   // Remember the latest callback.
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/routes/__snapshots__/Settings.test.tsx.snap b/src/renderer/routes/__snapshots__/Settings.test.tsx.snap
index 29a5db996..31fa3517c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/routes/__snapshots__/Settings.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/renderer/routes/__snapshots__/Settings.test.tsx.snap
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ exports[`renderer/routes/Settings.tsx should render itself & its children 1`] =
             data-wrap="nowrap"
           >
             <label
-              class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+              class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
               for="theme"
             >
               Theme:
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ exports[`renderer/routes/Settings.tsx should render itself & its children 1`] =
             data-wrap="nowrap"
           >
             <label
-              class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+              class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
               for="zoom"
             >
               Zoom:
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ exports[`renderer/routes/Settings.tsx should render itself & its children 1`] =
             data-wrap="nowrap"
           >
             <label
-              class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+              class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
               for="groupBy"
             >
               Group by:
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ exports[`renderer/routes/Settings.tsx should render itself & its children 1`] =
                 value="REPOSITORY"
               />
               <label
-                class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+                class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
                 for="radio-groupBy-repository"
               >
                 Repository
@@ -585,13 +585,102 @@ exports[`renderer/routes/Settings.tsx should render itself & its children 1`] =
                 value="DATE"
               />
               <label
-                class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+                class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
                 for="radio-groupBy-date"
               >
                 Date
               </label>
             </div>
           </div>
+          <div
+            class="text-sm prc-Stack-Stack-WJVsK"
+            data-align="center"
+            data-direction="horizontal"
+            data-gap="condensed"
+            data-justify="start"
+            data-padding="none"
+            data-wrap="nowrap"
+          >
+            <label
+              class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+              for="fetchType"
+            >
+              Fetch type:
+            </label>
+            <div
+              class="prc-Stack-Stack-WJVsK"
+              data-align="center"
+              data-direction="horizontal"
+              data-gap="condensed"
+              data-justify="start"
+              data-padding="none"
+              data-wrap="nowrap"
+            >
+              <input
+                checked=""
+                class="size-2 cursor-pointer"
+                data-testid="radio-fetchType-interval"
+                id="radio-fetchType-interval"
+                name="fetchType"
+                type="radio"
+                value="INTERVAL"
+              />
+              <label
+                class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+                for="radio-fetchType-interval"
+              >
+                Interval
+              </label>
+            </div>
+            <div
+              class="prc-Stack-Stack-WJVsK"
+              data-align="center"
+              data-direction="horizontal"
+              data-gap="condensed"
+              data-justify="start"
+              data-padding="none"
+              data-wrap="nowrap"
+            >
+              <input
+                class="size-2 cursor-pointer"
+                data-testid="radio-fetchType-inactivity"
+                id="radio-fetchType-inactivity"
+                name="fetchType"
+                type="radio"
+                value="INACTIVITY"
+              />
+              <label
+                class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+                for="radio-fetchType-inactivity"
+              >
+                Inactivity
+              </label>
+            </div>
+            <button
+              aria-label="tooltip-fetchType"
+              class="relative"
+              data-testid="tooltip-tooltip-fetchType"
+              id="tooltip-fetchType"
+              type="button"
+            >
+              <svg
+                aria-hidden="true"
+                class="octicon octicon-question text-gitify-tooltip-icon"
+                display="inline-block"
+                fill="currentColor"
+                focusable="false"
+                height="16"
+                overflow="visible"
+                style="vertical-align: text-bottom;"
+                viewBox="0 0 16 16"
+                width="16"
+              >
+                <path
+                  d="M0 8a8 8 0 1 1 16 0A8 8 0 0 1 0 8Zm8-6.5a6.5 6.5 0 1 0 0 13 6.5 6.5 0 0 0 0-13ZM6.92 6.085h.001a.749.749 0 1 1-1.342-.67c.169-.339.436-.701.849-.977C6.845 4.16 7.369 4 8 4a2.756 2.756 0 0 1 1.637.525c.503.377.863.965.863 1.725 0 .448-.115.83-.329 1.15-.205.307-.47.513-.692.662-.109.072-.22.138-.313.195l-.006.004a6.24 6.24 0 0 0-.26.16.952.952 0 0 0-.276.245.75.75 0 0 1-1.248-.832c.184-.264.42-.489.692-.661.103-.067.207-.132.313-.195l.007-.004c.1-.061.182-.11.258-.161a.969.969 0 0 0 .277-.245C8.96 6.514 9 6.427 9 6.25a.612.612 0 0 0-.262-.525A1.27 1.27 0 0 0 8 5.5c-.369 0-.595.09-.74.187a1.01 1.01 0 0 0-.34.398ZM9 11a1 1 0 1 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0Z"
+                />
+              </svg>
+            </button>
+          </div>
           <div
             class="text-sm prc-Stack-Stack-WJVsK"
             data-align="center"
@@ -1209,7 +1298,7 @@ exports[`renderer/routes/Settings.tsx should render itself & its children 1`] =
             data-wrap="nowrap"
           >
             <label
-              class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+              class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
               for="openLinks"
             >
               Open Links:
@@ -1233,7 +1322,7 @@ exports[`renderer/routes/Settings.tsx should render itself & its children 1`] =
                 value="FOREGROUND"
               />
               <label
-                class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+                class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
                 for="radio-openLinks-foreground"
               >
                 Foreground
@@ -1257,7 +1346,7 @@ exports[`renderer/routes/Settings.tsx should render itself & its children 1`] =
                 value="BACKGROUND"
               />
               <label
-                class="mr-3 font-medium cursor-pointer"
+                class="mr-1 font-medium cursor-pointer"
                 for="radio-openLinks-background"
               >
                 Background
diff --git a/src/renderer/types.ts b/src/renderer/types.ts
index 1e1881211..587a28126 100644
--- a/src/renderer/types.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/types.ts
@@ -49,10 +49,11 @@ export interface Account {
 export type SettingsValue =
   | boolean
   | number
+  | FetchType
+  | FilterValue[]
   | GroupBy
   | OpenPreference
-  | Theme
-  | FilterValue[];
+  | Theme;
 
 export type FilterValue =
   | FilterStateType
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ export interface AppearanceSettingsState {
 
 export interface NotificationSettingsState {
   groupBy: GroupBy;
+  fetchType: FetchType;
   fetchAllNotifications: boolean;
   detailedNotifications: boolean;
   showPills: boolean;
@@ -137,6 +139,11 @@ export enum GroupBy {
   DATE = 'DATE',
 }
 
+export enum FetchType {
+  INTERVAL = 'INTERVAL',
+  INACTIVITY = 'INACTIVITY',
+}
+
 export type RadioGroupItem = {
   label: string;
   value: string;
