diff --git a/src/modules/bar.tsx b/src/modules/bar.tsx
index 5a0fee3c..c131029d 100644
--- a/src/modules/bar.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/bar.tsx
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ const PkgUpdates = ({ monitor, ...props }: ModuleProps) => (
 
 const NotifCount = ({ monitor, ...props }: ModuleProps) => (
     <button
-        onClick={(_, event) => event.button === Astal.MouseButton.PRIMARY && switchPane(monitor, "notifpane")}
+        onClick={(_, event) => event.button === Astal.MouseButton.PRIMARY && switchPane(monitor, "alerts")}
         setup={self =>
             setupCustomTooltip(
                 self,
diff --git a/src/modules/navbar.tsx b/src/modules/navbar.tsx
index e230c19f..3ad94f69 100644
--- a/src/modules/navbar.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/navbar.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const getPaneIcon = (name: PaneName) => {
     if (name === "audio") return "tune";
     if (name === "connectivity") return "settings_ethernet";
     if (name === "packages") return "package_2";
-    if (name === "notifpane") return "notifications";
+    if (name === "alerts") return "notifications";
     return "date_range";
 };
 
diff --git a/src/modules/notifpopups.tsx b/src/modules/notifpopups.tsx
index c8f4e136..cb5984db 100644
--- a/src/modules/notifpopups.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/notifpopups.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export default ({ monitor }: { monitor: Monitor }) => (
                                     if (notification.actions.length === 1)
                                         notification.invoke(notification.actions[0].id);
                                     else {
-                                        sidebar?.shown.set("notifpane");
+                                        sidebar?.shown.set("alerts");
                                         sidebar?.show();
                                         popup.destroyWithAnims();
                                     }
diff --git a/src/modules/sidebar/notifpane.tsx b/src/modules/sidebar/alerts.tsx
similarity index 65%
rename from src/modules/sidebar/notifpane.tsx
rename to src/modules/sidebar/alerts.tsx
index 79290e2f..3dd4b5ab 100644
--- a/src/modules/sidebar/notifpane.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/sidebar/alerts.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import Notifications from "./modules/notifications";
 
 export default () => (
-    <box vertical className="pane notifpane" name="notifpane">
+    <box vertical className="pane alerts" name="alerts">
         <Notifications />
     </box>
 );
diff --git a/src/modules/sidebar/index.tsx b/src/modules/sidebar/index.tsx
index 55d635c5..9d197cd7 100644
--- a/src/modules/sidebar/index.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/sidebar/index.tsx
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ import type { Monitor } from "@/services/monitors";
 import { bind, idle, register, Variable } from "astal";
 import { App, Astal, Gdk, Gtk, Widget } from "astal/gtk3";
 import { sidebar as config } from "config";
+import Alerts from "./alerts";
 import Audio from "./audio";
 import Connectivity from "./connectivity";
 import Dashboard from "./dashboard";
-import NotifPane from "./notifpane";
 import Packages from "./packages";
 import Time from "./time";
 
-export const paneNames = ["dashboard", "audio", "connectivity", "packages", "notifpane", "time"] as const;
+export const paneNames = ["dashboard", "audio", "connectivity", "packages", "alerts", "time"] as const;
 export type PaneName = (typeof paneNames)[number];
 
 export const switchPane = (monitor: Monitor, name: PaneName) => {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const getPane = (name: PaneName) => {
     if (name === "audio") return <Audio />;
     if (name === "connectivity") return <Connectivity />;
     if (name === "packages") return <Packages />;
-    if (name === "notifpane") return <NotifPane />;
+    if (name === "alerts") return <Alerts />;
     return <Time />;
 };