diff --git a/utilities/utilities.plugin.zsh b/utilities/utilities.plugin.zsh
index d0d5d0a..355a580 100644
--- a/utilities/utilities.plugin.zsh
+++ b/utilities/utilities.plugin.zsh
@@ -45,7 +45,32 @@ notify() {
 
 # Send a desktop notification when long running commands complete.
 notify_command_threshold=60
+notify_ignore_list=(
+  git
+  nvim
+  ssh
+  sudo
+  sudoedit
+  tmux
+  vi
+  vim
+)
+# TODO: append include any of ${(k)aliases} is they contain any of the above
+notify-ignore() {
+  echo "$1"
+  for ignore in $notify_ignore_list; do
+    echo "ignore: $ignore"
+    if [ "$1" = "$ignore"* ]; then
+      echo "ignored: $1"
+      # return 0
+    fi
+  done
+  # return 1
+}
 notify-preexec() {
+  # if notify-ignore $1; then
+  #   return
+  # fi
   notify_command_start=`date +%s`
   notify_command=$1
 }
@@ -56,6 +81,8 @@ notify-precmd() {
     if [[ $notify_command_time -gt $notify_command_threshold ]]; then
       notify "completed: $notify_command"
     fi
+    unset notify_command
+    unset notify_command_start
   fi
 }
 add-zsh-hook preexec notify-preexec