diff --git a/event.c b/event.c
index b9710e43f..665406574 100644
--- a/event.c
+++ b/event.c
@@ -423,6 +423,8 @@ void event_fire( event_t *event, array_list_t *arguments )
 	}	
 	is_event = is_event_old;
 	
+	if( !is_event )
+		job_do_notification();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/parser.c b/parser.c
index 9f6771d05..b12c358dc 100644
--- a/parser.c
+++ b/parser.c
@@ -1824,9 +1824,7 @@ static void eval_job( tokenizer *tok )
 		}
 	}
 	
-	if(( is_subshell || is_block || !is_interactive) && (!is_event))
-		job_do_notification();
-//	debug( 2, L"end eval_job()\n" );
+	//	debug( 2, L"end eval_job()\n" );
 }
 
 int eval( const wchar_t *cmd, io_data_t *io, int block_type )
diff --git a/reader.c b/reader.c
index 3877ae5ac..0807cce9b 100644
--- a/reader.c
+++ b/reader.c
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ void reader_write_title()
 	if( exec_subshell( title, &l ) != -1 )
 	{
 		int i;
+		job_do_notification();
 		writestr( L"\e]2;" );
 		for( i=0; i<al_get_count( &l ); i++ )
 		{
@@ -658,6 +659,7 @@ static void write_prompt()
 		{
 			if( exec_subshell( data->prompt, &prompt_list ) == -1 )
 			{
+				job_do_notification();
 				/* If executing the prompt fails, make sure we at least don't print any junk */
 				al_foreach( &prompt_list, (void (*)(const void *))&free );
 				al_destroy( &prompt_list );