diff --git a/ui/scripts/ui/widgets/notifications.js b/ui/scripts/ui/widgets/notifications.js
index e44fc654702..61c328d1336 100644
--- a/ui/scripts/ui/widgets/notifications.js
+++ b/ui/scripts/ui/widgets/notifications.js
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
         cloudStack.ui.event.call('addNotification', {
           section: notification.section,
           desc: notification.desc,
-          interval: 5000,
+          interval: cloudStack.debug ? 0 : 5000,
           _custom: notification._custom,
           poll: function(args) {
             var complete = args.complete;