diff --git a/AppImage/components/notification-settings.tsx b/AppImage/components/notification-settings.tsx
index f2c74852..4f21a6bb 100644
--- a/AppImage/components/notification-settings.tsx
+++ b/AppImage/components/notification-settings.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { Label } from "./ui/label"
 import { Badge } from "./ui/badge"
 import { Button } from "./ui/button"
 import { Select, SelectContent, SelectItem, SelectTrigger, SelectValue } from "./ui/select"
+import { Switch } from "./ui/switch"
 import { Dialog, DialogContent, DialogHeader, DialogTitle, DialogDescription } from "./ui/dialog"
 import { fetchApi } from "../lib/api-config"
 import {
diff --git a/AppImage/scripts/health_monitor.py b/AppImage/scripts/health_monitor.py
index 3b398d92..eb08f9f8 100644
--- a/AppImage/scripts/health_monitor.py
+++ b/AppImage/scripts/health_monitor.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class HealthMonitor:
         r'proxmenux-monitor.*failed at step exec',
         r'proxmenux-monitor\.appimage',
         
-        # ─��� PVE scheduler operational noise ──
+        # ── PVE scheduler operational noise ──
         # pvescheduler emits "could not update job state" every minute
         # when a scheduled job reference is stale.  This is cosmetic,
         # not a system problem.
@@ -2118,7 +2118,7 @@ class HealthMonitor:
                             except Exception:
                                 pass
                         
-                        # ── Record disk observation (always, even if transient) ���─
+                        # ── Record disk observation (always, even if transient) ──
                         # Signature must be stable across cycles: strip volatile
                         # data (hex values, counts, timestamps) to dedup properly.
                         # e.g. "ata8.00: exception Emask 0x1 SAct 0xc1000000"
diff --git a/AppImage/scripts/notification_events.py b/AppImage/scripts/notification_events.py
index 2b3272a8..39cdf376 100644
--- a/AppImage/scripts/notification_events.py
+++ b/AppImage/scripts/notification_events.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class _SharedState:
 _shared_state = _SharedState()
 
 
-# ─── Event Object ──────────────��──────────────────────────────────
+# ─── Event Object ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 class NotificationEvent:
     """Represents a detected event ready for notification dispatch.
@@ -2154,6 +2154,9 @@ class PollingCollector:
         - Journal errors (for AI enrichment)
         
         Emits a single "system_startup" notification with full report data.
+        
+        IMPORTANT: Only emits if this is a REAL system boot, not a service restart.
+        Checks system uptime to distinguish between the two cases.
         """
         # Wait until health grace period is over (5 min) for complete picture
         if startup_grace.is_startup_health_grace():
@@ -2163,6 +2166,14 @@ class PollingCollector:
         if startup_grace.was_startup_aggregated():
             return
         
+        # CRITICAL: Check if this is a real system boot
+        # If the system was already running for > 10 min when service started,
+        # this is just a service restart, not a system boot - skip notification
+        if not startup_grace.is_real_system_boot():
+            # Mark as aggregated to prevent future checks, but don't send notification
+            startup_grace.mark_startup_aggregated()
+            return
+        
         # Collect comprehensive startup report
         report = startup_grace.collect_startup_report()
         
@@ -2332,7 +2343,7 @@ class PollingCollector:
             for pkg in all_pkgs:
                 if pkg['name'] in self._IMPORTANT_PKGS and pkg['cur']:
                     important_lines.append(
-                        f"{pkg['name']} ({pkg['cur']} -> {pkg['new']})"
+                        f"{pkg['name']} ({pkg['cur']} → {pkg['new']})"
                     )
             
             # ── Emit structured update_summary ─────────────────────
@@ -2358,7 +2369,7 @@ class PollingCollector:
                     'current_version': pve_manager_info['cur'],
                     'new_version': pve_manager_info['new'],
                     'version': pve_manager_info['new'],
-                    'details': f"pve-manager {pve_manager_info['cur']} -> {pve_manager_info['new']}",
+                    'details': f"pve-manager {pve_manager_info['cur']} → {pve_manager_info['new']}",
                 }
                 self._queue.put(NotificationEvent(
                     'pve_update', 'INFO', pve_data,
diff --git a/AppImage/scripts/startup_grace.py b/AppImage/scripts/startup_grace.py
index 2c8f6014..b55d0f89 100644
--- a/AppImage/scripts/startup_grace.py
+++ b/AppImage/scripts/startup_grace.py
@@ -28,6 +28,22 @@ STARTUP_VM_GRACE_SECONDS = 180      # 3 minutes for VM/CT start aggregation
 STARTUP_HEALTH_GRACE_SECONDS = 300  # 5 minutes for health warning suppression
 SHUTDOWN_GRACE_SECONDS = 120        # 2 minutes for VM/CT stop suppression
 
+# Maximum system uptime to consider this a real server boot (not just service restart)
+# If system uptime > this value when service starts, skip startup notification
+MAX_BOOT_UPTIME_SECONDS = 600       # 10 minutes - if system was up longer, it's a service restart
+
+
+def _get_system_uptime() -> float:
+    """
+    Get actual system uptime in seconds from /proc/uptime.
+    Returns 0 if unable to read (will default to treating as new boot).
+    """
+    try:
+        with open('/proc/uptime', 'r') as f:
+            return float(f.readline().split()[0])
+    except Exception:
+        return 0
+
 # Categories to suppress during startup grace period
 # These categories typically have transient issues during boot
 STARTUP_GRACE_CATEGORIES: Set[str] = {
@@ -68,6 +84,11 @@ class _StartupGraceState:
         # Startup time = when service started (module load time)
         self._startup_time: float = time.time()
         
+        # Check if this is a REAL system boot or just a service restart
+        # by comparing system uptime to our threshold
+        system_uptime = _get_system_uptime()
+        self._is_real_boot: bool = system_uptime < MAX_BOOT_UPTIME_SECONDS
+        
         # Shutdown tracking
         self._shutdown_time: float = 0
         
@@ -115,6 +136,19 @@ class _StartupGraceState:
             return self.is_startup_health_grace()
         return False
     
+    def is_real_system_boot(self) -> bool:
+        """
+        Check if the service started during a real system boot.
+        
+        Returns False if the system was already running for more than 10 minutes
+        when the service started (indicates a service restart, not a system boot).
+        
+        This prevents sending "System startup completed" notifications when
+        just restarting the ProxMenux Monitor service.
+        """
+        with self._lock:
+            return self._is_real_boot
+    
     def get_startup_elapsed(self) -> float:
         """Get seconds elapsed since service startup."""
         with self._lock:
@@ -230,6 +264,19 @@ def was_startup_aggregated() -> bool:
     """Check if startup aggregation has already been processed."""
     return _state.was_startup_aggregated()
 
+def is_real_system_boot() -> bool:
+    """
+    Check if this is a real system boot (not just a service restart).
+    
+    Returns True if the system uptime was less than 10 minutes when the
+    service started. Returns False if the system was already running
+    longer (indicates the service was restarted, not the whole system).
+    
+    Use this to prevent sending "System startup completed" notifications
+    when just restarting the ProxMenux Monitor service.
+    """
+    return _state.is_real_system_boot()
+
 
 # ─── Startup Report Collection ───────────────────────────────────────────────