diff --git a/web/components/modals/BrowserNotifyModal/BrowserNotifyModal.tsx b/web/components/modals/BrowserNotifyModal/BrowserNotifyModal.tsx
index db14593b3..90d50f113 100644
--- a/web/components/modals/BrowserNotifyModal/BrowserNotifyModal.tsx
+++ b/web/components/modals/BrowserNotifyModal/BrowserNotifyModal.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ const NotificationsNotSupported = () => (
   <div>Browser notifications are not supported in your browser.</div>
 );
 
+const NotificationsNotSupportedLocal = () => (
+  <div>Browser notifications are not supported for local servers.</div>
+);
+
 export type PermissionPopupPreviewProps = {
   start: () => void;
 };
@@ -106,6 +110,10 @@ export const BrowserNotifyModal = () => {
     setBrowserPushPermissionsPending(false);
   };
 
+  if (window.location.hostname === 'localhost') {
+    return <NotificationsNotSupportedLocal />;
+  }
+
   if (!browserPushSupported) {
     return <NotificationsNotSupported />;
   }
diff --git a/web/services/notifications-service.ts b/web/services/notifications-service.ts
index 58e15bdc5..31513481f 100644
--- a/web/services/notifications-service.ts
+++ b/web/services/notifications-service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export async function saveNotificationRegistration(channel, destination, accessToken) {
+  console.log('saveNotificationRegistration');
   const URL_REGISTER_NOTIFICATION = `/api/notifications/register`;
 
   const options = {
@@ -9,11 +10,7 @@ export async function saveNotificationRegistration(channel, destination, accessT
     body: JSON.stringify({ channel, destination }),
   };
 
-  try {
-    await fetch(`${URL_REGISTER_NOTIFICATION}?accessToken=${accessToken}`, options);
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.error(e);
-  }
+  await fetch(`${URL_REGISTER_NOTIFICATION}?accessToken=${accessToken}`, options);
 }
 
 export function isPushNotificationSupported() {
@@ -27,6 +24,7 @@ function urlBase64ToUint8Array(base64String: string) {
   const rawData = window.atob(base64);
   const outputArray = new Uint8Array(rawData.length);
 
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-plusplus
   for (let i = 0; i < rawData.length; ++i) {
     outputArray[i] = rawData.charCodeAt(i);
   }