diff --git a/cmd/cmd_root.go b/cmd/cmd_root.go
index 1460b14..9f82a01 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd_root.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd_root.go
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ var cfgFile string
 
 func init() {
 	var (
-		shouldNotify bool
 		debug        bool
+		shouldNotify string
 		logFormat    string
 		api          string
 	)
@@ -128,8 +128,9 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&api, "api", "a", "https://api.opensensemap.org", "openSenseMap API to query against")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&logFormat, "logformat", "l", "plain", "log format, can be plain or json")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&debug, "debug", "d", false, "enable verbose logging")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&shouldNotify, "notify", "n", false, `if set, will send out notifications,
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&shouldNotify, "notify", "n", "", `if set, will send out notifications for the specified type of check result,
 Otherwise results are printed to stdout only.
+Allowed values are "all", "error", "ok".
 You might want to run 'osem_notify debug notifications' first to verify everything works.
 
 Notifications for failing checks are sent only once,
diff --git a/cmd/shared.go b/cmd/shared.go
index a5b9505..b017330 100644
--- a/cmd/shared.go
+++ b/cmd/shared.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
@@ -49,8 +50,21 @@ func checkAndNotify(boxIds []string) error {
 
 	results.Log()
 
-	if viper.GetBool("notify") {
-		return results.SendNotifications()
+	notify := strings.ToLower(viper.GetString("notify"))
+	if notify != "" {
+		types := []string{}
+		switch notify {
+		case "all":
+			types = []string{core.CheckErr, core.CheckOk}
+		case "error", "err":
+			types = []string{core.CheckErr}
+		case "ok":
+			types = []string{core.CheckOk}
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid value %s for \"notify\"", notify)
+		}
+
+		return results.SendNotifications(types)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/core/checkrunner.go b/core/checkrunner.go
index f6db352..9f78d90 100644
--- a/core/checkrunner.go
+++ b/core/checkrunner.go
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ import (
 
 type BoxCheckResults map[*Box][]CheckResult
 
-func (results BoxCheckResults) Size(status string) int {
+func (results BoxCheckResults) Size(statusToCheck []string) int {
 	size := 0
 	for _, boxResults := range results {
 		for _, result := range boxResults {
-			if status == result.Status || status == "" {
+			if result.HasStatus(statusToCheck) {
 				size++
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/core/healthchecks.go b/core/healthchecks.go
index 94839e5..36792cb 100644
--- a/core/healthchecks.go
+++ b/core/healthchecks.go
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ type CheckResult struct {
 	Threshold string
 }
 
+func (r CheckResult) HasStatus(statusToCheck []string) bool {
+	for _, status := range statusToCheck {
+		if status == r.Status {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func (r CheckResult) EventID() string {
 	s := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s%s", r.Event, r.Target, r.Threshold)
 	hasher := sha256.New()
diff --git a/core/notifiers.go b/core/notifiers.go
index 4f157d2..127bc27 100644
--- a/core/notifiers.go
+++ b/core/notifiers.go
@@ -39,25 +39,23 @@ func (box Box) GetNotifier() (AbstractNotifier, error) {
 	return notifier.New(box.NotifyConf.Notifications.Options)
 }
 
-func (results BoxCheckResults) SendNotifications() error {
-	// TODO: expose flags to not use cache, and to notify for checks turned CheckOk as well
-
+func (results BoxCheckResults) SendNotifications(notifyTypes []string) error {
+	// TODO: expose flag to not use cache
 	results = results.filterChangedFromCache()
 
-	nErr := results.Size(CheckErr)
-	if nErr == 0 {
+	toCheck := results.Size(notifyTypes)
+	if toCheck == 0 {
 		log.Info("No notifications due.")
 	} else {
-		log.Infof("Notifying for %v checks turned bad in total...", nErr)
+		log.Infof("Notifying for %v checks changing state to %v...", toCheck, notifyTypes)
 	}
-	log.Debugf("%v checks turned OK!", results.Size(CheckOk))
 
 	errs := []string{}
 	for box, resultsBox := range results {
 		// only submit results which are errors
 		resultsDue := []CheckResult{}
 		for _, result := range resultsBox {
-			if result.Status != CheckOk {
+			if result.HasStatus(notifyTypes) {
 				resultsDue = append(resultsDue, result)
 			}
 		}
@@ -91,7 +89,7 @@ func (results BoxCheckResults) SendNotifications() error {
 			}
 		}
 
-		// update cache (also with CheckOk results to reset status)
+		// update cache (with /all/ changed results to reset status)
 		notifyLog.Debug("updating cache")
 		cacheError := updateCache(box, resultsBox)
 		if cacheError != nil {
@@ -100,7 +98,7 @@ func (results BoxCheckResults) SendNotifications() error {
 		}
 
 		if len(resultsDue) != 0 {
-			notifyLog.Infof("Sent notification for %s via %s with %v new issues", box.Name, transport, len(resultsDue))
+			notifyLog.Infof("Sent notification for %s via %s with %v updated issues", box.Name, transport, len(resultsDue))
 		}
 	}