diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Notifications/Notification.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Notifications/Notification.cs
index 9270e4e792..6faa79433e 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Notifications/Notification.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Notifications/Notification.cs
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Notifications
             }
         }
 
-        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load(OsuColour colours)
+        public Notification()
         {
             RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X;
             AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Y;
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Notifications/ProgressNotification.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Notifications/ProgressNotification.cs
index b00204e166..8b0fc27d36 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Notifications/ProgressNotification.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Notifications/ProgressNotification.cs
@@ -16,27 +16,21 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Notifications
 {
     public class ProgressNotification : Notification, IHasCompletionTarget
     {
-        private string text;
         public string Text
         {
-            get { return text; }
+            get { return textDrawable.Text; }
             set
             {
-                text = value;
-                if (IsLoaded)
-                    textDrawable.Text = text;
+                textDrawable.Text = value;
             }
         }
 
-        private float progress;
         public float Progress
         {
-            get { return progress; }
+            get { return progressBar.Progress; }
             set
             {
-                progress = value;
-                if (IsLoaded)
-                    progressBar.Progress = progress;
+                progressBar.Progress = value;
             }
         }
 
@@ -46,7 +40,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Notifications
 
             //we may have received changes before we were displayed.
             State = state;
-            Progress = progress;
         }
 
         public virtual ProgressNotificationState State
@@ -105,6 +98,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Notifications
 
         protected virtual void Completed()
         {
+            Expire();
             CompletionTarget?.Invoke(CreateCompletionNotification());
         }
 
@@ -117,13 +111,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Notifications
 
         private SpriteText textDrawable;
 
-        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load(OsuColour colours)
+        public ProgressNotification()
         {
-            colourQueued = colours.YellowDark;
-            colourActive = colours.Blue;
-            colourCancelled = colours.Red;
-
             IconContent.Add(new Box
             {
                 RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
@@ -135,7 +124,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Notifications
                 Colour = OsuColour.Gray(128),
                 AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
                 RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
-                Text = text
             });
 
             NotificationContent.Add(progressBar = new ProgressBar
@@ -148,6 +136,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Notifications
             State = ProgressNotificationState.Queued;
         }
 
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(OsuColour colours)
+        {
+            colourQueued = colours.YellowDark;
+            colourActive = colours.Blue;
+            colourCancelled = colours.Red;
+        }
+
         public override void Close()
         {
             switch (State)
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Notifications/SimpleNotification.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Notifications/SimpleNotification.cs
index 52bd271252..cf16978c3e 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Notifications/SimpleNotification.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Notifications/SimpleNotification.cs
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Notifications
             set
             {
                 text = value;
-                if (IsLoaded)
-                    textDrawable.Text = text;
+                textDrawable.Text = text;
             }
         }
 
@@ -30,17 +29,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Notifications
             set
             {
                 icon = value;
-                if (IsLoaded)
-                    iconDrawable.Icon = icon;
+                iconDrawable.Icon = icon;
             }
         }
 
-
         private SpriteText textDrawable;
         private TextAwesome iconDrawable;
 
-        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load(OsuColour colours)
+        public SimpleNotification()
         {
             IconContent.Add(new Drawable[]
             {
@@ -64,7 +60,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Notifications
                 RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
                 Text = text
             });
+        }
 
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(OsuColour colours)
+        {
             Light.Colour = colours.Green;
         }