diff --git a/protractor-conf.js b/protractor-conf.js
index 00bf9926fe894fb31d4e4a27af2f3ea9dfb5934e..3a546abfb6d1b50a39b553c3108215fa109987d9 100644
--- a/protractor-conf.js
+++ b/protractor-conf.js
@@ -7,5 +7,8 @@ exports.config = {
 	],
 	allScriptsTimeout: 60000,
 
+	// disable some selenium~browser notification than can steal focus
+	notify: false,
+
 	//resultJsonOutputFile: './protractor-test-results.json'
 }