diff --git a/src/app/app.module.ts b/src/app/app.module.ts
index 94caa4028a7ef1354ecfeecc0d6c95886b872774..0cce70a2cf83a5d7f8e974aaf2d43438b35ea25e 100644
--- a/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import {
   MatToolbarModule,
   MatTooltipModule
 } from '@angular/material';
+import { NotificationService } from './notification.service';
 
 @NgModule({
   declarations: [
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ import {
     MatToolbarModule,
     MatTooltipModule
   ],
-  providers: [],
+  providers: [NotificationService],
   bootstrap: [AppComponent]
 })
 export class AppModule {
diff --git a/src/app/notification.service.spec.ts b/src/app/notification.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..44bc1ec88b688dca88127363d42f9648330471f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/notification.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { TestBed, inject } from '@angular/core/testing';
+
+import { NotificationService } from './notification.service';
+
+describe('NotificationService', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      providers: [NotificationService]
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should be created', inject([NotificationService], (service: NotificationService) => {
+    expect(service).toBeTruthy();
+  }));
+});
diff --git a/src/app/notification.service.ts b/src/app/notification.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ed66238e05c75a7bb9d8dba94addfa3737d294c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/notification.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { MatSnackBar, MatSnackBarConfig } from '@angular/material';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class NotificationService {
+  private defaultConfig = {
+    duration: 2000
+  };
+
+  constructor(private snackBar: MatSnackBar) {
+  }
+
+  show(message: string, config?: MatSnackBarConfig) {
+    // Delegate the message and merge the (optionally) passed config with the default config
+    this.snackBar.open(message, '', Object.assign({}, this.defaultConfig, config));
+  }
+}