diff --git a/js/term/screen.js b/js/term/screen.js
index 0d6557a..b482bd9 100644
--- a/js/term/screen.js
+++ b/js/term/screen.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module.exports = class TermScreen extends EventEmitter {
     this.canvas = mk('canvas')
     this.ctx = this.canvas.getContext('2d')
 
-    this.parser = new ScreenParser(this)
+    this.parser = new ScreenParser()
     this.renderer = new ScreenRenderer(this)
 
     // debug screen handle
@@ -737,6 +737,10 @@ module.exports = class TermScreen extends EventEmitter {
           this.emit('TEMP:hide-load-failed-msg')
           break
 
+        case 'notification':
+          this.showNotification(update.content)
+          break
+
         default:
           console.log('Unhandled update', update)
       }
diff --git a/js/term/screen_parser.js b/js/term/screen_parser.js
index a80fbd9..c08ec1b 100644
--- a/js/term/screen_parser.js
+++ b/js/term/screen_parser.js
@@ -52,17 +52,7 @@ const OPT_REVERSE_VIDEO    = (1 << 14)
 /* eslint-enable no-multi-spaces */
 
 module.exports = class ScreenParser {
-  constructor (screen) {
-    // this.screen = screen
-    let didWarn = false
-    Object.defineProperty(this, 'screen', {
-      get () {
-        if (!didWarn) console.warn('Deprecated get ScreenParser#screen')
-        didWarn = true
-        return screen
-      }
-    })
-
+  constructor () {
     // true if full content was loaded
     this.contentLoaded = false
   }
@@ -361,8 +351,10 @@ module.exports = class ScreenParser {
         break
 
       case 'G':
-        this.screen.showNotification(content)
-        break
+        return [{
+          topic: 'notification',
+          content
+        }]
 
       default:
         console.warn(`Bad data message type; ignoring.\n${JSON.stringify(message)}`)