diff --git a/backend/user/notifications.py b/backend/user/notifications.py
index e3a004b4..0241db3e 100644
--- a/backend/user/notifications.py
+++ b/backend/user/notifications.py
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 
 
 class NotificationWrapper(ABC):
-    def send_notification(self, tokens, title, body):
-        self.send_payload(tokens, self.create_payload(title, body))
+    def send_notification(self, tokens, title, body, urgent):
+        self.send_payload(tokens, self.create_payload(title, body, urgent))
 
     def send_shadow_notification(self, tokens, body):
         self.send_payload(tokens, self.create_shadow_payload(body))
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def send_payload(self, tokens, payload):
             self.send_one_notification(tokens[0], payload)
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def create_payload(self, title, body):
+    def create_payload(self, title, body, urgent):
         raise NotImplementedError  # pragma: no cover
 
     @abstractmethod
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ def __init__(self):
         except Exception as e:
             print(f"Notifications Error: Failed to initialize Firebase client: {e}")
 
-    def create_payload(self, title, body):
+    def create_payload(self, title, body, urgent):
+        # TODO: do something with urgent
         return {"notification": messaging.Notification(title=title, body=body)}
 
     def create_shadow_payload(self, body):
@@ -84,6 +85,17 @@ def send_one_notification(self, token, payload):
 
 
 class IOSNotificationWrapper(NotificationWrapper):
+    class CustomPayload(Payload):
+        # Custom payload to support interruption_level
+        def __init__(self, urgent, **kwargs):
+            super().__init__(**kwargs)
+            self.urgent = urgent
+
+        def dict(self):
+            result = super().dict()
+            if self.urgent:
+                result["aps"]["interruption-level"] = "time-sensitive"
+
     @staticmethod
     def get_client(is_dev):
         auth_key_path = (
@@ -98,10 +110,14 @@ def __init__(self, is_dev=False):
         except Exception as e:
             print(f"Notifications Error: Failed to initialize APNs client: {e}")
 
-    def create_payload(self, title, body):
+    def create_payload(self, title, body, urgent):
         # TODO: we might want to add category here, but there is no use on iOS side for now
-        return Payload(
-            alert={"title": title, "body": body}, sound="default", badge=0, mutable_content=True
+        return IOSNotificationWrapper.CustomPayload(
+            alert={"title": title, "body": body},
+            sound="default",
+            badge=0,
+            mutable_content=True,
+            urgent=urgent,
         )
 
     def create_shadow_payload(self, body):
@@ -121,7 +137,7 @@ def send_one_notification(self, token, payload):
 
 
 @shared_task(name="notifications.ios_send_notification")
-def ios_send_notification(tokens, title, body):
+def ios_send_notification(tokens, title, body, urgent):
     IOSNotificationSender.send_notification(tokens, title, body)
 
 
@@ -131,7 +147,7 @@ def ios_send_shadow_notification(tokens, body):
 
 
 @shared_task(name="notifications.android_send_notification")
-def android_send_notification(tokens, title, body):
+def android_send_notification(tokens, title, body, urgent):
     AndroidNotificationSender.send_notification(tokens, title, body)
 
 
@@ -141,7 +157,7 @@ def android_send_shadow_notification(tokens, body):
 
 
 @shared_task(name="notifications.ios_send_dev_notification")
-def ios_send_dev_notification(tokens, title, body):
+def ios_send_dev_notification(tokens, title, body, urgent):
     IOSNotificationDevSender.send_notification(tokens, title, body)
 
 
diff --git a/backend/user/views.py b/backend/user/views.py
index d94d4f6b..cacf5be8 100644
--- a/backend/user/views.py
+++ b/backend/user/views.py
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ def post(self, request):
         title = request.data.get("title")
         body = request.data.get("body")
         delay = max(request.data.get("delay", 0), 0)
+        urgent = request.data.get("urgent", False)
 
         if None in [service, title, body]:
             return Response({"detail": "Missing required parameters."}, status=400)
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ def post(self, request):
             (android_tokens, android_send_notification),
         ]:
             if tokens_list := list(tokens.values_list("token", flat=True)):
-                send.apply_async(args=(tokens_list, title, body), countdown=delay)
+                send.apply_async(args=(tokens_list, title, body, urgent), countdown=delay)
 
         users_with_service_usernames = users_with_service.values_list("username", flat=True)
         users_not_reached_usernames = list(set(usernames) - set(users_with_service_usernames))