diff --git a/server/notification-providers/ntfy.js b/server/notification-providers/ntfy.js
index ad1d39f8f..e44e7e868 100644
--- a/server/notification-providers/ntfy.js
+++ b/server/notification-providers/ntfy.js
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ class Ntfy extends NotificationProvider {
                 if (heartbeatJSON.status === DOWN) {
                     tags = [ "red_circle" ];
                     status = "Down";
-                    // if priority is not 5, increase priority for down alerts
-                    priority = priority === 5 ? priority : priority + 1;
+                    // defaults to max(priority + 1, 5)
+                    priority = notification.ntfyPriorityDown || (priority === 5 ? priority : priority + 1);
                 } else if (heartbeatJSON["status"] === UP) {
                     tags = [ "green_circle" ];
                     status = "Up";
diff --git a/src/components/notifications/Ntfy.vue b/src/components/notifications/Ntfy.vue
index ba94451a2..3de807d1e 100644
--- a/src/components/notifications/Ntfy.vue
+++ b/src/components/notifications/Ntfy.vue
@@ -13,13 +13,20 @@
     <div class="mb-3">
         <label for="ntfy-priority" class="form-label">{{ $t("Priority") }}</label>
         <input id="ntfy-priority" v-model="$parent.notification.ntfyPriority" type="number" class="form-control" required min="1" max="5" step="1">
+        <label for="ntfy-priority-down" class="form-label">{{ $t("ntfyPriorityDown") }}</label>
+        <input id="ntfy-priority-down" v-model="$parent.notification.ntfyPriorityDown" type="number" class="form-control" required min="1" max="5" step="1">
         <div class="form-text">
-            <p v-if="$parent.notification.ntfyPriority >= 5">
+            <p v-if="$parent.notification.ntfyPriority == $parent.notification.ntfyPriorityDown && $parent.notification.ntfyPriority >= 5">
                 {{ $t("ntfyPriorityHelptextAllEvents") }}
             </p>
+            <i18n-t v-else-if="$parent.notification.ntfyPriority > $parent.notification.ntfyPriorityDown" tag="p" keypath="ntfyPriorityHelptextPriorityHigherThanDown">
+                <code>DOWN</code>
+                <code>{{ $parent.notification.ntfyPriority }}</code>
+                <code>{{ $parent.notification.ntfyPriorityDown }}</code>
+            </i18n-t>
             <i18n-t v-else tag="p" keypath="ntfyPriorityHelptextAllExceptDown">
                 <code>DOWN</code>
-                <code>{{ $parent.notification.ntfyPriority + 1 }}</code>
+                <code>{{ $parent.notification.ntfyPriorityDown }}</code>
             </i18n-t>
         </div>
     </div>
@@ -69,6 +76,11 @@ export default {
             this.$parent.notification.ntfyPriority = 5;
         }
 
+        // Setting down priority if it's undefined
+        if (typeof this.$parent.notification.ntfyPriorityDown === "undefined") {
+            this.$parent.notification.ntfyPriorityDown = 5;
+        }
+
         // Handling notifications that added before 1.22.0
         if (typeof this.$parent.notification.ntfyAuthenticationMethod === "undefined") {
             if (!this.$parent.notification.ntfyusername) {
diff --git a/src/lang/en.json b/src/lang/en.json
index ef4d92fcb..1ca6ef105 100644
--- a/src/lang/en.json
+++ b/src/lang/en.json
@@ -841,6 +841,8 @@
     "ntfyAuthenticationMethod": "Authentication Method",
     "ntfyPriorityHelptextAllEvents": "All events are sent with the maximum priority",
     "ntfyPriorityHelptextAllExceptDown": "All events are sent with this priority, except {0}-events, which have a priority of {1}",
+    "ntfyPriorityHelptextPriorityHigherThanDown": "Regular priority should be higher than {0} priority. Priority {1} is higher than {0} priority {2}",
+    "ntfyPriorityDown": "Priority for DOWN-events",
     "ntfyUsernameAndPassword": "Username and Password",
     "twilioAccountSID": "Account SID",
     "twilioApiKey": "Api Key (optional)",