diff --git a/src/notification-manager.coffee b/src/notification-manager.coffee
index 499905667..3e47c11e8 100644
--- a/src/notification-manager.coffee
+++ b/src/notification-manager.coffee
@@ -42,3 +42,9 @@ class NotificationManager
     @notifications.push(notification)
     @emitter.emit('did-add-notification', notification)
     notification
+
+  ###
+  Section: Getting Notifications
+  ###
+
+  getNotifications: -> @notifications
diff --git a/src/notification.coffee b/src/notification.coffee
index b772cc65b..bc0261ad8 100644
--- a/src/notification.coffee
+++ b/src/notification.coffee
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Notification
       and @getDetail() == other.getDetail()
 
   dismiss: ->
-    return unless @isDismissable()
+    return unless @isDismissable() and not @isDismissed()
     @dismissed = true
     @emitter.emit 'did-dismiss'