diff --git a/src/lib/notifee.ts b/src/lib/notifee.ts
index f40e3da706..02b647694b 100644
--- a/src/lib/notifee.ts
+++ b/src/lib/notifee.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import notifee, {EventType} from '@notifee/react-native'
+import {StackActions} from '@react-navigation/native'
 import {AppBskyEmbedImages} from '@atproto/api'
 import {RootStoreModel} from 'state/models/root-store'
-import {TabPurpose} from 'state/models/navigation'
 import {NotificationsViewItemModel} from 'state/models/notifications-view'
 import {enforceLen} from 'lib/strings/helpers'
+import {navigation} from '../Routes'
 
 export function init(store: RootStoreModel) {
   store.onUnreadNotifications(count => notifee.setBadgeCount(count))
@@ -16,8 +17,8 @@ export function init(store: RootStoreModel) {
     store.log.debug('Notifee foreground event', {type})
     if (type === EventType.PRESS) {
       store.log.debug('User pressed a notifee, opening notifications')
-      // TODO
-      // store.nav.switchTo(TabPurpose.Notifs, true)
+      navigation.navigate('NotificationsTab')
+      navigation.dispatch(StackActions.popToTop())
     }
   })
   notifee.onBackgroundEvent(async _e => {}) // notifee requires this but we handle it with onForegroundEvent
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/types.ts b/src/lib/routes/types.ts
index 89a23cb3c0..e5b62d8731 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/types.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ export type NotificationsDrawerNavigatorParams = {
   NotificationsInner: undefined
 }
 
+export type AllNavigatorParams = CommonNavigatorParams & {
+  HomeTab: undefined
+  Home: undefined
+  SeachTab: undefined
+  Search: undefined
+  NotificationsTab: undefined
+  Notifications: undefined
+}
+
 // NOTE
 // this isn't strictly correct but it should be close enough
 // a TS wizard might be able to get this 100%
diff --git a/src/routes.tsx b/src/routes.tsx
index c5fe80d355..196d2b2643 100644
--- a/src/routes.tsx
+++ b/src/routes.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import * as React from 'react'
-import {NavigationContainer} from '@react-navigation/native'
+import {
+  NavigationContainer,
+  createNavigationContainerRef,
+} from '@react-navigation/native'
 import {createNativeStackNavigator} from '@react-navigation/native-stack'
 import {createDrawerNavigator} from '@react-navigation/drawer'
 import {createBottomTabNavigator} from '@react-navigation/bottom-tabs'
@@ -11,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   SearchDrawerNavigatorParams,
   NotificationsTabNavigatorParams,
   NotificationsDrawerNavigatorParams,
+  AllNavigatorParams,
   State,
 } from 'lib/routes/types'
 
@@ -31,6 +35,8 @@ import {PostRepostedByScreen} from './view/screens/PostRepostedBy'
 import {DebugScreen} from './view/screens/Debug'
 import {LogScreen} from './view/screens/Log'
 
+const navigationRef = createNavigationContainerRef<AllNavigatorParams>()
+
 const HomeDrawer = createDrawerNavigator<HomeDrawerNavigatorParams>()
 const HomeTab = createNativeStackNavigator<HomeTabNavigatorParams>()
 const SearchDrawer = createDrawerNavigator<SearchDrawerNavigatorParams>()
@@ -87,7 +93,7 @@ const ROUTES: Record<string, Route> = {
   Log: r('/sys/log'),
 }
 
-export function matchPath(path: string): {name: string; params: RouteParams} {
+function matchPath(path: string): {name: string; params: RouteParams} {
   let name = 'NotFound'
   let params: RouteParams = {}
   for (const [screenName, matcher] of Object.entries(ROUTES)) {
@@ -101,7 +107,7 @@ export function matchPath(path: string): {name: string; params: RouteParams} {
   return {name, params}
 }
 
-export const LINKING = {
+const LINKING = {
   prefixes: ['bsky://', 'https://bsky.app'],
 
   getPathFromState(state: State) {
@@ -245,7 +251,7 @@ function NotificationsTabNavigator() {
   )
 }
 
-export function TabsNavigator() {
+function TabsNavigator() {
   const tabBar = React.useCallback(props => <BottomBar {...props} />, [])
   return (
     <Tab.Navigator
@@ -263,6 +269,12 @@ export function TabsNavigator() {
   )
 }
 
-export function RoutesContainer({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<{}>) {
-  return <NavigationContainer linking={LINKING}>{children}</NavigationContainer>
+function RoutesContainer({children}: React.PropsWithChildren<{}>) {
+  return (
+    <NavigationContainer ref={navigationRef} linking={LINKING}>
+      {children}
+    </NavigationContainer>
+  )
 }
+
+export {navigationRef as navigation, matchPath, TabsNavigator, RoutesContainer}