diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
index 4745733bd9..121e9360ce 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGame.cs
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ namespace osu.Game
 
         private SettingsOverlay settings;
 
+        private float backgroundOffset;
+
         public OsuGame(string[] args = null)
         {
             this.args = args;
@@ -276,12 +278,27 @@ namespace osu.Game
                 switch (settings.State)
                 {
                     case Visibility.Hidden:
-                        intro.MoveToX(0, SettingsOverlay.TRANSITION_LENGTH, Easing.OutQuint);
+                        backgroundOffset -= ToolbarButton.WIDTH / 2;
                         break;
                     case Visibility.Visible:
-                        intro.MoveToX(SettingsOverlay.SIDEBAR_WIDTH / 2, SettingsOverlay.TRANSITION_LENGTH, Easing.OutQuint);
+                        backgroundOffset += ToolbarButton.WIDTH / 2;
                         break;
                 }
+                intro.MoveToX(backgroundOffset, SettingsOverlay.TRANSITION_LENGTH, Easing.OutQuint);
+            };
+
+            notificationOverlay.StateChanged += delegate
+            {
+                switch (notificationOverlay.State)
+                {
+                    case Visibility.Hidden:
+                        backgroundOffset += ToolbarButton.WIDTH / 2;
+                        break;
+                    case Visibility.Visible:
+                        backgroundOffset -= ToolbarButton.WIDTH / 2;
+                        break;
+                }
+                intro.MoveToX(backgroundOffset, NotificationOverlay.TRANSITION_LENGTH, Easing.OutQuint);
             };
 
             Cursor.State = Visibility.Hidden;
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/SettingsOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/SettingsOverlay.cs
index 798fa00032..a80f6d4da8 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/SettingsOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/SettingsOverlay.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
 
         public const float TRANSITION_LENGTH = 600;
 
-        public const float SIDEBAR_WIDTH = Sidebar.DEFAULT_WIDTH;
+        private const float sidebar_width = Sidebar.DEFAULT_WIDTH;
 
         protected const float WIDTH = 400;
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
 
             if (showSidebar)
             {
-                AddInternal(Sidebar = new Sidebar { Width = SIDEBAR_WIDTH });
+                AddInternal(Sidebar = new Sidebar { Width = sidebar_width });
 
                 SectionsContainer.SelectedSection.ValueChanged += section =>
                 {
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
 
             ContentContainer.MoveToX(-WIDTH, TRANSITION_LENGTH, Easing.OutQuint);
 
-            Sidebar?.MoveToX(-SIDEBAR_WIDTH, TRANSITION_LENGTH, Easing.OutQuint);
+            Sidebar?.MoveToX(-sidebar_width, TRANSITION_LENGTH, Easing.OutQuint);
             this.FadeTo(0, TRANSITION_LENGTH, Easing.OutQuint);
 
             searchTextBox.HoldFocus = false;