diff --git a/osu.Game/Modes/UI/HudOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Modes/UI/HudOverlay.cs
index 215715c526..4a2f8f0c41 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Modes/UI/HudOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Modes/UI/HudOverlay.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ using System;
 using osu.Game.Modes.Scoring;
 using osu.Framework.Input;
 using OpenTK.Input;
+using osu.Game.Overlays;
+using osu.Game.Overlays.Notifications;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Modes.UI
 {
@@ -26,8 +28,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Modes.UI
         private Bindable<bool> showKeyCounter;
         private Bindable<bool> showHud;
 
-        public bool IsVisible => showHud;
-
         protected abstract KeyCounterCollection CreateKeyCounter();
         protected abstract ComboCounter CreateComboCounter();
         protected abstract PercentageCounter CreateAccuracyCounter();
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Modes.UI
             };
         }
 
-        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load(OsuConfigManager config)
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader(true)]
+        private void load(OsuConfigManager config, NotificationManager notificationManager)
         {
             showKeyCounter = config.GetBindable<bool>(OsuConfig.KeyOverlay);
             showKeyCounter.ValueChanged += keyCounterVisibilityChanged;
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Modes.UI
             showHud = config.GetBindable<bool>(OsuConfig.ShowInterface);
             showHud.ValueChanged += hudVisibilityChanged;
             showHud.TriggerChange();
+
+            if (!showHud)
+            {
+                notificationManager?.Post(new SimpleNotification
+                {
+                    Text = @"The score overlay is currently disabled. You can toogle this by pressing Shift + Tab."
+                });
+            }
         }
 
         private void keyCounterVisibilityChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
index e774dea1a6..73d397b24b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ using osu.Game.Screens.Ranking;
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using osu.Game.Modes.Scoring;
-using osu.Game.Overlays;
-using osu.Game.Overlays.Notifications;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
 {
@@ -61,8 +59,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
         private HudOverlay hudOverlay;
         private PauseOverlay pauseOverlay;
 
-        [BackgroundDependencyLoader(true)]
-        private void load(AudioManager audio, BeatmapDatabase beatmaps, OsuConfigManager config, NotificationManager notificationManager)
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(AudioManager audio, BeatmapDatabase beatmaps, OsuConfigManager config)
         {
             var beatmap = Beatmap.Beatmap;
 
@@ -160,14 +158,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
                 hudOverlay,
                 pauseOverlay
             };
-
-            if (!hudOverlay.IsVisible)
-            {
-                notificationManager?.Post(new SimpleNotification
-                {
-                    Text = @"The score overlay is currently disabled. You can toogle this by pressing Shift + Tab."
-                });
-            }
         }
 
         private void initializeSkipButton()