diff --git a/app/client/modules/notifications/components/create-notification-form.tsx b/app/client/modules/notifications/components/create-notification-form.tsx
index 01e8dc08..63697c13 100644
--- a/app/client/modules/notifications/components/create-notification-form.tsx
+++ b/app/client/modules/notifications/components/create-notification-form.tsx
@@ -518,6 +518,22 @@ export const CreateNotificationForm = ({ onSubmit, mode = "create", initialValue
 								</FormItem>
 							)}
 						/>
+						<FormField
+							control={form.control}
+							name="accessToken"
+							render={({ field }) => (
+								<FormItem>
+									<FormLabel>Access token (Optional)</FormLabel>
+									<FormControl>
+										<SecretInput {...field} placeholder="••••••••" />
+									</FormControl>
+									<FormDescription>
+										Access token for server authentication. Will take precedence over username/password if set.
+									</FormDescription>
+									<FormMessage />
+								</FormItem>
+							)}
+						/>
 						<FormField
 							control={form.control}
 							name="priority"
diff --git a/app/schemas/notifications.ts b/app/schemas/notifications.ts
index f9f5fcdc..5094f655 100644
--- a/app/schemas/notifications.ts
+++ b/app/schemas/notifications.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export const ntfyNotificationConfigSchema = type({
 	priority: "'max' | 'high' | 'default' | 'low' | 'min'",
 	username: "string?",
 	password: "string?",
+	accessToken: "string?",
 });
 
 export const pushoverNotificationConfigSchema = type({
diff --git a/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts b/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts
index ea2b5fe5..379b9edb 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ const executeBackup = async (scheduleId: number, manual = false) => {
 		throw new BadRequestError("Volume is not mounted");
 	}
 
-	logger.info(`Starting backup for volume ${volume.name} to repository ${repository.name}`);
+	logger.info(`Starting backup ${schedule.name} for volume ${volume.name} to repository ${repository.name}`);
 
 	serverEvents.emit("backup:started", {
 		scheduleId,
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ const executeBackup = async (scheduleId: number, manual = false) => {
 		.sendBackupNotification(scheduleId, "start", {
 			volumeName: volume.name,
 			repositoryName: repository.name,
+			scheduleName: schedule.name,
 		})
 		.catch((error) => {
 			logger.error(`Failed to send backup start notification: ${toMessage(error)}`);
@@ -341,9 +342,13 @@ const executeBackup = async (scheduleId: number, manual = false) => {
 			.where(eq(backupSchedulesTable.id, scheduleId));
 
 		if (finalStatus === "warning") {
-			logger.warn(`Backup completed with warnings for volume ${volume.name} to repository ${repository.name}`);
+			logger.warn(
+				`Backup ${schedule.name} completed with warnings for volume ${volume.name} to repository ${repository.name}`,
+			);
 		} else {
-			logger.info(`Backup completed successfully for volume ${volume.name} to repository ${repository.name}`);
+			logger.info(
+				`Backup ${schedule.name} completed successfully for volume ${volume.name} to repository ${repository.name}`,
+			);
 		}
 
 		serverEvents.emit("backup:completed", {
@@ -357,12 +362,15 @@ const executeBackup = async (scheduleId: number, manual = false) => {
 			.sendBackupNotification(scheduleId, finalStatus === "success" ? "success" : "warning", {
 				volumeName: volume.name,
 				repositoryName: repository.name,
+				scheduleName: schedule.name,
 			})
 			.catch((error) => {
 				logger.error(`Failed to send backup success notification: ${toMessage(error)}`);
 			});
 	} catch (error) {
-		logger.error(`Backup failed for volume ${volume.name} to repository ${repository.name}: ${toMessage(error)}`);
+		logger.error(
+			`Backup ${schedule.name} failed for volume ${volume.name} to repository ${repository.name}: ${toMessage(error)}`,
+		);
 
 		await db
 			.update(backupSchedulesTable)
@@ -385,6 +393,7 @@ const executeBackup = async (scheduleId: number, manual = false) => {
 			.sendBackupNotification(scheduleId, "failure", {
 				volumeName: volume.name,
 				repositoryName: repository.name,
+				scheduleName: schedule.name,
 				error: toMessage(error),
 			})
 			.catch((notifError) => {
diff --git a/app/server/modules/notifications/builders/ntfy.ts b/app/server/modules/notifications/builders/ntfy.ts
index c3477ffa..41120456 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/notifications/builders/ntfy.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/notifications/builders/ntfy.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,17 @@ export function buildNtfyShoutrrrUrl(config: Extract<NotificationConfig, { type:
 	let shoutrrrUrl: string;
 
 	const params = new URLSearchParams();
+	const { username, password, accessToken } = config;
 
-	const auth =
-		config.username && config.password
-			? `${encodeURIComponent(config.username)}:${encodeURIComponent(config.password)}@`
-			: "";
+	let auth = "";
+
+	if (username && password) {
+		auth = `${encodeURIComponent(username)}:${encodeURIComponent(password)}@`;
+	}
+
+	if (accessToken) {
+		auth = `:${encodeURIComponent(accessToken)}@`;
+	}
 
 	if (config.serverUrl) {
 		const url = new URL(config.serverUrl);
diff --git a/app/server/modules/notifications/notifications.service.ts b/app/server/modules/notifications/notifications.service.ts
index 0a7c150e..383f7eeb 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/notifications/notifications.service.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/notifications/notifications.service.ts
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ function buildNotificationMessage(
 				body: [
 					`Volume: ${context.volumeName}`,
 					`Repository: ${context.repositoryName}`,
+					context.scheduleName ? `Schedule: ${context.scheduleName}` : null,
 					context.duration ? `Duration: ${Math.round(context.duration / 1000)}s` : null,
 					context.filesProcessed !== undefined ? `Files: ${context.filesProcessed}` : null,
 					context.bytesProcessed ? `Size: ${context.bytesProcessed}` : null,
@@ -404,6 +405,7 @@ function buildNotificationMessage(
 				body: [
 					`Volume: ${context.volumeName}`,
 					`Repository: ${context.repositoryName}`,
+					context.scheduleName ? `Schedule: ${context.scheduleName}` : null,
 					context.duration ? `Duration: ${Math.round(context.duration / 1000)}s` : null,
 					context.filesProcessed !== undefined ? `Files: ${context.filesProcessed}` : null,
 					context.bytesProcessed ? `Size: ${context.bytesProcessed}` : null,
@@ -421,6 +423,7 @@ function buildNotificationMessage(
 				body: [
 					`Volume: ${context.volumeName}`,
 					`Repository: ${context.repositoryName}`,
+					context.scheduleName ? `Schedule: ${context.scheduleName}` : null,
 					context.error ? `Error: ${context.error}` : null,
 					`Time: ${date} - ${time}`,
 				]
@@ -431,7 +434,14 @@ function buildNotificationMessage(
 		default:
 			return {
 				title: "Backup Notification",
-				body: `Volume: ${context.volumeName}\nRepository: ${context.repositoryName}\nTime: ${date} - ${time}`,
+				body: [
+					`Volume: ${context.volumeName}`,
+					`Repository: ${context.repositoryName}`,
+					context.scheduleName ? `Schedule: ${context.scheduleName}` : null,
+					`Time: ${date} - ${time}`,
+				]
+					.filter(Boolean)
+					.join("\n"),
 			};
 	}
 }