diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ab35de..859205f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  - Other apps audio interruption on iOS
 - __Changes__
  - Deprecate event callbacks
- - Notification not visible anymore on lock screen
+ - Notification not visible by default on lock screen
  - Remove ticker property on Android
  - Remove unexpected back button handler
  - Remove support for wp8 platform
diff --git a/src/android/ForegroundService.java b/src/android/ForegroundService.java
index f77dfb2..76cf918 100644
--- a/src/android/ForegroundService.java
+++ b/src/android/ForegroundService.java
@@ -165,9 +165,12 @@ public class ForegroundService extends Service {
                 .setContentTitle(title)
                 .setContentText(text)
                 .setOngoing(true)
-                .setPriority(Notification.PRIORITY_MIN)
                 .setSmallIcon(getIconResId(settings));
 
+        if (settings.optBoolean("hidden", true)) {
+            notification.setPriority(Notification.PRIORITY_MIN);
+        }
+
         if (bigText || text.contains("\n")) {
             notification.setStyle(
                     new Notification.BigTextStyle().bigText(text));
diff --git a/www/background-mode.js b/www/background-mode.js
index b06c274..d6c3b28 100644
--- a/www/background-mode.js
+++ b/www/background-mode.js
@@ -336,10 +336,10 @@ exports._isActive = false;
 exports._defaults = {
     title:   'App is running in background',
     text:    'Doing heavy tasks.',
-    ticker:  'Running in background',
     bigText: false,
     resume:  true,
     silent:  false,
+    hidden:  true,
     color:   undefined,
     icon:    'icon'
 };