diff --git a/snapraid-runner.conf.example b/snapraid-runner.conf.example
index bc8fca4..27f0d15 100644
--- a/snapraid-runner.conf.example
+++ b/snapraid-runner.conf.example
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ to =
 ; maximum email size in KiB
 maxsize = 500
 
+[gotify]
+; when to send a gotify notification, comma-separated list of [success, error]
+sendon = success,error
+; url of the gotify server without trailing slash
+url = https://gotify.server.com
+; Gotify token
+token =
+
+
 [smtp]
 host =
 ; leave empty for default port
@@ -42,3 +51,7 @@ enabled = false
 plan = 12
 ; minimum block age (in days) for scrubbing. Only used with percentage plans
 older-than = 10
+
+[sync]
+; set to true to force sync files with zero size
+force-zero = false
diff --git a/snapraid-runner.py b/snapraid-runner.py
index 56b8e9e..755450c 100755
--- a/snapraid-runner.py
+++ b/snapraid-runner.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import threading
 import time
 import traceback
+import requests
 from collections import Counter, defaultdict
 from io import StringIO
 
@@ -41,7 +42,9 @@ def snapraid_command(command, args={}, *, allow_statuscodes=[]):
     arguments = ["--conf", config["snapraid"]["config"],
                  "--quiet"]
     for (k, v) in args.items():
-        arguments.extend(["--" + k, str(v)])
+        arguments.append("--" + k)
+        if v != '':
+            arguments.append(str(v))
     p = subprocess.Popen(
         [config["snapraid"]["executable"], command] + arguments,
         stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
@@ -64,6 +67,21 @@ def snapraid_command(command, args={}, *, allow_statuscodes=[]):
     else:
         raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(ret, "snapraid " + command)
 
+def send_gotify(success):
+
+    if success:
+        requests.post("{}/message?token={}".format(config["gotify"]["url"], config["gotify"]["token"]), json={
+            "message": "Success",
+            "priority": 2,
+            "title": "SnapRAID"
+        })
+    else:
+        requests.post("{}/message?token={}".format(config["gotify"]["url"], config["gotify"]["token"]), json={
+            "message": "Failed",
+            "priority": 2,
+            "title": "SnapRAID"
+        })
+
 
 def send_email(success):
     import smtplib
@@ -122,6 +140,11 @@ def finish(is_success):
             send_email(is_success)
         except Exception:
             logging.exception("Failed to send email")
+    if ("error", "success")[is_success] in config["gotify"]["sendon"]:
+        try:
+            send_gotify(is_success)
+        except Exception:
+            logging.exception("Failed to send gotify notification")
     if is_success:
         logging.info("Run finished successfully")
     else:
@@ -133,7 +156,7 @@ def load_config(args):
     global config
     parser = configparser.RawConfigParser()
     parser.read(args.conf)
-    sections = ["snapraid", "logging", "email", "smtp", "scrub"]
+    sections = ["snapraid", "logging", "email", "gotify", "smtp", "scrub", "sync"]
     config = dict((x, defaultdict(lambda: "")) for x in sections)
     for section in parser.sections():
         for (k, v) in parser.items(section):
@@ -154,6 +177,7 @@ def load_config(args):
     config["scrub"]["enabled"] = (config["scrub"]["enabled"].lower() == "true")
     config["email"]["short"] = (config["email"]["short"].lower() == "true")
     config["snapraid"]["touch"] = (config["snapraid"]["touch"].lower() == "true")
+    config["sync"]["force-zero"] = (config["sync"]["force-zero"].lower() == "true")
 
     # Migration
     if config["scrub"]["percentage"]:
@@ -281,8 +305,11 @@ def run():
         logging.info("No changes detected, no sync required")
     else:
         logging.info("Running sync...")
+        sync_args: dict[str, str] = {}
+        if config["sync"]["force-zero"]:
+            sync_args["force-zero"] = ""
         try:
-            snapraid_command("sync")
+            snapraid_command("sync", sync_args)
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
             logging.error(e)
             finish(False)