diff --git a/backend/notifications/serializers.py b/backend/notifications/serializers.py
index 4a24cd59..52482ca9 100644
--- a/backend/notifications/serializers.py
+++ b/backend/notifications/serializers.py
@@ -13,11 +13,21 @@ class Meta:
         fields = "__all__"
 
 
+# Hyper linked user field that returns a hyper link but expects an id
+class UserHyperLinkedRelatedField(serializers.HyperlinkedRelatedField):
+    view_name = "user-detail"
+    queryset = User.objects.all()
+
+    def to_internal_value(self, data):
+        try:
+            return self.queryset.get(pk=data)
+        except User.DoesNotExist:
+            self.fail("no_match")
+
+
 class NotificationSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     # Hyper linked user field
-    user = serializers.HyperlinkedRelatedField(
-        view_name="user-detail", queryset=User.objects.all()
-    )
+    user = UserHyperLinkedRelatedField()
 
     # Translate template and arguments into a message
     message = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
diff --git a/backend/notifications/signals.py b/backend/notifications/signals.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6abe6304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/notifications/signals.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import io
+from enum import Enum
+from typing import Dict
+
+from authentication.models import User
+from django.dispatch import Signal, receiver
+from notifications.models import Notification, NotificationTemplate
+from notifications.serializers import NotificationSerializer
+from rest_framework.parsers import JSONParser
+
+notification_create = Signal()
+
+
+@receiver(notification_create)
+def notification_creation(
+    type: NotificationType, user: User, arguments: Dict[str, str], **kwargs
+) -> bool:
+    serializer = NotificationSerializer(
+        data={"template_id": type.value, "user": user.id, "arguments": arguments}
+    )
+
+    if not serializer.is_valid():
+        return False
+
+    serializer.save()
+
+    return True
+
+
+class NotificationType(Enum):
+    SCORE_ADDED = 1
+    SCORE_UPDATED = 2
diff --git a/backend/notifications/urls.py b/backend/notifications/urls.py
index 430a82b5..142fde10 100644
--- a/backend/notifications/urls.py
+++ b/backend/notifications/urls.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 from django.urls import path
 from notifications.views import NotificationView
 
-urlpatterns = [path("<str:user_id>/", NotificationView.as_view())]
+urlpatterns = [
+    path("<str:user_id>/", NotificationView.as_view()),
+]