diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/LikeController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/LikeController.php
index 1691f32cb..932958d5e 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/LikeController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/LikeController.php
@@ -5,21 +5,23 @@ namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Auth, Hashids;
 use App\{Like, Profile, Status, User};
+use App\Jobs\LikePipeline\LikePipeline;
 
 class LikeController extends Controller
 {
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+      $this->middleware('auth');
+    }
+
     public function store(Request $request)
     {
-      if(Auth::check() === false) { abort(403); }
       $this->validate($request, [
         'item'    => 'required|integer',
       ]);
 
-      $statusId = $request->item;
-
-      $user = Auth::user();
-      $profile = $user->profile;
-      $status = Status::findOrFail($statusId);
+      $profile = Auth::user()->profile;
+      $status = Status::findOrFail($request->input('item'));
 
       if($status->likes()->whereProfileId($profile->id)->count() !== 0) {
         $like = Like::whereProfileId($profile->id)->whereStatusId($status->id)->firstOrFail();
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ class LikeController extends Controller
       $like->status_id = $status->id;
       $like->save();
 
+      LikePipeline::dispatch($like);
+
       return redirect($status->url());
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Jobs/LikePipeline/LikePipeline.php b/app/Jobs/LikePipeline/LikePipeline.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7fb71d57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Jobs/LikePipeline/LikePipeline.php
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Jobs\LikePipeline;
+
+use Cache, Log, Redis;
+use App\{Like, Notification};
+use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
+use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
+use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
+
+class LikePipeline implements ShouldQueue
+{
+    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
+
+    protected $like;
+    /**
+     * Create a new job instance.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __construct(Like $like)
+    {
+        $this->like = $like;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the job.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function handle()
+    {
+        $like = $this->like;
+
+        $status = $this->like->status;
+        $actor = $this->like->actor;
+
+        try {
+
+            $notification = new Notification;
+            $notification->profile_id = $status->profile_id;
+            $notification->actor_id = $actor->id;
+            $notification->action = 'like';
+            $notification->message = $like->toText();
+            $notification->rendered = $like->toHtml();
+            $notification->save();
+
+            Cache::forever('notification.' . $notification->id, $notification);
+            
+            $redis = Redis::connection();
+            $key = config('cache.prefix').':user.' . $status->profile_id . '.notifications';
+            $redis->lpush($key, $notification->id);
+
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            Log::error($e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Like.php b/app/Like.php
index 32c99554e..a4ce9f0a8 100644
--- a/app/Like.php
+++ b/app/Like.php
@@ -8,11 +8,25 @@ class Like extends Model
 {
     public function actor()
     {
-      return $this->belongsTo(Profile::class);
+      return $this->belongsTo(Profile::class, 'profile_id', 'id');
     }
 
     public function status()
     {
       return $this->belongsTo(Status::class);
     }
+
+    public function toText()
+    {
+      $actorName = $this->actor->username;
+      return "{$actorName} " . __('notification.likedPhoto');
+    }
+
+    public function toHtml()
+    {
+      $actorName = $this->actor->username;
+      $actorUrl = $this->actor->url();
+      return "<a href='{$actorUrl}' class='profile-link'>{$actorName}</a> " .
+          __('notification.likedPhoto');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/resources/lang/en/notification.php b/resources/lang/en/notification.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e5bb85e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/lang/en/notification.php
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?php
+
+return [
+
+  'likedPhoto' => 'liked your photo.',
+
+];
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