diff --git a/API.php b/API.php
index 64565e3..5f482f3 100644
--- a/API.php
+++ b/API.php
@@ -19,21 +19,35 @@ public function isEnabled()
         return false;
     }
 
+
+
+    public function getTitle()
+    {
+        $settings = new SystemSettings();
+        return $settings->title->getValue();
+    }
+
+    public function getMessage()
+    {
+        $settings = new SystemSettings();
+        return $settings->message->getValue();
+    }
+
     public function getContext()
     {
         $settings = new SystemSettings();
         return $settings->context->getValue();
     }
 
-    public function getTitle()
+    public function getType()
     {
         $settings = new SystemSettings();
-        return $settings->title->getValue();
+        return $settings->type->getValue();
     }
 
-    public function getMessage()
+    public function getPriority()
     {
         $settings = new SystemSettings();
-        return $settings->message->getValue();
+        return $settings->priority->getValue();
     }
 }
diff --git a/AdminNotification.php b/AdminNotification.php
index 1880478..a0b4b10 100644
--- a/AdminNotification.php
+++ b/AdminNotification.php
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 namespace Piwik\Plugins\AdminNotification;
 
 use Piwik\Piwik;
+use Piwik\Common;
 use Piwik\Notification;
 
-/**
- */
 class AdminNotification extends \Piwik\Plugin
 {
     private static $hooks = array(
@@ -22,37 +21,94 @@ public function registerEvents()
     public function settingsChangedV3($settings)
     {
         if ($settings->getPluginName() === 'AdminNotification') {
+            self::cancel_notification();
             $this->setNotificationV3();
         }
     }
 
     public function setNotificationV3()
     {
-            // Known issue. The alert notification is not updated until login/logout on v3.x.
+        // Known issue. The alert notification is not updated until login/logout on v3.x.
 
-            // 2.X Compatibility. This method appears to be getting called in v2.X which I didn't
-            // believe would trigger the newer hooks.
+        // 2.X Compatibility. This method appears to be getting called in v2.X which I didn't
+        // believe would trigger the newer hooks.
         if (!class_exists('\Piwik\Settings\Plugin\SystemSettings')) { //If class doesn't exist just get out.
             return;
         }
 
-            $settings = new SystemSettings();
-            //print_r($settings->enabled->getValue());
+        $settings = new SystemSettings();
+        //print_r($settings->enabled->getValue());
 
         if ($settings->enabled->getValue()) {
-            $notification = new Notification($settings->message->getValue());
+
+            //Transform newlines to avoid removal in sanitization
+            $message = str_replace(["\r\n","\r","\n"],"!nl",$settings->message->getValue());                                                   
+                                                                                                                                    
+            $sanitized_message = Common::sanitizeInputValue($message);                                                              
+            
+            //Reverse newline transform
+            $sanitized_message = str_replace("!nl","\n",$sanitized_message);                                                     
+
+            //Process markdown
+            $markdowned_message = self::minimal_markdown($sanitized_message);   
+
+            $notification = new Notification($markdowned_message);
             $notification->title = $settings->messageTitle->getValue();
             $notification->context = $settings->context->getValue();
-            $notification->type = Notification::TYPE_PERSISTENT;
-            //$notification->priority = Notification::PRIORITY_MAX;
+            $notification->type = $settings->type->getValue();
+            $notification->priority = $settings->priority->getValue();
+            $notification->raw = true;
 
             //echo "NOTIFY";
             //print_r($notification);
 
             Notification\Manager::notify('AdminNotification_notice', $notification);
+            Piwik::postEvent('AdminNotification.notice', [&$notification]);
         } else {
-            //echo "NOTIFY CANCEL";
-            Notification\Manager::cancel('AdminNotification_notice');
+            self::cancel_notification();
         }
     }
+
+    public function deactivate()
+    {
+        self::cancel_notification();
+    }
+
+    private static function cancel_notification(){
+        Notification\Manager::cancel('AdminNotification_notice');
+    }
+
+    private static function minimal_markdown($escaped_input){
+
+        //Replace with common Markdown markup
+        $markdown_processed = preg_replace(
+        [
+          "/\*{3}([\w\s]*)\*{3}/im",
+          "/\*{2}([\w\s]*)\*{2}/im",
+          "/\*([\w\s]*)\*/im",
+          "/^#\s(.*)$/im",
+          "/^##\s(.*)$/im",
+          "/^###\s(.*)$/im",
+          "/^####\s(.*)$/im",
+          "/\[(.*)\]\(((?:https?:\/\/.)?(?:www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@%._\+~#=]{2,256}\.[a-z]{2,6}\b(?:[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%_\+.~#?&\/\/=]*))\)/im",
+          "/\n/m"
+        ],
+        [
+          "<em><strong>$1</strong></em>",
+          "<strong>$1</strong>",
+          "<em>$1</em>",
+          "<h1>$1</h1>",
+          "<h2>$1</h2>",
+          "<h3>$1</h3>",
+          "<h4>$1</h4>",
+          "<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"$2\">$1</a>",
+          "<br>\n"
+        ],
+        $escaped_input
+        );
+      
+        //Remove break from headers
+        return preg_replace("/<\/h(\d)><br>/m","</h$1>",$markdown_processed);
+      
+      }
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index efad69e..8e4f2e3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Adds the ability for Matomo administrators to include an informative message on
 The easiest way to install is to find the plugin in the [Matomo Marketplace](http://plugins.matomo.org/).
 
 ## Changelog
-
+* 5.1.0 Added message transience and priority options. Added minimal markdown support (see [./docs/index.md](./docs/index.md))
 * 5.0.0 Matomo v5 compatible, not backwards compatible.
 * 3.0.0 Piwik v3 compatible. Effort was made to maintain backwards compatibility. This should work all the way back to 2.12.x
 * 0.1.2 Tested with Piwik v2.15 and included new registerEvents() hook for compatibility with Piwik 3.0
diff --git a/SystemSettings.php b/SystemSettings.php
index 295ce5c..a3b60c3 100644
--- a/SystemSettings.php
+++ b/SystemSettings.php
@@ -36,25 +36,80 @@ class SystemSettings extends \Piwik\Settings\Plugin\SystemSettings
     /** @var Setting */
     public $message;
 
+    /** @var Setting */
+    public $type;
+
+    /** @var Setting */
+    public $priority;
+
     protected function init()
     {
-
         $this->enabled = $this->createEnabledSetting();
 
-        $this->context = $this->createContextSetting();
-
         $this->messageTitle = $this->createTitleSetting();
 
         $this->message = $this->createMessageSetting();
+
+        $this->context = $this->createContextSetting();
+
+        $this->type = $this->createTypeSetting();
+
+        $this->priority = $this->createPrioritySetting();
     }
 
     private function createEnabledSetting()
     {
-        return $this->makeSetting('enabled', $default = false, FieldConfig::TYPE_BOOL, function (FieldConfig $field) {
-            $field->title = $this->t('EnabledSettingTitle');
-            $field->uiControl = FieldConfig::UI_CONTROL_CHECKBOX;
-            $field->description = $this->t('EnabledSettingDescription');
-            $field->readableByCurrentUser = true;
+        return $this->makeSetting(
+            'enabled',
+            $default = false,
+            FieldConfig::TYPE_BOOL,
+            function (FieldConfig $field) {
+                $field->title = $this->t('EnabledSettingTitle');
+                $field->uiControl = FieldConfig::UI_CONTROL_CHECKBOX;
+                $field->description = $this->t('EnabledSettingDescription');
+            }
+        );
+    }
+
+    private function createTitleSetting()
+    {
+        return $this->makeSetting(
+            'title',
+            $default = "Message from Matomo Administrator",
+            FieldConfig::TYPE_STRING,
+            function (FieldConfig $field) {
+                $field->title = $this->t('TitleSettingTitle');
+                $field->condition = 'enabled';
+                $field->uiControl = FieldConfig::UI_CONTROL_TEXT;
+                $field->description = $this->t('TitleSettingDescription');
+                $field->validate = function ($value) {
+                    $value = trim($value);
+                    if (strlen($value) == 0) {
+                        throw new \Exception($this->t('TitleMissing'));
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+        );
+    }
+
+    private function createMessageSetting()
+    {
+        return $this->makeSetting(
+            'message',
+            $default = "",
+            FieldConfig::TYPE_STRING,
+            function (FieldConfig $field) {
+            $field->title = $this->t('MessageSettingTitle');
+            $field->condition = 'enabled';
+            $field->uiControl = FieldConfig::UI_CONTROL_TEXTAREA;
+            $field->description = $this->t('MessageSettingDescription');
+            $field->inlineHelp = $this->t('MessageSettingHelp');
+            $field->validate = function ($value) {
+                $value = trim($value);
+                if (strlen($value) == 0) {
+                    throw new \Exception($this->t('MessageMissing'));
+                }
+            };
         });
     }
 
@@ -62,7 +117,7 @@ private function createContextSetting()
     {
         return $this->makeSetting(
             'context',
-            $default = "info",
+            $default = Notification::CONTEXT_INFO,
             FieldConfig::TYPE_STRING,
             function (FieldConfig $field) {
                 $field->title = $this->t('ContextSettingTitle');
@@ -77,30 +132,41 @@ function (FieldConfig $field) {
         );
     }
 
-    private function createTitleSetting()
+    private function createTypeSetting()
     {
         return $this->makeSetting(
-            'title',
-            $default = "Message from Piwik Administrator",
+            'type',
+            $default = Notification::TYPE_PERSISTENT,
             FieldConfig::TYPE_STRING,
             function (FieldConfig $field) {
-                $field->title = $this->t('TitleSettingTitle');
+                $field->title = $this->t('TypeSettingTitle');
                 $field->condition = 'enabled';
-                $field->uiControl = FieldConfig::UI_CONTROL_TEXT;
-            //$field->uiControlAttributes = array("size"=> 65);
-                $field->description = $this->t('TitleSettingDescription');
+                $field->uiControl = FieldConfig::UI_CONTROL_SINGLE_SELECT;
+                $field->description = $this->t('TypeSettingDescription');
+                $field->availableValues = array(Notification::TYPE_PERSISTENT => Notification::TYPE_PERSISTENT,
+                                                Notification::TYPE_TRANSIENT => Notification::TYPE_TRANSIENT,
+                                                Notification::TYPE_TOAST => Notification::TYPE_TOAST);
             }
         );
     }
 
-    private function createMessageSetting()
+    private function createPrioritySetting()
     {
-        return $this->makeSetting('message', $default = "", FieldConfig::TYPE_STRING, function (FieldConfig $field) {
-            $field->title = $this->t('MessageSettingTitle');
-            $field->condition = 'enabled';
-            $field->uiControl = FieldConfig::UI_CONTROL_TEXTAREA;
-            $field->description = $this->t('MessageSettingDescription');
-        });
+        return $this->makeSetting(
+            'priority',
+            $default = Notification::PRIORITY_MAX,
+            FieldConfig::TYPE_FLOAT,
+            function (FieldConfig $field) {
+                $field->title = $this->t('PrioritySettingTitle');
+                $field->condition = 'enabled';
+                $field->uiControl = FieldConfig::UI_CONTROL_SINGLE_SELECT;
+                $field->description = $this->t('PrioritySettingDescription');
+                $field->availableValues = array(Notification::PRIORITY_MIN => Notification::PRIORITY_MIN,
+                                                Notification::PRIORITY_LOW => Notification::PRIORITY_LOW,
+                                                Notification::PRIORITY_HIGH => Notification::PRIORITY_HIGH,
+                                                Notification::PRIORITY_MAX => Notification::PRIORITY_MAX);
+            }
+        );
     }
 
     private function t($translate_token)
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a66d4f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Documentation
+
+## Message Markdown
+A minimal set of markdown support was added to the message field with 5.1 release of the plugin. 
+
+The following markdown variants are supported*
+
+### Headings
+```markdown
+# Header 1
+Message
+
+## Header 2
+Message
+
+### Header 3
+Message
+
+### Header 4
+Message
+```
+> *Need to be at beginning of line
+
+### Bolding and Italics
+```markdown
+*This is italicized*
+
+**This is bolded**
+
+***This is italicized and bolded***
+```
+
+### Links
+Links will open in a new tab -> target="_blank". This behavior cannot be changed.
+```markdown
+[Link Name](https://github.com/jbrule)
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lang/en.json b/lang/en.json
index b904251..855bc00 100644
--- a/lang/en.json
+++ b/lang/en.json
@@ -2,12 +2,19 @@
     "AdminNotification": {
         "PluginDescription": "Places a message on all user's dashboards.",
         "EnabledSettingTitle": "Enabled",
-        "EnabledSettingDescription": "If enabled, the provided message will be displayed to users upon login. (Logoff/Logon required in v3.x)",
+        "EnabledSettingDescription": "If enabled, the provided message will be displayed to users upon login. (Logoff/Logon required for ≥ v3.x)",
         "MessageSettingTitle": "Message",
-        "MessageSettingDescription": "Message to display to users",
+        "MessageSettingDescription": "Message to display to users. Supports a minimal set of markdown.",
+        "MessageSettingHelp": "See <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://plugins.matomo.org/AdminNotification#documentation\">plugin documentation</a> for supported markdown.",
+        "MessageMissing": "You must provide a message.",
         "ContextSettingTitle": "Context",
         "ContextSettingDescription": "Sets what type of message should be displayed (affects color).",
         "TitleSettingTitle": "Title",
-        "TitleSettingDescription": "Sets the title of the message. This will be dislayed in bold with the message."
+        "TitleSettingDescription": "Sets the title of the message. This will be displayed in bold with the message.",
+        "TitleMissing": "You must provide a title.",
+        "TypeSettingTitle": "Type",
+        "TypeSettingDescription": "Persistent (display until user closes the notification), Transient (displays once, disappear on page reload) or Toast (displayed for a few seconds, and the fades out)",
+        "PrioritySettingTitle": "Priority",
+        "PrioritySettingDescription": "Higher priority, higher order"
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lang/ja.json b/lang/ja.json
index 9576334..1543a39 100644
--- a/lang/ja.json
+++ b/lang/ja.json
@@ -2,13 +2,20 @@
     "AdminNotification": {
         "PluginDescription": "Places a message on all user's dashboards.",
         "EnabledSettingTitle": "使用可能",
-        "EnabledSettingDescription": "If enabled, the provided message will be displayed to users upon login. (Logoff/Logon required in v3.x)",
+        "EnabledSettingDescription": "If enabled, the provided message will be displayed to users upon login. (Logoff/Logon required for ≥ v3.x)",
         "MessageSettingTitle": "メッセージ",
-        "MessageSettingDescription": "Message to display to users",
+        "MessageSettingDescription": "Message to display to users. Supports a minimal set of markdown.",
+        "MessageSettingHelp": "See <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://plugins.matomo.org/AdminNotification#documentation\">plugin documentation</a> for supported markdown.",
+        "MessageMissing": "You must provide a message.",
         "ContextSettingTitle": "コンテキスト",
         "ContextSettingDescription": "Sets what type of message should be displayed (affects color).",
         "TitleSettingTitle": "タイトル",
-        "TitleSettingDescription": "Sets the title of the message. This will be dislayed in bold with the message."
+        "TitleSettingDescription": "Sets the title of the message. This will be displayed in bold with the message.",
+        "TitleMissing": "You must provide a title.",
+        "TypeSettingTitle": "型",
+        "TypeSettingDescription": "Persistent (display until user closes the notification), Transient (displays once, disappear on page reload) or Toast (displayed for a few seconds, and the fades out)",
+        "PrioritySettingTitle": "優先",
+        "PrioritySettingDescription": "Higher priority, higher order"
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/plugin.json b/plugin.json
index daab9e9..40d56e7 100644
--- a/plugin.json
+++ b/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "AdminNotification",
-    "version": "5.0.0",
+    "version": "5.1.0",
     "description": "Adds the ability for Piwik administrators to include an informative message to all user's dashboards. This uses the built in Notification function.",
     "license": "GPL v3+",
     "keywords": [
diff --git a/screenshots/Dashboard_with_Notification.png b/screenshots/Dashboard_with_Notification.png
index 2e98005..89bb579 100644
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diff --git a/screenshots/Notification_Settings.png b/screenshots/Notification_Settings.png
index 8cf91ef..581e72a 100644
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