diff --git a/cmd/verdande/main.go b/cmd/verdande/main.go
index 874a342..edbdea6 100644
--- a/cmd/verdande/main.go
+++ b/cmd/verdande/main.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ func run() error {
 	runner := jobs.New(cfg, db, log, api.Mail(), api.Hub())
 	runner.SyncGmail = api.SyncGmail
 	runner.SyncMailbox = api.SyncMailbox
+	runner.Push = api.PushToUser
 	runner.Start(jobCtx)
 
 	srv := &http.Server{
diff --git a/internal/httpapi/notifications_handlers.go b/internal/httpapi/notifications_handlers.go
index 891b2a4..299fbb6 100644
--- a/internal/httpapi/notifications_handlers.go
+++ b/internal/httpapi/notifications_handlers.go
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ func (s *Server) notifyProject(r *http.Request, projectID, taskID, actorID, kind
 	}
 }
 
+// PushToUser is pushToUser for callers outside this package — the reminder job,
+// which has the schedule but not the keys.
+func (s *Server) PushToUser(userID, title, body, projectID string) {
+	s.pushToUser(userID, title, body, projectID)
+}
+
 func (s *Server) pushToUser(userID, title, body, projectID string) {
 	ctx, cancel := contextWithBackgroundTimeout(30 * time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
diff --git a/internal/jobs/jobs.go b/internal/jobs/jobs.go
index e5b5c7d..9cc9470 100644
--- a/internal/jobs/jobs.go
+++ b/internal/jobs/jobs.go
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ type Runner struct {
 	// reason as SyncGmail: it owns turning a message into a task.
 	SyncMailbox func(ctx context.Context, user *store.User, m *store.Mailbox) (int, error)
 
+	// Push delivers a notification to somebody's devices. Supplied by the HTTP
+	// layer, which owns the VAPID keys and the subscription list.
+	Push func(userID, title, body, projectID string)
+
 	wg sync.WaitGroup
 }
 
@@ -126,6 +130,15 @@ func (r *Runner) sendDueReminders(ctx context.Context) error {
 			"due":     rem.RemindAt.Format(time.RFC3339),
 		})
 
+		// And to the devices that asked for it. This was missing: reminders went out
+		// in-app and by mail, so somebody with the tab closed and no mail configured
+		// got a notification that never arrived — which is the case a reminder is
+		// for. Notifications from other people's actions did push; only the timed
+		// ones did not, and the interface said "on for this device" either way.
+		if r.Push != nil {
+			r.Push(rem.UserID, rem.TaskContent, reminderBody(rem.RemindAt), rem.ProjectID)
+		}
+
 		if r.mail.Configured() && rem.UserEmail != "" {
 			link := r.cfg.BaseURL + "/projekt/" + rem.ProjectID
 			if err := r.mail.SendReminder(ctx, rem.UserEmail, rem.UserName, rem.TaskContent, link); err != nil {
@@ -139,6 +152,12 @@ func (r *Runner) sendDueReminders(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// reminderBody is the line under the task's title. The time rather than the date:
+// a reminder arrives when it is due, so the day is today and saying so is noise.
+func reminderBody(at time.Time) string {
+	return at.Format("15:04")
+}
+
 // --- backups ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 const (
diff --git a/internal/jobs/jobs_test.go b/internal/jobs/jobs_test.go
index 175c941..b9bc830 100644
--- a/internal/jobs/jobs_test.go
+++ b/internal/jobs/jobs_test.go
@@ -276,3 +276,59 @@ func backupFiles(t *testing.T, cfg *config.Config) []string {
 	}
 	return out
 }
+
+// A reminder that nobody receives is not a reminder.
+//
+// The job sent them in-app and by mail. Somebody with the tab closed and no mail
+// server configured — which is the setup the docker one-liner produces — got
+// nothing, while the settings page said notifications were on for the device.
+// The push half was simply never wired: notifications from other people's actions
+// went out, only the timed ones did not.
+func TestADueReminderReachesTheDevices(t *testing.T) {
+	runner, db, _ := newRunner(t)
+	user := seedUser(t, db)
+
+	type sent struct{ userID, title, projectID string }
+	var got []sent
+	runner.Push = func(userID, title, body, projectID string) {
+		got = append(got, sent{userID, title, projectID})
+	}
+
+	inbox, err := db.InboxID(t.Context(), user.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	task := &store.Task{ProjectID: inbox, Content: "ring til Anders", CreatedBy: user.ID}
+	if err := db.CreateTask(t.Context(), task, nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	// A minute ago, so it is due rather than upcoming.
+	at := time.Now().Add(-time.Minute)
+	if _, err := db.CreateReminder(t.Context(), task.ID, user.ID, &at, nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := runner.sendDueReminders(t.Context()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if len(got) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("%d reminders reached the devices, want 1", len(got))
+	}
+	if got[0].userID != user.ID {
+		t.Errorf("it went to %q", got[0].userID)
+	}
+	if got[0].title != "ring til Anders" {
+		t.Errorf("the title is %q, not the task", got[0].title)
+	}
+
+	// And once. A reminder that arrives on every sweep is worse than one that does
+	// not arrive at all.
+	got = nil
+	if err := runner.sendDueReminders(t.Context()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(got) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("the same reminder went out %d more times", len(got))
+	}
+}