diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 018ef07..06bf04d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.7.0
+- Add support for SNS Notifcations to Cloudformation create and update operations
+- Refactored recursive handling of options withing stack groups
+
 ## 0.6.2
 - Fixed custom root directory to allow automated template tests
 
diff --git a/cloudbender/__init__.py b/cloudbender/__init__.py
index 71c46d8..74b9305 100644
--- a/cloudbender/__init__.py
+++ b/cloudbender/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import logging
 
 __author__ = "Stefan Reimer"
 __email__ = "stefan@zero-downtimet.net"
-__version__ = "0.6.2"
+__version__ = "0.7.0"
 
 
 # Set up logging to ``/dev/null`` like a library is supposed to.
diff --git a/cloudbender/stack.py b/cloudbender/stack.py
index f9add4d..0b19aa6 100644
--- a/cloudbender/stack.py
+++ b/cloudbender/stack.py
@@ -33,17 +33,23 @@ class StackStatus(object):
 
 
 class Stack(object):
-    def __init__(self, name, path, rel_path, tags=None, parameters=None, options=None, region='global', profile=None, template=None, ctx={}):
-        self.id = (profile, region, name)
+    def __init__(self, name, template, path, rel_path, sg_config={}, ctx={}):
         self.stackname = name
+        self.template = template
         self.path = path
         self.rel_path = rel_path
-        self.tags = tags
-        self.parameters = parameters
-        self.options = options
-        self.region = region
-        self.profile = profile
-        self.template = template
+        self.ctx = ctx
+
+        self.tags = sg_config.get('tags', {})
+        self.parameters = sg_config.get('parameters', {})
+        self.options = sg_config.get('options', {})
+        self.region = sg_config.get('region', 'global')
+        self.profile = sg_config.get('profile', '')
+        self.onfailure = sg_config.get('onfailure', "DELETE")
+        self.notfication_sns = sg_config.get('notification_sns', [])
+
+        self.id = (self.profile, self.region, self.stackname)
+
         self.md5 = None
         self.mode = 'CloudBender'
         self.provides = template
@@ -51,19 +57,17 @@ class Stack(object):
         self.cfn_parameters = []
         self.cfn_data = None
         self.connection_manager = BotoConnection(self.profile, self.region)
-        self.ctx = ctx
         self.status = None
         self.dependencies = set()
         self.default_lock = None
         self.multi_delete = True
-        self.onfailure = "DELETE"
 
     def dump_config(self):
         logger.debug("<Stack {}: {}>".format(self.id, vars(self)))
 
     def read_config(self):
         _config = read_config_file(self.path)
-        for p in ["region", "stackname", "template", "default_lock", "multi_delete", "provides", "onfailure"]:
+        for p in ["region", "stackname", "template", "default_lock", "multi_delete", "provides", "onfailure", "notification_sns"]:
             if p in _config:
                 setattr(self, p, _config[p])
 
@@ -345,6 +349,7 @@ class Stack(object):
                 'TemplateBody': self.cfn_template,
                 'Parameters': self.cfn_parameters,
                 'OnFailure': self.onfailure,
+                'NotificationARNs': self.notfication_sns,
                 'Tags': [{"Key": str(k), "Value": str(v)} for k, v in self.tags.items()],
                 'Capabilities': ['CAPABILITY_IAM', 'CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM', 'CAPABILITY_AUTO_EXPAND']},
             profile=self.profile, region=self.region)
@@ -366,6 +371,7 @@ class Stack(object):
                 {'StackName': self.stackname,
                     'TemplateBody': self.cfn_template,
                     'Parameters': self.cfn_parameters,
+                    'NotificationARNs': self.notfication_sns,
                     'Tags': [{"Key": str(k), "Value": str(v)} for k, v in self.tags.items()],
                     'Capabilities': ['CAPABILITY_IAM', 'CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM', 'CAPABILITY_AUTO_EXPAND']},
                 profile=self.profile, region=self.region)
diff --git a/cloudbender/stackgroup.py b/cloudbender/stackgroup.py
index 3ef5e38..721c71b 100644
--- a/cloudbender/stackgroup.py
+++ b/cloudbender/stackgroup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class StackGroup(object):
         for sg in self.sgs:
             sg.dump_config()
 
-        logger.debug("<StackGroup {}: {}>".format(self.name, vars(self)))
+        logger.debug("<StackGroup {}: {}>".format(self.name, self.config))
 
         for s in self.stacks:
             s.dump_config()
@@ -46,14 +46,9 @@ class StackGroup(object):
             self.name = os.path.split(self.path)[1]
 
         # Merge config with parent config
-        _config = dict_merge(parent_config, _config)
+        self.config = dict_merge(parent_config, _config)
 
-        tags = _config.get('tags', {})
-        parameters = _config.get('parameters', {})
-        options = _config.get('options', {})
-        region = _config.get('region', 'global')
-        profile = _config.get('profile', '')
-        stackname_prefix = _config.get('stacknameprefix', '')
+        stackname_prefix = self.config.get('stacknameprefix', '')
 
         logger.debug("StackGroup {} added.".format(self.name))
 
@@ -65,23 +60,17 @@ class StackGroup(object):
             if stackname_prefix:
                 stackname = stackname_prefix + stackname
 
-            new_stack = Stack(
-                name=stackname, template=template, path=stack_path, rel_path=str(self.rel_path),
-                tags=dict(tags), parameters=dict(parameters), options=dict(options),
-                region=str(region), profile=str(profile), ctx=self.ctx)
+            new_stack = Stack(name=stackname, template=template, path=stack_path, rel_path=str(self.rel_path), sg_config=self.config, ctx=self.ctx)
             new_stack.read_config()
             self.stacks.append(new_stack)
 
         # Create StackGroups recursively
         for sub_group in [f.path for f in os.scandir(self.path) if f.is_dir()]:
             sg = StackGroup(sub_group, self.ctx)
-            sg.read_config(_config)
+            sg.read_config(self.config)
 
             self.sgs.append(sg)
 
-        # Return raw, merged config to parent
-        return _config
-
     def get_stacks(self, name=None, recursive=True, match_by='name'):
         """ Returns [stack] matching stack_name or [all] """
         stacks = []