diff --git a/doc/devdocs/common.md b/doc/devdocs/common.md
index b8c4a254d2b4..8b4cdf84ad78 100644
--- a/doc/devdocs/common.md
+++ b/doc/devdocs/common.md
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ To use UWP-style toast notifications, simply include the header and call one of
     void show_toast(std::wstring_view message);       // #1
     
     void show_toast_background_activated(             // #2
-      std::wstring_view background_handler_id,
       std::wstring_view message,
+      std::wstring_view background_handler_id,
       std::vector<std::wstring_view> button_labels);
 ```
 We might add more functions in the future if the need arises, e.g. `show_toast_xml` which will accept raw XML for rich customization.
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ Implement a toast activation handler/callback as a function in [handler_function
 void some_func() {
 // ...
   notifications::show_toast_background_activated(
-    L"awesome_toast",                                                   // activation handler id
     L"Toast message!",                                                  // text displayed in a toast
+    L"awesome_toast",                                                   // activation handler id
     {L"Press me!", L"Also could press me!", L"I'm here to be pressed!"} // buttons in a toast
   );
 ```
diff --git a/src/common/notifications.cpp b/src/common/notifications.cpp
index 681ed15553b8..96c64df79ca0 100644
--- a/src/common/notifications.cpp
+++ b/src/common/notifications.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ void notifications::register_background_toast_handler()
 {
     try
     {
-        // Re-request access to clean up from our previous versions
+        // Re-request access to clean up from previous PowerToys installations
         BackgroundExecutionManager::RemoveAccess();
         BackgroundExecutionManager::RequestAccessAsync().get();
 
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ void notifications::register_background_toast_handler()
 void notifications::show_toast(std::wstring_view message)
 {
     // The toast won't be actually activated in the background, since it doesn't have any buttons
-    show_toast_background_activated({}, message, {});
+    show_toast_background_activated(message, {}, {});
 }
 
-void notifications::show_toast_background_activated(std::wstring_view background_handler_id, std::wstring_view message, std::vector<std::wstring_view> button_labels)
+void notifications::show_toast_background_activated(std::wstring_view message, std::wstring_view background_handler_id, std::vector<std::wstring_view> button_labels)
 {
     // DO NOT LOCALIZE any string in this function, because they're XML tags and a subject to
     // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/design/shell/tiles-and-notifications/toast-xml-schema
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ void notifications::show_toast_background_activated(std::wstring_view background
     for (size_t i = 0; i < size(button_labels); ++i)
     {
         toast_xml += LR"(<action activationType="background" arguments=")";
-        toast_xml += std::to_wstring(i); // pass the button ID
-        toast_xml += L';';
+        toast_xml += L"button_id=" + std::to_wstring(i); // pass the button ID
+        toast_xml += L"&amp;handler=";
         toast_xml += background_handler_id;
         toast_xml += LR"(" content=")";
         toast_xml += button_labels[i];
diff --git a/src/common/notifications.h b/src/common/notifications.h
index edfa2a9f72d0..f0b525f7a8d4 100644
--- a/src/common/notifications.h
+++ b/src/common/notifications.h
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ namespace notifications
 
     // Make sure your plaintext_message argument is properly XML-escaped
     void show_toast(std::wstring_view plaintext_message);
-    void show_toast_background_activated(std::wstring_view background_handler_id, std::wstring_view plaintext_message, std::vector<std::wstring_view> plaintext_button_labels);
+    void show_toast_background_activated(std::wstring_view plaintext_message, std::wstring_view background_handler_id, std::vector<std::wstring_view> plaintext_button_labels);
 }
diff --git a/src/common/notifications_winrt/BackgroundHandler.cpp b/src/common/notifications_winrt/BackgroundHandler.cpp
index cbba3b1c9de5..6a73ff6c727f 100644
--- a/src/common/notifications_winrt/BackgroundHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/common/notifications_winrt/BackgroundHandler.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToysNotifications::implementation
 {
     using Windows::ApplicationModel::Background::IBackgroundTaskInstance;
     using Windows::UI::Notifications::ToastNotificationActionTriggerDetail;
+    using Windows::Foundation::WwwFormUrlDecoder;
 
     void BackgroundHandler::Run(IBackgroundTaskInstance bti)
     {
@@ -16,11 +17,11 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToysNotifications::implementation
         {
             return;
         }
-        std::wstring button_id_and_handler_data{ details.Argument() };
-        std::wstring_view button_id_and_handler{ button_id_and_handler_data };
-        const auto first_semicolon_pos = button_id_and_handler.find(';');
-        const size_t button_id = std::stoi(button_id_and_handler_data.substr(0, first_semicolon_pos));
-        const auto handler = button_id_and_handler.substr(first_semicolon_pos + 1);
-        dispatch_to_backround_handler(handler, std::move(bti), button_id);
+
+        WwwFormUrlDecoder decoder{details.Argument()};
+
+        const size_t button_id = std::stoi(decoder.GetFirstValueByName(L"button_id").c_str());
+        auto handler = decoder.GetFirstValueByName(L"handler");
+        dispatch_to_backround_handler(std::move(handler), std::move(bti), button_id);
     }
 }