diff --git a/apprise/plugins/bark.py b/apprise/plugins/bark.py
index 839018e65..1653a91a0 100644
--- a/apprise/plugins/bark.py
+++ b/apprise/plugins/bark.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class NotifyBark(NotifyBase):
         'volume': {
             'name': _('Volume'),
             'type': 'int',
-            'min': 1,
+            'min': 0,
             'max': 10,
         },
         'click': {
@@ -272,14 +272,14 @@ def __init__(self, targets=None, include_image=True, sound=None,
         # Volume
         try:
             self.volume = int(volume) if volume is not None else None
-            if self.volume is not None and not (1 <= self.volume <= 10):
+            if self.volume is not None and not (0 <= self.volume <= 10):
                 raise ValueError()
         except (TypeError, ValueError):
             self.volume = None
             if volume is not None:
                 self.logger.warning(
                     'The specified Bark volume ({}) is not valid. '
-                    'Must be between 1 and 10', volume)
+                    'Must be between 0 and 10', volume)
 
         # Level
         self.level = None if not level else next(
diff --git a/test/test_plugin_bark.py b/test/test_plugin_bark.py
index fc81189bd..9f818c30b 100644
--- a/test/test_plugin_bark.py
+++ b/test/test_plugin_bark.py
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@
         # volume > 10
         'instance': NotifyBark,
     }),
-    ('bark://192.168.0.6:8081/device_key/?level=critical&volume=0', {
-        # volume < 1
+    ('bark://192.168.0.6:8081/device_key/?level=critical&volume=-1', {
+        # volume < 0
         'instance': NotifyBark,
     }),
     ('bark://192.168.0.6:8081/device_key/?level=critical&volume=', {
@@ -174,4 +174,3 @@ def test_plugin_bark_urls():
 
     # Run our general tests
     AppriseURLTester(tests=apprise_url_tests).run_all()
-