diff --git a/apps/ios/SimpleX NSE/NotificationService.swift b/apps/ios/SimpleX NSE/NotificationService.swift
index 10c9a5945..5a015d9e5 100644
--- a/apps/ios/SimpleX NSE/NotificationService.swift	
+++ b/apps/ios/SimpleX NSE/NotificationService.swift	
@@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ func receivedMsgNtf(_ res: ChatResponse) async -> (String, NSENotification)? {
                 cItem = apiReceiveFile(fileId: file.fileId)?.chatItem ?? cItem
             }
          }
-        return cItem.showMutableNotification ? (aChatItem.chatId, .nse(notification: createMessageReceivedNtf(user, cInfo, cItem))) : nil
+        let ntf: NSENotification = cInfo.ntfsEnabled ? .nse(notification: createMessageReceivedNtf(user, cInfo, cItem)) : .empty
+        return cItem.showMutableNotification ? (aChatItem.chatId, ntf) : nil
     case let .rcvFileSndCancelled(_, aChatItem, _):
         cleanupFile(aChatItem)
         return nil