diff --git a/Session/Notifications/AppNotifications.swift b/Session/Notifications/AppNotifications.swift
index c01df8faf..c4118e3a6 100644
--- a/Session/Notifications/AppNotifications.swift
+++ b/Session/Notifications/AppNotifications.swift
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public class NotificationPresenter: NSObject, NotificationsProtocol {
             let numMessageRequests = threads.numberOfItems(inGroup: TSMessageRequestGroup)
             
             // Allow this to show a notification if there are no message requests (ie. this is the first one)
-            guard numMessageRequests <= 1 else { return }
+            guard numMessageRequests == 0 else { return }
         }
         else if thread.isMessageRequest() && CurrentAppContext().appUserDefaults()[.hasHiddenMessageRequests] {
             // If there are other interactions on this thread already then don't show the notification
diff --git a/SessionNotificationServiceExtension/NSENotificationPresenter.swift b/SessionNotificationServiceExtension/NSENotificationPresenter.swift
index 8cf6eaca8..ea04e9975 100644
--- a/SessionNotificationServiceExtension/NSENotificationPresenter.swift
+++ b/SessionNotificationServiceExtension/NSENotificationPresenter.swift
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class NSENotificationPresenter: NSObject, NotificationsProtocol {
             let numMessageRequests = threads.numberOfItems(inGroup: TSMessageRequestGroup)
             
             // Allow this to show a notification if there are no message requests (ie. this is the first one)
-            guard numMessageRequests <= 1 else { return }
+            guard numMessageRequests == 0 else { return }
         }
         else if thread.isMessageRequest() && CurrentAppContext().appUserDefaults()[.hasHiddenMessageRequests] {
             // If there are other interactions on this thread already then don't show the notification