diff --git a/apps/ios/SimpleX NSE/NotificationService.swift b/apps/ios/SimpleX NSE/NotificationService.swift
index 95050cae83..dc0af36981 100644
--- a/apps/ios/SimpleX NSE/NotificationService.swift	
+++ b/apps/ios/SimpleX NSE/NotificationService.swift	
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class NotificationService: UNNotificationServiceExtension {
                 logger.debug("NotificationService: receiveNtfMessages: apiGetNtfMessage \(String(describing: ntfMsgInfo), privacy: .public)")
                 if let connEntity = ntfMsgInfo.connEntity {
                     setBestAttemptNtf(
-                        ntfMsgInfo.user.showNotifications
+                        ntfMsgInfo.ntfsEnabled
                         ? .nse(notification: createConnectionEventNtf(ntfMsgInfo.user, connEntity))
                         : .empty
                     )
@@ -401,4 +401,8 @@ struct NtfMessages {
     var connEntity: ConnectionEntity?
     var msgTs: Date?
     var ntfMessages: [NtfMsgInfo]
+
+    var ntfsEnabled: Bool {
+        user.showNotifications && (connEntity?.ntfsEnabled ?? false)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/ChatTypes.swift b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/ChatTypes.swift
index 0e09d5ec8a..be8619395b 100644
--- a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/ChatTypes.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/ChatTypes.swift
@@ -1466,6 +1466,8 @@ public struct SecurityCode: Decodable, Equatable {
 
 public struct UserContact: Decodable {
     public var userContactLinkId: Int64
+//    public var connReqContact: String
+    public var groupId: Int64?
 
     public init(userContactLinkId: Int64) {
         self.userContactLinkId = userContactLinkId
@@ -1927,6 +1929,16 @@ public enum ConnectionEntity: Decodable {
             return nil
         }
     }
+
+    public var ntfsEnabled: Bool {
+        switch self {
+        case let .rcvDirectMsgConnection(contact): return contact?.chatSettings.enableNtfs ?? false
+        case let .rcvGroupMsgConnection(groupInfo, _): return groupInfo.chatSettings.enableNtfs
+        case .sndFileConnection: return false
+        case .rcvFileConnection: return false
+        case let .userContactConnection(userContact): return userContact.groupId == nil
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 public struct NtfMsgInfo: Decodable {