diff --git a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server/NtfStore.hs b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server/NtfStore.hs
index b73fd4860..711072303 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server/NtfStore.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Messaging/Server/NtfStore.hs
@@ -33,13 +33,10 @@ data MsgNtf = MsgNtf
   }
 
 storeNtf :: NtfStore -> NotifierId -> MsgNtf -> IO ()
-storeNtf (NtfStore ns) nId ntf = do
-  TM.lookupIO nId ns >>= atomically . maybe newNtfs (`modifyTVar'` (ntf :))
+storeNtf (NtfStore ns) nId ntf =
   -- TODO [ntfdb] coalesce messages here once the client is updated to process multiple messages
   -- for single notification.
-  -- when (isJust prevNtf) $ incStat $ msgNtfReplaced stats
-  where
-    newNtfs = TM.lookup nId ns >>= maybe (TM.insertM nId (newTVar [ntf]) ns) (`modifyTVar'` (ntf :))
+  atomically $ TM.lookup nId ns >>= maybe (TM.insertM nId (newTVar [ntf]) ns) (`modifyTVar'` (ntf :))
 
 deleteNtfs :: NtfStore -> NotifierId -> IO Int
 deleteNtfs (NtfStore ns) nId = atomically (TM.lookupDelete nId ns) >>= maybe (pure 0) (fmap length . readTVarIO)
@@ -48,18 +45,17 @@ deleteExpiredNtfs :: NtfStore -> Int64 -> IO Int
 deleteExpiredNtfs (NtfStore ns) old =
   foldM (\expired -> fmap (expired +) . expireQueue) 0 . M.keys =<< readTVarIO ns
   where
-    expireQueue nId = TM.lookupIO nId ns >>= maybe (pure 0) expire
-    expire v = readTVarIO v >>= \case
-      [] -> pure 0
-      _ ->
-        atomically $ readTVar v >>= \case
-          [] -> pure 0
-          -- check the last message first, it is the earliest
-          ntfs | systemSeconds (ntfTs $ last $ ntfs) < old -> do
+    expireQueue nId = atomically $ TM.lookup nId ns >>= maybe (pure 0) (expire nId)
+    expire nId v = readTVar v >>= \case
+      [] -> TM.delete nId ns >> pure 0
+      -- check the last message first, it is the earliest
+      ntfs
+        | systemSeconds (ntfTs $ last ntfs) < old -> do
             let !ntfs' = filter (\MsgNtf {ntfTs = ts} -> systemSeconds ts >= old) ntfs
-            writeTVar v ntfs'
-            pure $! length ntfs - length ntfs'
-          _ -> pure 0
+            if null ntfs'
+              then TM.delete nId ns >> pure (length ntfs)
+              else writeTVar v ntfs' >> pure (length ntfs - length ntfs')
+        | otherwise -> pure 0
 
 data NtfLogRecord = NLRv1 NotifierId MsgNtf