diff --git a/modules/default-flatpaks/README.md b/modules/default-flatpaks/README.md
index 67de6e0..bf19163 100644
--- a/modules/default-flatpaks/README.md
+++ b/modules/default-flatpaks/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The scripts are run on every boot by these services:
 
 This module stores the Flatpak remote configuration and Flatpak install/remove lists in `/usr/share/bluebuild/default-flatpaks/`. There are two subdirectories, `user` and `system` corresponding with the install level of the Flatpaks and repositories. Each directory has text files containing the IDs of flatpaks to `install` and `remove`, plus a `repo-info.yml` containing the details of the Flatpak repository.
 
-This module also supports disabling & enabling notifications.
+This module also supports disabling & enabling notifications. If not specified in the recipe, notifications are disabled by default.
 
 ## Local modification
 
diff --git a/modules/default-flatpaks/v1/default-flatpaks.sh b/modules/default-flatpaks/v1/default-flatpaks.sh
index b1ca239..7483db8 100644
--- a/modules/default-flatpaks/v1/default-flatpaks.sh
+++ b/modules/default-flatpaks/v1/default-flatpaks.sh
@@ -180,8 +180,12 @@ check_flatpak_id_validity_from_flathub "${1}" "user"
 echo "Configuring default-flatpaks notifications"
 NOTIFICATIONS=$(echo "$1" | yq -I=0 ".notify")
 CONFIG_NOTIFICATIONS="/usr/share/bluebuild/default-flatpaks/notifications"
-cp -r "$MODULE_DIRECTORY"/default-flatpaks/config/notifications "$CONFIG_NOTIFICATIONS"
-echo "$NOTIFICATIONS" >> "$CONFIG_NOTIFICATIONS"
+cp -r "${MODULE_DIRECTORY}/default-flatpaks/config/notifications" "${CONFIG_NOTIFICATIONS}"
+if [[ -z "${NOTIFICATIONS}" ]] || [[ "${NOTIFICATIONS}" == "null" ]]; then
+  echo "false" >> "${CONFIG_NOTIFICATIONS}"
+else
+  echo "${NOTIFICATIONS}" >> "${CONFIG_NOTIFICATIONS}"
+fi
 
 echo "Copying user modification template files"