diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/PushNotificationReceiver.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/PushNotificationReceiver.java
index c6c549020c..283c7558c7 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/PushNotificationReceiver.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/PushNotificationReceiver.java
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ public void onError(ErrorResponse error){
 		}
 	}
 
-	public void notifyUnifiedPush(Context context, String accountID, org.joinmastodon.android.model.Notification notification) {
+	public void notifyUnifiedPush(Context context, AccountSession account, org.joinmastodon.android.model.Notification notification) {
 		// push notifications are only created from the official push notification, so we create a fake from by transforming the notification
-		PushNotificationReceiver.this.notify(context, PushNotification.fromNotification(context, notification), accountID, notification);
+		PushNotificationReceiver.this.notify(context, PushNotification.fromNotification(context, account, notification), account.getID(), notification);
 	}
 
 	private void notify(Context context, PushNotification pn, String accountID, org.joinmastodon.android.model.Notification notification){
diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/UnifiedPushNotificationReceiver.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/UnifiedPushNotificationReceiver.java
index 2fc060c0f0..4760fd1112 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/UnifiedPushNotificationReceiver.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/UnifiedPushNotificationReceiver.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public void onSuccess(PaginatedResponse<List<Notification>> result){
 				result.items
 						.stream()
 						.findFirst()
-						.ifPresent(value->MastodonAPIController.runInBackground(()->new PushNotificationReceiver().notifyUnifiedPush(context, instance, value)));
+						.ifPresent(value->MastodonAPIController.runInBackground(()->new PushNotificationReceiver().notifyUnifiedPush(context, account, value)));
 			}
 
 			@Override
diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/model/PushNotification.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/model/PushNotification.java
index 1e7ce594e3..e483d16523 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/model/PushNotification.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/model/PushNotification.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import org.joinmastodon.android.R;
 import org.joinmastodon.android.api.RequiredField;
+import org.joinmastodon.android.api.session.AccountSession;
 import org.joinmastodon.android.ui.utils.UiUtils;
 
 import androidx.annotation.StringRes;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ public class PushNotification extends BaseModel{
 	@RequiredField
 	public String body;
 
-	public static PushNotification fromNotification(Context context, Notification notification){
+	public static PushNotification fromNotification(Context context, AccountSession account, Notification notification){
 		PushNotification pushNotification = new PushNotification();
 		pushNotification.notificationType = switch(notification.type) {
 			case FOLLOW -> PushNotification.Type.FOLLOW;
@@ -52,8 +53,12 @@ public static PushNotification fromNotification(Context context, Notification no
 		});
 
 		pushNotification.title = UiUtils.generateFormattedString(notificationTitle, notification.account.displayName).toString();
-		pushNotification.icon = notification.status.account.avatarStatic;
-		pushNotification.body = notification.status.getStrippedText();
+		if (notification.status != null) {
+			pushNotification.icon = notification.status.account.avatarStatic;
+			pushNotification.body = notification.status.getStrippedText();
+		} else {
+			pushNotification.icon = account.getDefaultAvatarUrl();
+		}
 		return pushNotification;
 	}