diff --git a/app/dao/notifications_dao.py b/app/dao/notifications_dao.py
index bbb355bbe..a5a2c5cca 100644
--- a/app/dao/notifications_dao.py
+++ b/app/dao/notifications_dao.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from datetime import timedelta
 
 from flask import current_app
-from sqlalchemy import asc, delete, desc, func, insert, or_, select, text, union, update
+from sqlalchemy import asc, delete, desc, func, or_, select, text, union, update
 from sqlalchemy.orm import joinedload
 from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import NoResultFound
 from sqlalchemy.sql import functions
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ def dao_create_notification(notification):
     # notify-api-742 remove phone numbers from db
     notification.to = "1"
     notification.normalised_to = "1"
-    stmt = (
-        insert(Notification).values(notification.serialize()).on_conflict_do_nothing()
-    )
-    db.session.execute(stmt)
-    db.session.commit()
+
+    stmt = select(Notification).where(id=notification.id)
+    result = db.session.execute(stmt).scalar()
+    if result is None:
+        db.session.add(notification)
 
 
 def country_records_delivery(phone_prefix):