diff --git a/DLCM-Admin/src/main/java/ch/dlcm/business/NotificationService.java b/DLCM-Admin/src/main/java/ch/dlcm/business/NotificationService.java
index 0d3f2da11de8bc72791b1cdbd3e95bbf8e1f6fc7..38cae2ad933690d384af65c08aefa2fcf8221701 100644
--- a/DLCM-Admin/src/main/java/ch/dlcm/business/NotificationService.java
+++ b/DLCM-Admin/src/main/java/ch/dlcm/business/NotificationService.java
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ public class NotificationService extends ResourceService<Notification> {
         SolidifyEventPublisher.getPublisher().publishEvent(Objects.requireNonNull(emailMessage));
       }
     }
-    if (item.getNotificationType().getNotificationCategory().equals(NotificationCategory.INFO)) {
+    if (item.getNotificationType().getNotificationCategory() != null && item.getNotificationType().getNotificationCategory()
+            .equals(NotificationCategory.INFO)) {
       item.setNotificationStatus(NotificationStatus.NON_APPLICABLE);
     }
     return super.save(item);
diff --git a/DLCM-Common/src/main/resources/locale/messages_dlcm.properties b/DLCM-Common/src/main/resources/locale/messages_dlcm.properties
index f1fcd431742ed9a30d90e6775c69df8d98a914a9..49d067902d32f7b4994da848468094c87af69d48 100644
--- a/DLCM-Common/src/main/resources/locale/messages_dlcm.properties
+++ b/DLCM-Common/src/main/resources/locale/messages_dlcm.properties
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ notification.status.created=Creation
 notification.status.processed=Processed
 notification.status.pending=Pending
 notification.status.refused=Refused
+notification.status.approved=Approved
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