diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 475fa2a..c25bd08 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ build
 deemon.egg-info
 dist
 venv
+deemon/app/.cache
diff --git a/deemon/app/notify.py b/deemon/app/notify.py
index b0b50fd..34873d1 100644
--- a/deemon/app/notify.py
+++ b/deemon/app/notify.py
@@ -11,30 +11,30 @@ class EmailNotification:
 
     def __init__(self, config):
         self.config = config
-        self.enable_notify = True if self.config["smtp_server"] else False
+        self.enable_notify = True if self.config["smtp_server"]  != "" else False
 
     def notify(self, new_releases=[], test=False):
         if test:
             message = "Congrats! You'll now receive new release notifications."
             subject = "deemon Test Notification"
-        else:
+        elif self.enable_notify:
             message = "The following new releases were detected:\n"
             subject = "New release(s) detected!"
             for release in new_releases:
                 message = message + "\n" + release
-        msg = EmailMessage()
-        msg['From'] = formataddr(('deemon', self.config["smtp_sender_email"]))
-        msg['Subject'] = subject
-        msg['To'] = self.config["smtp_recipient"]
-        msg.set_content(message)
+            msg = EmailMessage()
+            msg['From'] = formataddr(('deemon', self.config["smtp_sender_email"]))
+            msg['Subject'] = subject
+            msg['To'] = self.config["smtp_recipient"]
+            msg.set_content(message)
 
-        context = ssl.create_default_context()
+            context = ssl.create_default_context()
 
-        self.logger.debug("Sending new release notification email")
-        self.logger.debug(f"Using server: {self.config['smtp_server']}:{self.config['smtp_port']}")
-        with smtplib.SMTP_SSL(self.config["smtp_server"], self.config["smtp_port"], context=context) as server:
-            try:
-                server.login(self.config["smtp_username"], self.config["smtp_password"])
-                server.sendmail(self.config["smtp_sender_email"], self.config["smtp_recipient"], msg.as_string())
-            except Exception as e:
-                self.logger.error("Error while sending mail: " + str(e))
+            self.logger.debug("Sending new release notification email")
+            self.logger.debug(f"Using server: {self.config['smtp_server']}:{self.config['smtp_port']}")
+            with smtplib.SMTP_SSL(self.config["smtp_server"], self.config["smtp_port"], context=context) as server:
+                try:
+                    server.login(self.config["smtp_username"], self.config["smtp_password"])
+                    server.sendmail(self.config["smtp_sender_email"], self.config["smtp_recipient"], msg.as_string())
+                except Exception as e:
+                    self.logger.error("Error while sending mail: " + str(e))