diff --git a/src/models/ctx/update_notifications.rs b/src/models/ctx/update_notifications.rs
index 64855e676..d488c5643 100644
--- a/src/models/ctx/update_notifications.rs
+++ b/src/models/ctx/update_notifications.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ pub fn update_notifications<E: Env + 'static>(
                 },
             );
 
-            notifications.created = E::now();
+            notifications.last_updated = Some(E::now());
             let notification_items_effects = update_notification_items::<E>(
                 &mut notifications.items,
                 notification_catalogs,
diff --git a/src/types/addon/response.rs b/src/types/addon/response.rs
index c80699286..f764d6736 100644
--- a/src/types/addon/response.rs
+++ b/src/types/addon/response.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use crate::types::{
     resource::{MetaItem, MetaItemPreview, Stream, Subtitles},
 };
 
-
 /// Resource Response from an addon.
 ///
 /// Deserializing the struct from json will skip any invalid Vec items
diff --git a/src/types/notifications/notifications_bucket.rs b/src/types/notifications/notifications_bucket.rs
index e55f24549..2049109b3 100644
--- a/src/types/notifications/notifications_bucket.rs
+++ b/src/types/notifications/notifications_bucket.rs
@@ -15,9 +15,15 @@ use crate::{
 
 #[derive(Default, Derivative, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub struct NotificationsBucket {
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub uid: UID,
-    /// Notifications
+    /// Notifications per meta item and video id
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub items: HashMap<MetaItemId, HashMap<VideoId, NotificationItem>>,
+    /// The last time notifications were pulled.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub last_updated: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
+    /// The moment that the notification bucket was initialized.
     #[derivative(Default(value = "Utc::now()"))]
     pub created: DateTime<Utc>,
 }
@@ -39,6 +45,7 @@ impl NotificationsBucket {
 
                 acc
             }),
+            last_updated: None,
             created: E::now(),
         }
     }