diff --git a/BTCPayServer/Models/NotificationViewModels/IndexViewModel.cs b/BTCPayServer/Models/NotificationViewModels/IndexViewModel.cs
index 8d5ae8cf2..093b1cde0 100644
--- a/BTCPayServer/Models/NotificationViewModels/IndexViewModel.cs
+++ b/BTCPayServer/Models/NotificationViewModels/IndexViewModel.cs
@@ -36,9 +36,8 @@ namespace BTCPayServer.Models.NotificationViewModels
 
             var fullTypeName = baseType.FullName.Replace(nameof(BaseNotification), data.NotificationType, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             var parsedType = baseType.Assembly.GetType(fullTypeName);
-            var instance = Activator.CreateInstance(parsedType) as BaseNotification;
 
-            var casted = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(ZipUtils.Unzip(data.Blob), parsedType);
+            var casted = (BaseNotification)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(ZipUtils.Unzip(data.Blob), parsedType);
             var obj = new NotificationViewModel
             {
                 Id = data.Id,
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ namespace BTCPayServer.Models.NotificationViewModels
                 Seen = data.Seen
             };
 
-            instance.FillViewModel(obj);
+            casted.FillViewModel(ref obj);
 
             return obj;
         }
diff --git a/BTCPayServer/Services/Notifications/Blobs/BaseNotification.cs b/BTCPayServer/Services/Notifications/Blobs/BaseNotification.cs
index 38b45d8e8..36dd822e7 100644
--- a/BTCPayServer/Services/Notifications/Blobs/BaseNotification.cs
+++ b/BTCPayServer/Services/Notifications/Blobs/BaseNotification.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ namespace BTCPayServer.Services.Notifications.Blobs
             return data;
         }
 
-        public abstract void FillViewModel(NotificationViewModel data);
+        public abstract void FillViewModel(ref NotificationViewModel data);
     }
 }
diff --git a/BTCPayServer/Services/Notifications/Blobs/NewVersionNotification.cs b/BTCPayServer/Services/Notifications/Blobs/NewVersionNotification.cs
index 465eda090..f6bab8d6d 100644
--- a/BTCPayServer/Services/Notifications/Blobs/NewVersionNotification.cs
+++ b/BTCPayServer/Services/Notifications/Blobs/NewVersionNotification.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace BTCPayServer.Services.Notifications.Blobs
 
         public string Version { get; set; }
 
-        public override void FillViewModel(NotificationViewModel vm)
+        public override void FillViewModel(ref NotificationViewModel vm)
         {
             vm.Body = $"New version {Version} released!";
             vm.ActionLink = $"https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v{Version}";