diff --git a/src/notificationdb.js b/src/notificationdb.js
index d95031266..eb3e640e3 100644
--- a/src/notificationdb.js
+++ b/src/notificationdb.js
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ function add(notification, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof notification, 'object');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    const query = 'INSERT INTO notifications (userId, eventId, title, message) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)';
-    const args = [ notification.userId, notification.eventId, notification.title, notification.message ];
+    const query = 'INSERT INTO notifications (userId, eventId, title, message, acknowledged) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)';
+    const args = [ notification.userId, notification.eventId, notification.title, notification.message, notification.acknowledged ];
 
     database.query(query, args, function (error, result) {
         if (error && error.code === 'ER_NO_REFERENCED_ROW_2') return callback(new DatabaseError(DatabaseError.NOT_FOUND, 'no such eventlog entry'));
diff --git a/src/notifications.js b/src/notifications.js
index 3e50f3beb..7c5e8e553 100644
--- a/src/notifications.js
+++ b/src/notifications.js
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ function add(userId, eventId, title, message, callback) {
         userId: userId,
         eventId: eventId,
         title: title,
-        message: message
+        message: message,
+        acknowledged: false
     }, function (error, result) {
         if (error && error.reason === DatabaseError.NOT_FOUND) return callback(new NotificationsError(NotificationsError.NOT_FOUND, error.message));
         if (error) return callback(new NotificationsError(NotificationsError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));