diff --git a/server/AyaNova/models/GlobalBizSettings.cs b/server/AyaNova/models/GlobalBizSettings.cs
index c4574465..c90ba6f8 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/models/GlobalBizSettings.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/models/GlobalBizSettings.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Models
 
     public class GlobalBizSettings
     {
-      
+
 
 
         public long Id { get; set; }//this is always 1 as there is only ever one single global biz object
@@ -14,12 +14,15 @@ namespace AyaNova.Models
         //Global settings
         //Picklist and other searches override the normal case insensitive value
         //this is precautionarily added for non latinate languages where it could be an issue
-        public bool SearchCaseSensitiveOnly {get;set;}
+        public bool SearchCaseSensitiveOnly { get; set; }
+
+        public bool NotificationSystemActive { get; set; }
 
         public GlobalBizSettings()
-        {         
-            Id=1;//always 1  
-            SearchCaseSensitiveOnly = false;           
+        {
+            Id = 1;//always 1  
+            SearchCaseSensitiveOnly = false;
+            NotificationSystemActive = true;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
index e6f626e4..3a4005be 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
         //!!!!WARNING: BE SURE TO UPDATE THE DbUtil::EmptyBizDataFromDatabaseForSeedingOrImporting WHEN NEW TABLES ADDED!!!!
         private const int DESIRED_SCHEMA_LEVEL = 12;
 
-        internal const long EXPECTED_COLUMN_COUNT = 369;
+        internal const long EXPECTED_COLUMN_COUNT = 370;
         internal const long EXPECTED_INDEX_COUNT = 138;
 
         //!!!!WARNING: BE SURE TO UPDATE THE DbUtil::EmptyBizDataFromDatabaseForSeedingOrImporting WHEN NEW TABLES ADDED!!!!
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
 
                 //create global biz settings table
                 await ExecQueryAsync("CREATE TABLE aglobalbizsettings (id integer NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, " +
-               "searchcasesensitiveonly bool default false)");
+               "searchcasesensitiveonly bool default false, notificationsystemactive bool not null default true)");
 
                 //create global ops BACKUP settings table
                 await ExecQueryAsync("CREATE TABLE aglobalopsbackupsettings (id integer NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, active bool not null, " +
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/ServerGlobalBizSettings.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/ServerGlobalBizSettings.cs
index 2f2efeb7..fd99a270 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/ServerGlobalBizSettings.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/ServerGlobalBizSettings.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
     {
 
         internal static bool SearchCaseSensitiveOnly { get; set; }
+        internal static bool NotificationSystemActive { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Populate and / or create the settings
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
 
             //We have the object, now copy the static values here
             SearchCaseSensitiveOnly = global.SearchCaseSensitiveOnly;
+            NotificationSystemActive = global.NotificationSystemActive;
         }