diff --git a/allianceauth/notifications/handlers.py b/allianceauth/notifications/handlers.py
index 9fcaee18..20628a4a 100644
--- a/allianceauth/notifications/handlers.py
+++ b/allianceauth/notifications/handlers.py
@@ -12,21 +12,20 @@ class NotificationHandler(logging.Handler):
 
         try:
             perm = Permission.objects.get(codename="logging_notifications")
-
-            message = record.getMessage()
-            if record.exc_text:
-                message += "\n\n"
-                message = message + record.exc_text
-
-            users = User.objects.filter(
-                Q(groups__permissions=perm) | Q(user_permissions=perm) | Q(is_superuser=True)).distinct()
-
-            for user in users:
-                notify(
-                    user,
-                    "%s [%s:%s]" % (record.levelname, record.funcName, record.lineno),
-                    level=str([item[0] for item in Notification.LEVEL_CHOICES if item[1] == record.levelname][0]),
-                    message=message
-                )
         except Permission.DoesNotExist:
-            pass
+            return
+
+        message = record.getMessage()
+        if record.exc_text:
+            message += "\n\n"
+            message = message + record.exc_text
+
+        users = User.objects.filter(
+            Q(groups__permissions=perm) | Q(user_permissions=perm) | Q(is_superuser=True)).distinct()
+        for user in users:
+            notify(
+                user,
+                "%s [%s:%s]" % (record.levelname, record.funcName, record.lineno),
+                level=Notification.Level.from_old_name(record.levelname),
+                message=message
+            )
diff --git a/allianceauth/notifications/tests/test_handlers.py b/allianceauth/notifications/tests/test_handlers.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2bc04fb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/allianceauth/notifications/tests/test_handlers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+from logging import LogRecord, DEBUG
+
+from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission, Group, User
+from django.test import TestCase
+from allianceauth.tests.auth_utils import AuthUtils
+
+from ..handlers import NotificationHandler
+from ..models import Notification
+
+MODULE_PATH = 'allianceauth.notifications.handlers'
+
+
+class TestHandler(TestCase):                
+    def test_do_nothing_if_permission_does_not_exist(self):
+        # given
+        Permission.objects.get(codename="logging_notifications").delete()
+        handler = NotificationHandler()
+        record = LogRecord(
+            name="name", 
+            level=DEBUG, 
+            pathname="pathname", 
+            lineno=42, 
+            msg="msg", 
+            args=[], 
+            exc_info=None,
+            func="func"
+        )
+        # when
+        handler.emit(record)
+        # then
+        self.assertEqual(Notification.objects.count(), 0)
+    
+    def test_should_emit_message_to_users_with_permission_only(self):
+        # given
+        AuthUtils.create_user('Lex Luthor')
+        user_permission = AuthUtils.create_user('Bruce Wayne')        
+        user_permission = AuthUtils.add_permission_to_user_by_name(
+            "auth.logging_notifications", user_permission
+        )
+        group = Group.objects.create(name="Dummy Group")
+        perm = Permission.objects.get(codename="logging_notifications")
+        group.permissions.add(perm)        
+        user_group = AuthUtils.create_user('Peter Parker')
+        user_group.groups.add(group)        
+        user_superuser = User.objects.create_superuser("Clark Kent")
+        handler = NotificationHandler()
+        record = LogRecord(
+            name="name", 
+            level=DEBUG, 
+            pathname="pathname", 
+            lineno=42, 
+            msg="msg", 
+            args=[], 
+            exc_info=None,
+            func="func"
+        )
+        # when
+        handler.emit(record)
+        # then
+        self.assertEqual(Notification.objects.count(), 3)
+        users = set(Notification.objects.values_list("user__pk", flat=True))
+        self.assertSetEqual(
+            users, {user_permission.pk, user_group.pk, user_superuser.pk}
+        )
+        notif = Notification.objects.first()
+        self.assertEqual(notif.user, user_permission)
+        self.assertEqual(notif.title, "DEBUG [func:42]")
+        self.assertEqual(notif.level, "success")
+        self.assertEqual(notif.message, "msg")