diff --git a/src/notifications/NotificationsManager.ts b/src/notifications/NotificationsManager.ts
index c3ea4684a..e7620b7c1 100644
--- a/src/notifications/NotificationsManager.ts
+++ b/src/notifications/NotificationsManager.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import * as notificationsUtils from './utils';
 import * as notificationsErrors from './errors';
 import * as notificationsEvents from './events';
 import config from '../config';
+import { ErrorPolykeyRemote } from '../network/errors';
 import * as nodesUtils from '../nodes/utils';
 import { never } from '../utils/utils';
 
@@ -385,8 +386,22 @@ class NotificationsManager {
       tran,
     );
     const sendP = (async () => {
-      while (pendingTask != null) {
-        pendingTask = await pendingTask.promise();
+      try {
+        while (pendingTask != null) {
+          pendingTask = await pendingTask.promise();
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (
+          e instanceof ErrorPolykeyRemote &&
+          e.cause instanceof
+            notificationsErrors.ErrorNotificationsPermissionsNotFound
+        ) {
+          throw new notificationsErrors.ErrorNotificationsNotificationRejected(
+            undefined,
+            { cause: e },
+          );
+        }
+        throw e;
       }
     })();
     sendP.catch(() => {});
diff --git a/src/notifications/errors.ts b/src/notifications/errors.ts
index be9b40243..d4e66b213 100644
--- a/src/notifications/errors.ts
+++ b/src/notifications/errors.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ class ErrorNotificationsPermissionsNotFound<T> extends ErrorNotifications<T> {
   exitCode = sysexits.NOUSER;
 }
 
+class ErrorNotificationsNotificationRejected<T> extends ErrorNotifications<T> {
+  static description = 'Notification was rejected due to lack of permissions';
+  exitCode = sysexits.NOPERM;
+}
+
 class ErrorNotificationsDb<T> extends ErrorNotifications<T> {
   static description = 'Database consistency error';
   exitCode = sysexits.IOERR;
@@ -79,6 +84,7 @@ export {
   ErrorNotificationsNotRunning,
   ErrorNotificationsDestroyed,
   ErrorNotificationsPermissionsNotFound,
+  ErrorNotificationsNotificationRejected,
   ErrorNotificationsDb,
   ErrorNotificationsParse,
   ErrorNotificationsInvalidType,
diff --git a/tests/notifications/NotificationsManager.test.ts b/tests/notifications/NotificationsManager.test.ts
index bf66d5908..363adee2d 100644
--- a/tests/notifications/NotificationsManager.test.ts
+++ b/tests/notifications/NotificationsManager.test.ts
@@ -345,8 +345,7 @@ describe('NotificationsManager', () => {
         pull: null,
       } as VaultActions,
     };
-
-    await testUtils.expectRemoteError(
+    await expect(
       notificationsManager
         .sendNotification({
           nodeId: receiver.keyRing.getNodeId(),
@@ -354,9 +353,10 @@ describe('NotificationsManager', () => {
           retries: 0,
         })
         .then((value) => value.sendP),
-      notificationsErrors.ErrorNotificationsPermissionsNotFound,
+    ).rejects.toThrow(
+      notificationsErrors.ErrorNotificationsNotificationRejected,
     );
-    await testUtils.expectRemoteError(
+    await expect(
       notificationsManager
         .sendNotification({
           nodeId: receiver.keyRing.getNodeId(),
@@ -364,9 +364,10 @@ describe('NotificationsManager', () => {
           retries: 0,
         })
         .then((value) => value.sendP),
-      notificationsErrors.ErrorNotificationsPermissionsNotFound,
+    ).rejects.toThrow(
+      notificationsErrors.ErrorNotificationsNotificationRejected,
     );
-    await testUtils.expectRemoteError(
+    await expect(
       notificationsManager
         .sendNotification({
           nodeId: receiver.keyRing.getNodeId(),
@@ -374,7 +375,8 @@ describe('NotificationsManager', () => {
           retries: 0,
         })
         .then((value) => value.sendP),
-      notificationsErrors.ErrorNotificationsPermissionsNotFound,
+    ).rejects.toThrow(
+      notificationsErrors.ErrorNotificationsNotificationRejected,
     );
     await expect(
       notificationsManager