diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/side_effects.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/side_effects.ex
index 666a4e310..6a8f1af96 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/side_effects.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/side_effects.ex
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.SideEffects do
   def handle(%{data: %{"type" => "Like"}} = object, meta) do
     liked_object = Object.get_by_ap_id(object.data["object"])
     Utils.add_like_to_object(object, liked_object)
+
     Notification.create_notifications(object)
+
     {:ok, object, meta}
   end
 
diff --git a/test/web/activity_pub/side_effects_test.exs b/test/web/activity_pub/side_effects_test.exs
index b67bd14b3..0b6b55156 100644
--- a/test/web/activity_pub/side_effects_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/activity_pub/side_effects_test.exs
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.SideEffectsTest do
   use Pleroma.DataCase
 
+  alias Pleroma.Notification
   alias Pleroma.Object
+  alias Pleroma.Repo
   alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPub
   alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Builder
   alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.SideEffects
@@ -15,13 +17,14 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.SideEffectsTest do
 
   describe "like objects" do
     setup do
+      poster = insert(:user)
       user = insert(:user)
-      {:ok, post} = CommonAPI.post(user, %{"status" => "hey"})
+      {:ok, post} = CommonAPI.post(poster, %{"status" => "hey"})
 
       {:ok, like_data, _meta} = Builder.like(user, post.object)
       {:ok, like, _meta} = ActivityPub.persist(like_data, local: true)
 
-      %{like: like, user: user}
+      %{like: like, user: user, poster: poster}
     end
 
     test "add the like to the original object", %{like: like, user: user} do
@@ -30,5 +33,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.SideEffectsTest do
       assert object.data["like_count"] == 1
       assert user.ap_id in object.data["likes"]
     end
+
+    test "creates a notification", %{like: like, poster: poster} do
+      {:ok, like, _} = SideEffects.handle(like)
+      assert Repo.get_by(Notification, user_id: poster.id, activity_id: like.id)
+    end
   end
 end