diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/PebbleProtocol.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/PebbleProtocol.java
index 225243b3..e2e6c241 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/PebbleProtocol.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/pebble/PebbleProtocol.java
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ public class PebbleProtocol extends GBDeviceProtocol {
             // 3.x notification
             String[] parts = {title, subtitle, body};
             return encodeBlobdbNotification((int) (ts & 0xffffffff), parts);
-        } else if (mForceProtocol) {
+        } else if (mForceProtocol || type != NOTIFICATION_EMAIL) {
             // 2.x notification
             return encodeExtensibleNotification(id, (int) (ts & 0xffffffff), title, subtitle, body, type);
         } else {