diff --git a/components/Notification/Notification.php b/components/Notification/Notification.php
index daff732ebe..07b0bf74dc 100644
--- a/components/Notification/Notification.php
+++ b/components/Notification/Notification.php
@@ -85,14 +85,6 @@ class Notification extends Component
                         continue;
                     }
                     // TODO: use https://symfony.com/doc/current/notifier.html
-                    // XXX: Unideal as in failures the rollback will leave behind a false notification,
-                    // but most notifications (all) require flushing the objects first
-                    // Should be okay as long as implementors bear this in mind
-                    DB::wrapInTransaction(fn () => DB::persist(Entity\Notification::create([
-                        'activity_id' => $activity->getId(),
-                        'target_id'   => $target->getId(),
-                        'reason'      => $reason,
-                    ])));
                 }
             } else {
                 // We have no authority nor responsibility of notifying remote actors of a remote actor's doing
@@ -100,6 +92,14 @@ class Notification extends Component
                     $remote_targets[] = $target;
                 }
             }
+            // XXX: Unideal as in failures the rollback will leave behind a false notification,
+            // but most notifications (all) require flushing the objects first
+            // Should be okay as long as implementors bear this in mind
+            DB::wrapInTransaction(fn () => DB::persist(Entity\Notification::create([
+                'activity_id' => $activity->getId(),
+                'target_id'   => $target->getId(),
+                'reason'      => $reason,
+            ])));
         }
 
         FreeNetwork::notify($sender, $activity, $remote_targets, $reason);