diff --git a/pkg/initialize/init.go b/pkg/initialize/init.go
index b817de434d4..2e820672e48 100644
--- a/pkg/initialize/init.go
+++ b/pkg/initialize/init.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/models"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/modules/keyvalue"
 	migrator "code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/modules/migration"
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/notifications"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/red"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/user"
 )
@@ -66,6 +67,10 @@ func InitEngines() {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err.Error())
 	}
+	err = notifications.InitDB()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err.Error())
+	}
 }
 
 // FullInit initializes all kinds of things in the right order
diff --git a/pkg/migration/migration.go b/pkg/migration/migration.go
index 8102d1f5000..7f77f45360d 100644
--- a/pkg/migration/migration.go
+++ b/pkg/migration/migration.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/log"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/models"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/modules/migration"
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/notifications"
 	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/user"
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 	"src.techknowlogick.com/xormigrate"
@@ -163,5 +164,6 @@ func initSchema(tx *xorm.Engine) error {
 	schemeBeans = append(schemeBeans, files.GetTables()...)
 	schemeBeans = append(schemeBeans, migration.GetTables()...)
 	schemeBeans = append(schemeBeans, user.GetTables()...)
+	schemeBeans = append(schemeBeans, notifications.GetTables()...)
 	return tx.Sync2(schemeBeans...)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/notifications/db.go b/pkg/notifications/db.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e7f6b0ce79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/notifications/db.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// Vikunja is a to-do list application to facilitate your life.
+// Copyright 2018-2021 Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public Licensee as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public Licensee for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public Licensee
+// along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package notifications
+
+import (
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/config"
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/db"
+)
+
+// InitDB sets up the database connection to use in this module
+func InitDB() (err error) {
+	// Cache
+	if config.CacheEnabled.GetBool() && config.CacheType.GetString() == "redis" {
+		db.RegisterTableStructsForCache(GetTables())
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// GetTables returns all structs which are also a table.
+func GetTables() []interface{} {
+	return []interface{}{
+		&DatabaseNotification{},
+	}
+}