diff --git a/src/Notifications/NotificationCenterController.cs b/src/Notifications/NotificationCenterController.cs
index a9f3a839b65..491a2020ced 100644
--- a/src/Notifications/NotificationCenterController.cs
+++ b/src/Notifications/NotificationCenterController.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Configuration;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
@@ -11,7 +9,6 @@
 using System.Windows;
 using System.Windows.Controls;
 using System.Windows.Controls.Primitives;
-using Dynamo.Configuration;
 using Dynamo.Controls;
 using Dynamo.Logging;
 using Dynamo.Notifications.View;
@@ -23,11 +20,11 @@ namespace Dynamo.Notifications
 {
     [ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDual)]
     [ComVisible(true)]
-    public class scriptObject
+    public class ScriptObject
     {
         Action<object[]> onMarkAllAsRead;
 
-        internal scriptObject(Action<object []> onMarkAllAsRead)
+        internal ScriptObject(Action<object []> onMarkAllAsRead)
         {
             this.onMarkAllAsRead = onMarkAllAsRead;
         }
@@ -53,7 +50,7 @@ public class NotificationCenterController
         private static readonly string jsEmbeddedFile = "Dynamo.Notifications.node_modules._dynamods.notifications_center.build.index.bundle.js";
         private static readonly string NotificationCenterButtonName = "notificationsButton";
 
-        private DynamoLogger logger;
+        private readonly DynamoLogger logger;
         private string jsonStringFile;
         private NotificationsModel notificationsModel;
 
@@ -78,8 +75,12 @@ internal NotificationCenterController(DynamoView view, DynamoLogger dynLogger)
             notificationUIPopup.webView.EnsureCoreWebView2Async();
             notificationUIPopup.webView.CoreWebView2InitializationCompleted += WebView_CoreWebView2InitializationCompleted;
             logger = dynLogger;
-
-            RequestNotifications();
+            // If user turns on the feature, they will need to restart Dynamo to see the count
+            // This ensures no network traffic when Notification center feature is turned off
+            if (dynamoViewModel.PreferenceSettings.EnableNotificationCenter) 
+            {
+                RequestNotifications();
+            }
         }
 
         private void WebView_NavigationCompleted(object sender, Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core.CoreWebView2NavigationCompletedEventArgs e)
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ private void WebView_CoreWebView2InitializationCompleted(object sender, Microsof
                 notificationUIPopup.webView.CoreWebView2.NavigateToString(htmlString);
                 // Hosts an object that will expose the properties and methods to be called from the javascript side
                 notificationUIPopup.webView.CoreWebView2.AddHostObjectToScript("scriptObject", 
-                    new scriptObject(OnMarkAllAsRead));
+                    new ScriptObject(OnMarkAllAsRead));
             }
         }