diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/heckel/ntfy/service/SubscriberService.kt b/app/src/main/java/io/heckel/ntfy/service/SubscriberService.kt
index 852ebcbbab0cc84babbc525795e9517c7af70eb9..0579f3b76123fb14e139debae2313149f5e385fc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/heckel/ntfy/service/SubscriberService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/heckel/ntfy/service/SubscriberService.kt
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ class SubscriberService : Service() {
                 it.setShowBadge(false) // Don't show long-press badge
                 it
             }
-            notificationManager.createNotificationChannel(channel)
-            NotificationChannelHider(this, GlobalScope).hideChannel(NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL_ID)
+
+            NotificationChannelHider(this, GlobalScope).createAndHideChannel(channel)
             return notificationManager
         }
         return null
diff --git a/notificationsreceiver/src/main/java/foundation/e/notificationsreceiver/bridges/androidinterfaces/NotificationChannelHider.kt b/notificationsreceiver/src/main/java/foundation/e/notificationsreceiver/bridges/androidinterfaces/NotificationChannelHider.kt
index 0497006b4a650feaab63fbd8774f65f1c1c6b7df..dc13cef929fd77d4af76f47af083a760229638d8 100644
--- a/notificationsreceiver/src/main/java/foundation/e/notificationsreceiver/bridges/androidinterfaces/NotificationChannelHider.kt
+++ b/notificationsreceiver/src/main/java/foundation/e/notificationsreceiver/bridges/androidinterfaces/NotificationChannelHider.kt
@@ -36,7 +36,17 @@ class NotificationChannelHider(
         private const val UPDATE_CHANNEL_DELAY = 30000L
     }
 
-    fun hideChannel(channelId: String) {
+    private val notificationManager: NotificationManager by lazy {
+        context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE) as NotificationManager
+    }
+
+    fun createAndHideChannel(notificationsChannel: NotificationChannel) {
+        // Set blockable before create the channel, otherwise it will re-show on each create call.
+        NotificationChannelHiddenMethods.setBlockable(notificationsChannel, true)
+
+        notificationManager.createNotificationChannel(notificationsChannel)
+
+        val channelId = notificationsChannel.id
         // Hide works if updating importance is called after the notification is
         // used as the ForegroundService notification. This may take a few seconds sometimes, so
         // we wait a few seconds.
@@ -47,9 +57,6 @@ class NotificationChannelHider(
     }
 
     private fun setImportanceToNone(channelId: String) {
-        val notificationManager: NotificationManager by lazy {
-            context.getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE) as NotificationManager
-        }
         val notificationsChannel: NotificationChannel = notificationManager.getNotificationChannel(channelId)
         NotificationChannelHiddenMethods.setBlockable(notificationsChannel, true)
         notificationsChannel.importance = NotificationManager.IMPORTANCE_NONE