diff --git a/apps/authelia/base/authelia.custom.yaml b/apps/authelia/base/authelia.custom.yaml
index f3269e1..0223efd 100644
--- a/apps/authelia/base/authelia.custom.yaml
+++ b/apps/authelia/base/authelia.custom.yaml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ data:
       ban_time: '5 minutes'
     storage:
     notifier:
-      disable_startup_check: false
+      disable_startup_check: true
     access_control:
       default_policy: 'two_factor'
     ...
diff --git a/apps/authelia/values.yaml b/apps/authelia/values.yaml
index 331540b..cf7fdc5 100644
--- a/apps/authelia/values.yaml
+++ b/apps/authelia/values.yaml
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ configMap:
   ## The available providers are: filesystem, smtp. You must use one and only one of these providers.
   notifier:
     ## You can disable the notifier startup check by setting this to true.
-    disable_startup_check: false
+    disable_startup_check: true
 
     ##
     ## File System (Notification Provider)