diff --git a/v3/UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG.md b/v3/UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG.md
index 8e4648038..258952cdd 100644
--- a/v3/UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/v3/UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ After processing, the content will be moved to the main changelog and this file
 
 ## Fixed
 <!-- Bug fixes -->
+- Fixed notification parsing on Windows @popaprozac in [PR](https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/pull/4450)
 
 ## Deprecated
 <!-- Soon-to-be removed features -->
diff --git a/v3/pkg/services/notifications/notifications_windows.go b/v3/pkg/services/notifications/notifications_windows.go
index 8556f392a..1a1a6dd85 100644
--- a/v3/pkg/services/notifications/notifications_windows.go
+++ b/v3/pkg/services/notifications/notifications_windows.go
@@ -177,13 +177,11 @@ func (wn *windowsNotifier) SendNotification(options NotificationOptions) error {
 		ActivationArguments: DefaultActionIdentifier,
 	}
 
-	if options.Data != nil {
-		encodedPayload, err := wn.encodePayload(DefaultActionIdentifier, options)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to encode notification payload: %w", err)
-		}
-		n.ActivationArguments = encodedPayload
+	encodedPayload, err := wn.encodePayload(DefaultActionIdentifier, options)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to encode notification payload: %w", err)
 	}
+	n.ActivationArguments = encodedPayload
 
 	return n.Push()
 }
@@ -232,20 +230,18 @@ func (wn *windowsNotifier) SendNotificationWithActions(options NotificationOptio
 		})
 	}
 
-	if options.Data != nil {
-		encodedPayload, err := wn.encodePayload(n.ActivationArguments, options)
+	encodedPayload, err := wn.encodePayload(n.ActivationArguments, options)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to encode notification payload: %w", err)
+	}
+	n.ActivationArguments = encodedPayload
+
+	for index := range n.Actions {
+		encodedPayload, err := wn.encodePayload(n.Actions[index].Arguments, options)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to encode notification payload: %w", err)
 		}
-		n.ActivationArguments = encodedPayload
-
-		for index := range n.Actions {
-			encodedPayload, err := wn.encodePayload(n.Actions[index].Arguments, options)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to encode notification payload: %w", err)
-			}
-			n.Actions[index].Arguments = encodedPayload
-		}
+		n.Actions[index].Arguments = encodedPayload
 	}
 
 	return n.Push()