diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/fraunhofer/fokus/OpenMobileNetworkToolkit/LoggingService.java b/app/src/main/java/de/fraunhofer/fokus/OpenMobileNetworkToolkit/LoggingService.java
index b73031c6..447bd96f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/fraunhofer/fokus/OpenMobileNetworkToolkit/LoggingService.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/fraunhofer/fokus/OpenMobileNetworkToolkit/LoggingService.java
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ private void setupNotification() {
                     .setContentIntent(pendingIntent)
                     // prevent to swipe the notification away
                     .setOngoing(true)
+                    .setShowWhen(false)
+
                     .setOnlyAlertOnce(true)
                     .setContentText(getText(R.string.loggin_notifaction))
                     .setStyle(new NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle()
@@ -223,6 +225,8 @@ private void setupNotification() {
                     .setColor(Color.WHITE)
                     .setContentIntent(pendingIntent)
                     .setOnlyAlertOnce(true)
+                    .setShowWhen(false)
+
                     .setContentText(getText(R.string.loggin_notifaction))
                     .setStyle(new NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle()
                             .bigText(s))
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/fraunhofer/fokus/OpenMobileNetworkToolkit/NotificationService.java b/app/src/main/java/de/fraunhofer/fokus/OpenMobileNetworkToolkit/NotificationService.java
index 4afdca61..87df1c6d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/fraunhofer/fokus/OpenMobileNetworkToolkit/NotificationService.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/fraunhofer/fokus/OpenMobileNetworkToolkit/NotificationService.java
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ private void setupNotification() {
                     .setOngoing(true)
                     .setOnlyAlertOnce(true)
                     .setContentText(getText(R.string.cell_notifcation))
+                    .setShowWhen(false)
                     .setStyle(new NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle()
                             .bigText(s))
                     // don't wait 10 seconds to show the notification
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ private void setupNotification() {
                     .setColor(Color.WHITE)
                     .setContentIntent(pendingIntent)
                     .setOnlyAlertOnce(true)
+                    .setShowWhen(false)
                     .setStyle(new NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle()
                             .bigText(s))
                     // prevent to swipe the notification away