diff --git a/Ombi.Core/SecurityExtensions.cs b/Ombi.Core/SecurityExtensions.cs
index a68884009..7a244554a 100644
--- a/Ombi.Core/SecurityExtensions.cs
+++ b/Ombi.Core/SecurityExtensions.cs
@@ -114,9 +114,13 @@ namespace Ombi.Core
             }
 
             // could be a local user
-            var localName = session[SessionKeys.UsernameKey];
+            var hasSessionKey = session[SessionKeys.UsernameKey] != null;
+            if (hasSessionKey)
+            {
+               return (string)session[SessionKeys.UsernameKey];
+            }
 
-            return localName as string;
+            return string.Empty;
         }
 
 
diff --git a/Ombi.Core/Users/UserHelperModel.cs b/Ombi.Core/Users/UserHelperModel.cs
index 1b08d9fb1..ace42d4f9 100644
--- a/Ombi.Core/Users/UserHelperModel.cs
+++ b/Ombi.Core/Users/UserHelperModel.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 //  ************************************************************************/
 #endregion
 
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Ombi.Helpers;
 using Ombi.Helpers.Permissions;
 
@@ -38,5 +39,8 @@ namespace Ombi.Core.Users
         public Features Features { get; set; }
         public string EmailAddress { get; set; }
         public UserType Type { get; set; }
+
+        [JsonIgnore]
+        public string UsernameOrAlias => string.IsNullOrEmpty(UserAlias) ? Username : UserAlias;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Ombi.Services/Notification/NotificationEngine.cs b/Ombi.Services/Notification/NotificationEngine.cs
index dbf6d4dc0..01b50898b 100644
--- a/Ombi.Services/Notification/NotificationEngine.cs
+++ b/Ombi.Services/Notification/NotificationEngine.cs
@@ -152,10 +152,16 @@ namespace Ombi.Services.Notification
                 var users = UserHelper.GetUsersWithFeature(Features.RequestAddedNotification).ToList();
                 Log.Debug("Notifying Users Count {0}", users.Count);
 
-                var userNamesWithFeature = users.Select(x => x.Username).ToList();
+                // Get the usernames or alias depending if they have an alias
+                var userNamesWithFeature = users.Select(x => x.UsernameOrAlias).ToList();
                 
+                var usersToNotify = userNamesWithFeature.Intersect(model.AllUsers, StringComparer.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase).ToList();
+
+                if (!usersToNotify.Any())
+                {
+                    Log.Debug("Could not find any users after the .Intersect()");
+                }
 
-                var usersToNotify = userNamesWithFeature.Intersect(model.AllUsers, StringComparer.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase);
                 Log.Debug("Users being notified for this request count {0}", users.Count);
                 foreach (var user in usersToNotify)
                 {
diff --git a/Ombi.Store/Models/PlexUsers.cs b/Ombi.Store/Models/PlexUsers.cs
index b61b2a99e..0a3b735d1 100644
--- a/Ombi.Store/Models/PlexUsers.cs
+++ b/Ombi.Store/Models/PlexUsers.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #endregion
 
 using Dapper.Contrib.Extensions;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace Ombi.Store.Models
 {
diff --git a/Ombi.UI/Modules/BaseModule.cs b/Ombi.UI/Modules/BaseModule.cs
index f3608d4f4..5e6ca5d4a 100644
--- a/Ombi.UI/Modules/BaseModule.cs
+++ b/Ombi.UI/Modules/BaseModule.cs
@@ -149,9 +149,10 @@ namespace Ombi.UI.Modules
         
         protected bool LoggedIn => Context?.CurrentUser != null;
 
-        protected string Culture { get; set; }
+        private string Culture { get; set; }
         protected const string CultureCookieName = "_culture";
-        protected Response SetCookie()
+
+        private Response SetCookie()
         {
             try
             {
diff --git a/Ombi.UI/Modules/UserLoginModule.cs b/Ombi.UI/Modules/UserLoginModule.cs
index 59c30a1aa..40fea430f 100644
--- a/Ombi.UI/Modules/UserLoginModule.cs
+++ b/Ombi.UI/Modules/UserLoginModule.cs
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ namespace Ombi.UI.Modules
             UserLogins.Insert(new UserLogins { UserId = userId, Type = UserType.PlexUser, LastLoggedIn = DateTime.UtcNow });
             Log.Debug("We are authenticated! Setting session.");
             // Add to the session (Used in the BaseModules)
-            Session[SessionKeys.UsernameKey] = (string)username;
+            Session[SessionKeys.UsernameKey] = username;
             Session[SessionKeys.ClientDateTimeOffsetKey] = dateTimeOffset;
 
             var plexLocal = plexLocalUsers.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Username == username);