diff --git a/src/Ombi.Notifications.Tests/NotificationMessageCurlysTests.cs b/src/Ombi.Notifications.Tests/NotificationMessageCurlysTests.cs
index 960e552df..783844a82 100644
--- a/src/Ombi.Notifications.Tests/NotificationMessageCurlysTests.cs
+++ b/src/Ombi.Notifications.Tests/NotificationMessageCurlysTests.cs
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ namespace Ombi.Notifications.Tests
                     { "IssueUser", "User" },
                     { "IssueUserAlias", "alias" },
                     { "RequestType", "Movie" },
+                    { "PosterPath", "aaaaa" }
                 }
             };
             var req = F.Build<MovieRequests>()
@@ -94,6 +95,39 @@ namespace Ombi.Notifications.Tests
             Assert.That("Movie", Is.EqualTo(sut.Type));
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void IssueNotificationTests_NoRequest()
+        {
+            var notificationOptions = new NotificationOptions
+            {
+                Substitutes = new Dictionary<string, string>
+                {
+                    { "IssueDescription", "Desc" },
+                    { "IssueCategory", "Cat" },
+                    { "IssueStatus", "state" },
+                    { "IssueSubject", "sub" },
+                    { "NewIssueComment", "a" },
+                    { "IssueUser", "User" },
+                    { "IssueUserAlias", "alias" },
+                    { "RequestType", "Movie" },
+                    { "PosterPath", "aaaaa" }
+                }
+            };
+
+            var customization = new CustomizationSettings();
+            var userPrefs = new UserNotificationPreferences();
+            sut.Setup(notificationOptions, (MovieRequests)null, customization, userPrefs);
+
+            Assert.That("Desc", Is.EqualTo(sut.IssueDescription));
+            Assert.That("Cat", Is.EqualTo(sut.IssueCategory));
+            Assert.That("state", Is.EqualTo(sut.IssueStatus));
+            Assert.That("a", Is.EqualTo(sut.NewIssueComment));
+            Assert.That("User", Is.EqualTo(sut.UserName));
+            Assert.That("alias", Is.EqualTo(sut.Alias));
+            Assert.That("Movie", Is.EqualTo(sut.Type));
+            Assert.That("https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/aaaaa", Is.EqualTo(sut.PosterImage));
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void MovieNotificationUserPreferences()
         {
diff --git a/src/Ombi.Notifications/NotificationMessageCurlys.cs b/src/Ombi.Notifications/NotificationMessageCurlys.cs
index e7449e04e..8023ae464 100644
--- a/src/Ombi.Notifications/NotificationMessageCurlys.cs
+++ b/src/Ombi.Notifications/NotificationMessageCurlys.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace Ombi.Notifications
             Overview = req?.Overview;
             AdditionalInformation = opts?.AdditionalInformation ?? string.Empty;
 
-            var img = req?.PosterPath ?? string.Empty;    
+            var img = req?.PosterPath ?? string.Empty;
             if (img.HasValue())
             {
                 PosterImage = $"https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/{req?.PosterPath?.TrimStart('/') ?? string.Empty}";
@@ -113,7 +113,14 @@ namespace Ombi.Notifications
             Type = opts.Substitutes.TryGetValue(NotificationSubstitues.RequestType, out val) && Enum.TryParse(val, out RequestType type)
                 ? HumanizeReturnType(type)
                 : string.Empty;
-            PosterImage = opts.Substitutes.TryGetValue(NotificationSubstitues.PosterPath, out val) ? $"https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/{val.TrimStart('/')}" : string.Empty;
+            if (opts.Substitutes.TryGetValue(NotificationSubstitues.PosterPath, out val) && val.HasValue())
+            {
+                PosterImage = $"https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/{val.TrimStart('/')}";
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                PosterImage = string.Empty;
+            }
         }
 
         private void LoadCommon(BaseRequest req, CustomizationSettings s, UserNotificationPreferences pref, NotificationOptions opts)