diff --git a/plexpy/notifiers.py b/plexpy/notifiers.py
index e0f68089..2f25ff82 100644
--- a/plexpy/notifiers.py
+++ b/plexpy/notifiers.py
@@ -3406,21 +3406,21 @@ class TELEGRAM(Notifier):
                 poster_filename = 'poster_{}.png'.format(pretty_metadata.parameters['rating_key'])
                 files = {'photo': (poster_filename, poster_content, 'image/png')}
 
-                max_caption = len(text)
-
-                if max_caption > 1024:
+                if len(text) > 1024:
                     data['disable_notification'] = True
-                    self.make_request('https://api.telegram.org/bot{}/sendPhoto'.format(self.config['bot_token']),
-                                      data=data, files=files)
-                    data.pop('disable_notification') #This prevents from alerting with 2 sounds Telegram when the Silent Message is OFF: one alert for the photo and the second one for the text
                 else:
                     data['caption'] = text.encode('utf-8')
                     if self.config['silent_notification']:
                         data['disable_notification'] = True
-                    self.make_request('https://api.telegram.org/bot{}/sendPhoto'.format(self.config['bot_token']),
-                                      data=data, files=files)
+
+                self.make_request('https://api.telegram.org/bot{}/sendPhoto'.format(self.config['bot_token']),
+                                  data=data, files=files)
+
+                if 'caption' in data:
                     return
 
+                data.pop('disable_notification', None)
+
         data['text'] = (text[:4093] + (text[4093:] and '...')).encode('utf-8')
 
         if self.config['disable_web_preview']: