diff --git a/plexpy/notification_handler.py b/plexpy/notification_handler.py
index fc07da5a..8ba8e017 100644
--- a/plexpy/notification_handler.py
+++ b/plexpy/notification_handler.py
@@ -934,6 +934,7 @@ def build_server_notify_text(notify_action=None, agent_id=None):
 
     update_status = {}
     if notify_action == 'pmsupdate':
+        pms_connect = pmsconnect.PmsConnect()
         update_status = pms_connect.get_update_staus()
 
     if server_times:
@@ -1108,4 +1109,4 @@ def strip_tag(data, agent_id=None):
     else:
         p = re.compile(r'<.*?>', re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL)
 
-    return p.sub('', data)
\ No newline at end of file
+    return p.sub('', data)