diff --git a/lib/components/keyserver-connection-handler.js b/lib/components/keyserver-connection-handler.js
--- a/lib/components/keyserver-connection-handler.js
+++ b/lib/components/keyserver-connection-handler.js
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { logOutActionTypes, useLogOut } from '../actions/user-actions.js';
-import { connectionSelector } from '../selectors/keyserver-selectors.js';
+import {
+  connectionSelector,
+  cookieSelector,
+} from '../selectors/keyserver-selectors.js';
 import { IdentityClientContext } from '../shared/identity-client-context.js';
+import { NotificationsSessionCreatorContext } from '../shared/notifications-session-creator-context.js';
 import type { BaseSocketProps } from '../socket/socket.react.js';
 import { useDispatchActionPromise } from '../utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
@@ -26,6 +30,7 @@
   const hasConnectionIssue = useSelector(
     state => !!connectionSelector(keyserverID)(state)?.connectionIssue,
   );
+  const cookie = useSelector(cookieSelector(keyserverID));
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (hasConnectionIssue) {
@@ -38,6 +43,14 @@
   )?.identityClient;
   invariant(identityClient, 'Identity client should be set');
 
+  const notificationsSessionCreatorContext = React.useContext(
+    NotificationsSessionCreatorContext,
+  );
+  invariant(
+    notificationsSessionCreatorContext,
+    'Notifications session creator context should be set',
+  );
+
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (!usingCommServicesAccessToken) {
       return;
@@ -45,7 +58,15 @@
 
     void (async () => {
       try {
-        await identityClient.getKeyserverKeys(keyserverID);
+        const keyserverKeys =
+          await identityClient.getKeyserverKeys(keyserverID);
+
+        await notificationsSessionCreatorContext.notificationsSessionCreator(
+          cookie,
+          keyserverKeys.identityKeysBlob.notificationIdentityPublicKeys,
+          keyserverKeys.notifInitializationInfo,
+          keyserverID,
+        );
       } catch (e) {
         console.log(
           `Error getting keys for keyserver with id ${keyserverID}`,
@@ -53,7 +74,7 @@
         );
       }
     })();
-  }, [keyserverID, identityClient]);
+  }, [keyserverID, identityClient, notificationsSessionCreatorContext, cookie]);
 
   if (keyserverID !== ashoatKeyserverID) {
     return null;