diff --git a/app/controllers/proposal_notifications_controller.rb b/app/controllers/proposal_notifications_controller.rb
index 96ca04a75..0a2128435 100644
--- a/app/controllers/proposal_notifications_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/proposal_notifications_controller.rb
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ class ProposalNotificationsController < ApplicationController
     @notification = ProposalNotification.new(proposal_notification_params)
     @proposal = Proposal.find(proposal_notification_params[:proposal_id])
     if @notification.save
-      @proposal.users_to_notify.each do |user|
-        Notification.add(user, @notification)
-      end
+      @proposal.notify_users(@notification)
+
       redirect_to @notification, notice: I18n.t("flash.actions.create.proposal_notification")
     else
       render :new
diff --git a/app/models/proposal.rb b/app/models/proposal.rb
index 6cdcc5979..ef4bcbfb5 100644
--- a/app/models/proposal.rb
+++ b/app/models/proposal.rb
@@ -232,6 +232,12 @@ class Proposal < ApplicationRecord
     followers - [author]
   end
 
+  def notify_users(notification)
+    users_to_notify.each do |user|
+      Notification.add(user, notification)
+    end
+  end
+
   def self.proposals_orders(user)
     orders = %w[hot_score confidence_score created_at relevance archival_date]
 
diff --git a/spec/system/proposal_notifications_spec.rb b/spec/system/proposal_notifications_spec.rb
index 057d5a425..dff45c273 100644
--- a/spec/system/proposal_notifications_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/proposal_notifications_spec.rb
@@ -280,25 +280,14 @@ describe "Proposal Notifications" do
       expect(page).to have_css ".notification", count: 0
     end
 
-    scenario "Proposal hidden" do
+    scenario "Hidden proposal" do
       author = create(:user)
       user = create(:user)
       proposal = create(:proposal, author: author, voters: [user], followers: [user])
-
-      login_as(author)
-
-      visit new_proposal_notification_path(proposal_id: proposal.id)
-
-      fill_in "proposal_notification_title", with: "Thank you for supporting my proposal"
-      fill_in "proposal_notification_body", with: "Please share it with " \
-                                                  "others so we can make it happen!"
-      click_button "Send notification"
-
-      expect(page).to have_content "Your message has been sent correctly."
-
+      notification = create(:proposal_notification, author: author, proposal: proposal)
+      proposal.notify_users(notification)
       proposal.hide
 
-      logout
       login_as user
       visit root_path