diff --git a/src/knotificationmanager.cpp b/src/knotificationmanager.cpp
--- a/src/knotificationmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/knotificationmanager.cpp
@@ -277,6 +277,10 @@
         KNotifyConfig notifyConfig(n->appName(), n->contexts(), n->eventId());
         QString notifyActions = notifyConfig.readEntry(QStringLiteral("Action"));
 
+        if (notifyActions.isEmpty()) {
+            notifyActions = QStringLiteral("Popup");
+        }
+
         const auto listActions = notifyActions.split(QLatin1Char('|'));
         for (const QString &action : listActions) {
             if (!d->notifyPlugins.contains(action)) {
@@ -298,9 +302,13 @@
         d->dirtyConfigCache.removeOne(n->appName());
     }
 
-    const QString notifyActions = notifyConfig.readEntry(QStringLiteral("Action"));
+    QString notifyActions = notifyConfig.readEntry(QStringLiteral("Action"));
+
+    if (notifyActions.isEmpty()) {
+        notifyActions = QStringLiteral("Popup");
+    }
 
-    if (notifyActions.isEmpty() || notifyActions == QLatin1String("None")) {
+    if (notifyActions == QLatin1String("None")) {
         // this will cause KNotification closing itself fast
         n->ref();
         n->deref();
diff --git a/src/notifybypopup.cpp b/src/notifybypopup.cpp
--- a/src/notifybypopup.cpp
+++ b/src/notifybypopup.cpp
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
 void NotifyByPopupPrivate::getAppCaptionAndIconName(const KNotifyConfig &notifyConfig, QString *appCaption, QString *iconName)
 {
     KConfigGroup globalgroup(&(*notifyConfig.eventsfile), QStringLiteral("Global"));
-    *appCaption = globalgroup.readEntry("Name", globalgroup.readEntry("Comment", notifyConfig.appname));
+    *appCaption = globalgroup.readEntry("Name", QGuiApplication::applicationDisplayName());
 
     KConfigGroup eventGroup(&(*notifyConfig.eventsfile), QStringLiteral("Event/%1").arg(notifyConfig.eventid));
     if (eventGroup.hasKey("IconName")) {