diff --git a/internal/notification/templates/templateData.go b/internal/notification/templates/templateData.go
index 29a74f3328..f9572a4c5d 100644
--- a/internal/notification/templates/templateData.go
+++ b/internal/notification/templates/templateData.go
@@ -42,5 +42,11 @@ func (data *TemplateData) Translate(translator *i18n.Translator, msgType string,
 	data.Greeting = translator.Localize(fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", msgType, domain.MessageGreeting), args, langs...)
 	data.Text = html.UnescapeString(translator.Localize(fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", msgType, domain.MessageText), args, langs...))
 	data.ButtonText = translator.Localize(fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", msgType, domain.MessageButtonText), args, langs...)
-	data.FooterText = translator.Localize(fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", msgType, domain.MessageFooterText), args, langs...)
+	// Footer text is neither included in i18n files nor defaults.yaml
+	footerText := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", msgType, domain.MessageFooterText)
+	data.FooterText = translator.Localize(footerText, args, langs...)
+	// translator returns the id of the string to be translated if no translation is found for that id
+	// we'll include the footer if we have a custom non-empty string and if the string doesn't include the
+	// id of the string that could not be translated example InitCode.Footer
+	data.IncludeFooter = len(data.FooterText) > 0 && data.FooterText != footerText
 }