diff --git a/notifications_consumer/processors/email/templates/notification_body.html b/notifications_consumer/processors/email/templates/notification_body.html
index 443154edb8771f95e2eda7bae0c38253e42132fa..4369574d35b8f60a20cde1e9ba75dcabad03691a 100644
--- a/notifications_consumer/processors/email/templates/notification_body.html
+++ b/notifications_consumer/processors/email/templates/notification_body.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <p>
       <a style="text-decoration:none" href="{{ link }}">
         <b>
-          {% if priority == notification_priority.IMPORTANT %}
+          {% if priority and priority.upper() == notification_priority.IMPORTANT %}
             <span style="color: #FF5144; font-size: 1.5em; vertical-align: middle;">
               &#9888;
             </span>
diff --git a/notifications_consumer/processors/email_daily/templates/daily_notification.html b/notifications_consumer/processors/email_daily/templates/daily_notification.html
index 1470cff5cb1f1fd2350fd3a7acec44ae423f1da9..a007e0e0eabe2d1b68f0f46bf572ed833a151ece 100644
--- a/notifications_consumer/processors/email_daily/templates/daily_notification.html
+++ b/notifications_consumer/processors/email_daily/templates/daily_notification.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
                 {% for notification in notifications[:3] %}
                 <tr>
                     <td style="padding:10px">
-                        <p style="line-height: 145%;"><b>{% if notification.priority ==
+                        <p style="line-height: 145%;"><b>{% if notification.priority and notification.priority.upper() ==
                                 notification_priority.IMPORTANT %} <span
                                     style="color: #FF5144; font-size: 1.5em; vertical-align: middle;">
                                     &#9888;</span> {% endif %}
diff --git a/scripts/docker-send-email.py b/scripts/docker-send-email.py
index 2e8c557665f856ed248942d99263715565b489b1..9690668ceaf7ef964102785316758e6bfd122729 100644
--- a/scripts/docker-send-email.py
+++ b/scripts/docker-send-email.py
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ import stomp
 conn = stomp.Connection([("activemq", 61613)])
 conn.connect("admin", "admin", wait=True)
 message_body = r"""{
-"channel_name":"My Channel",
-"channel_id":"123",
-"message_body":"<p>Dear subscribers,</p>\n\n<p>This week news follows.&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p><strong>Topic 1</strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>bla&nbsp;</li>\n\t<li>bla</li>\n\t<li>bla</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p><strong>Topic 2</strong></p>\n\n<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p>See you next week,</p>\n\n<p>Myself.</p>\n",
-"summary":"This week news!",
-"email":"user@cern.ch",
-"created_at":"2021-02-26T13:59:40.754Z",
-"notification_id":"BD19EEA4-9DCA-48D9-A577-5DE9D2BF374A",
-"link":"http://toto.cern.ch"
-}"""
+"channel_name": "My Channel",
+"channel_id": "123",
+"message_body": "<p>Dear subscribers,</p>\n\n<p>This week news follows.&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p><strong>Topic 1</strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>bla&nbsp;</li>\n\t<li>bla</li>\n\t<li>bla</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p><strong>Topic 2</strong></p>\n\n<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n\n<p>See you next week,</p>\n\n<p>Myself.</p>\n",
+"summary": "This week news!",
+"email": "user@cern.ch",
+"created_at": "2021-02-26T13:59:40.754Z",
+"notification_id": "BD19EEA4-9DCA-48D9-A577-5DE9D2BF374A",
+"link": "http://toto.cern.ch",
+"priority": "important"
+} """
 conn.send(body=message_body, destination="/queue/np.email", headers={"persistent": "true"})
 conn.disconnect()