diff --git a/core/notifications/src/account_notification_settings/entity.rs b/core/notifications/src/account_notification_settings/entity.rs
index 696240134c..d7e47c0f1e 100644
--- a/core/notifications/src/account_notification_settings/entity.rs
+++ b/core/notifications/src/account_notification_settings/entity.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ pub enum AccountNotificationSettingsEvent {
     ChannelDisabled {
         channel: NotificationChannel,
     },
+    ChannelEnabled {
+        channel: NotificationChannel,
+    },
 }
 
 impl EntityEvent for AccountNotificationSettingsEvent {
@@ -37,13 +40,31 @@ impl EsEntity for AccountNotificationSettings {
 
 impl AccountNotificationSettings {
     pub fn disable_channel(&mut self, channel: NotificationChannel) {
-        // check if its already disabled -> NoOp
+        if !self.is_channel_enabled(channel) {
+            return;
+        }
         self.events
             .push(AccountNotificationSettingsEvent::ChannelDisabled { channel });
     }
 
-    pub fn project<T: EsEntityProjection<AccountNotificationSettingsEvent>>(&self) -> T {
-        self.events.project()
+    pub fn enable_channel(&mut self, channel: NotificationChannel) {
+        if self.is_channel_enabled(channel) {
+            return;
+        }
+        self.events
+            .push(AccountNotificationSettingsEvent::ChannelEnabled { channel });
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_channel_enabled(&self, channel: NotificationChannel) -> bool {
+        self.events.iter().fold(true, |acc, event| match event {
+            AccountNotificationSettingsEvent::ChannelDisabled { channel: c } if c == &channel => {
+                false
+            }
+            AccountNotificationSettingsEvent::ChannelEnabled { channel: c } if c == &channel => {
+                true
+            }
+            _ => acc,
+        })
     }
 }
 
@@ -69,3 +90,45 @@ impl TryFrom<EntityEvents<AccountNotificationSettingsEvent>> for AccountNotifica
         builder.events(events).build()
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn initial_events() -> EntityEvents<AccountNotificationSettingsEvent> {
+        let id = AccountNotificationSettingsId::new();
+        EntityEvents::init(
+            id,
+            [AccountNotificationSettingsEvent::Initialized {
+                id,
+                galoy_account_id: GaloyAccountId::from("galoy_id".to_string()),
+            }],
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn channel_is_initially_enabled() {
+        let events = initial_events();
+        let settings = AccountNotificationSettings::try_from(events).expect("Could not hydrate");
+        assert!(settings.is_channel_enabled(NotificationChannel::Push));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn can_disable_channel() {
+        let events = initial_events();
+        let mut settings =
+            AccountNotificationSettings::try_from(events).expect("Could not hydrate");
+        settings.disable_channel(NotificationChannel::Push);
+        assert!(!settings.is_channel_enabled(NotificationChannel::Push));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn can_reenable_channel() {
+        let events = initial_events();
+        let mut settings =
+            AccountNotificationSettings::try_from(events).expect("Could not hydrate");
+        settings.disable_channel(NotificationChannel::Push);
+        settings.enable_channel(NotificationChannel::Push);
+        assert!(settings.is_channel_enabled(NotificationChannel::Push));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/notifications/src/app/mod.rs b/core/notifications/src/app/mod.rs
index d2eacae7a9..6eac00e1e7 100644
--- a/core/notifications/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/core/notifications/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 mod config;
 mod error;
 
-use es_entity::EsEntityProjection;
 use sqlx::{Pool, Postgres};
 
 use crate::{account_notification_settings::*, primitives::*};
@@ -26,13 +25,11 @@ impl NotificationsApp {
         }
     }
 
-    pub async fn disable_channel_on_account<
-        T: EsEntityProjection<AccountNotificationSettingsEvent>,
-    >(
+    pub async fn disable_channel_on_account(
         &self,
         account_id: GaloyAccountId,
         channel: NotificationChannel,
-    ) -> Result<T, ApplicationError> {
+    ) -> Result<AccountNotificationSettings, ApplicationError> {
         let mut account_settings =
             if let Some(settings) = self.settings.find_for_account_id(account_id).await? {
                 settings
@@ -42,6 +39,6 @@ impl NotificationsApp {
             };
         account_settings.disable_channel(channel);
         self.settings.persist(&mut account_settings).await?;
-        Ok(account_settings.project())
+        Ok(account_settings)
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/notifications/src/graphql/convert.rs b/core/notifications/src/graphql/convert.rs
index 401305aaec..f75955e2a9 100644
--- a/core/notifications/src/graphql/convert.rs
+++ b/core/notifications/src/graphql/convert.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-use es_entity::EsEntityProjection;
-
 use super::types::NotificationSettingsAlt;
-use crate::account_notification_settings::*;
+use crate::{account_notification_settings::*, primitives::*};
 
-impl EsEntityProjection<AccountNotificationSettingsEvent> for NotificationSettingsAlt {
-    fn apply(&mut self, _: &AccountNotificationSettingsEvent) -> Self {
+impl From<AccountNotificationSettings> for NotificationSettingsAlt {
+    fn from(settings: AccountNotificationSettings) -> Self {
+        // NotificationSettingsAlt {
+        //     push: NotificationChannelSettingsAlt {
+        //         enabled: settings.is_channel_enabled(NotificationChannel::Push),
+        //         disabled_categories: settings.dissabled_categories_for(NotificationChannel::Push),
+        //     },
+        // }
         unimplemented!()
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/notifications/src/graphql/schema.rs b/core/notifications/src/graphql/schema.rs
index 95f2bc7d66..bf21ebc331 100644
--- a/core/notifications/src/graphql/schema.rs
+++ b/core/notifications/src/graphql/schema.rs
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ impl Mutation {
             return Err("Permission denied".into());
         }
         let app = ctx.data_unchecked::<NotificationsApp>();
-        let res: NotificationSettingsAlt = app
+        let settings = app
             .disable_channel_on_account(GaloyAccountId::from(subject.id.clone()), input.channel)
             .await?;
         Ok(AccountUpdateNotificationSettingsPayloadAlt {
-            notification_settings: res,
+            notification_settings: NotificationSettingsAlt::from(settings),
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/notifications/src/graphql/types.rs b/core/notifications/src/graphql/types.rs
index a99a6ae382..9036bd7910 100644
--- a/core/notifications/src/graphql/types.rs
+++ b/core/notifications/src/graphql/types.rs
@@ -7,17 +7,6 @@ pub(super) struct NotificationSettingsAlt {
     pub push: NotificationChannelSettingsAlt,
 }
 
-impl Default for NotificationSettingsAlt {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            push: NotificationChannelSettingsAlt {
-                enabled: true,
-                disabled_categories: vec![],
-            },
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(SimpleObject)]
 pub(super) struct NotificationChannelSettingsAlt {
     pub enabled: bool,
diff --git a/lib/es-entity-rs/src/events.rs b/lib/es-entity-rs/src/events.rs
index 28f588f8d4..870166204f 100644
--- a/lib/es-entity-rs/src/events.rs
+++ b/lib/es-entity-rs/src/events.rs
@@ -21,13 +21,6 @@ pub trait EsEntity: TryFrom<EntityEvents<<Self as EsEntity>::Event>, Error = Ent
     type Event: EntityEvent;
 }
 
-pub trait EsEntityProjection<E>
-where
-    Self: Default,
-{
-    fn apply(&mut self, event: &E) -> Self;
-}
-
 pub struct EntityEvents<T: EntityEvent> {
     entity_id: <T as EntityEvent>::EntityId,
     persisted_events: Vec<T>,
@@ -53,16 +46,6 @@ where
         self.new_events.push(event);
     }
 
-    pub fn project<P: EsEntityProjection<T>>(&self) -> P {
-        self.persisted_events
-            .iter()
-            .chain(self.new_events.iter())
-            .fold(P::default(), |mut acc, event| {
-                acc = acc.apply(event);
-                acc
-            })
-    }
-
     pub async fn persist(
         &mut self,
         tx: &mut sqlx::Transaction<'_, sqlx::Postgres>,