diff --git a/v3/onesignal-admin/onesignal-admin.php b/v3/onesignal-admin/onesignal-admin.php
index 956ff48..e8cb1a8 100644
--- a/v3/onesignal-admin/onesignal-admin.php
+++ b/v3/onesignal-admin/onesignal-admin.php
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ function onesignal_admin_page()
           <input id="auto-send" type="checkbox" name="onesignal_auto_send"
                  <?php echo (!empty($settings['notification_on_post'])) ? 'checked' : ''; ?>>
           <span class="checkbox"></span>
-          Automatically send notifications when a post is published or updated
+          Automatically send notifications when a post is published
         </label>
       </div>
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ function onesignal_admin_page()
           <input id="auto-send-pages" type="checkbox" name="onesignal_auto_send_pages"
                  <?php echo (!empty($settings['notification_on_page'])) ? 'checked' : ''; ?>>
           <span class="checkbox"></span>
-          Automatically send notifications when a page is published or updated
+          Automatically send notifications when a page is published
         </label>
       </div>
 
diff --git a/v3/onesignal-metabox/onesignal-metabox.php b/v3/onesignal-metabox/onesignal-metabox.php
index 277368f..1a7a6aa 100644
--- a/v3/onesignal-metabox/onesignal-metabox.php
+++ b/v3/onesignal-metabox/onesignal-metabox.php
@@ -57,13 +57,22 @@ function onesignal_metabox($post)
   <label for="os_update">
   <input type="checkbox" name="os_update" id="os_update"
        <?php
-       $os_update_checked = isset($os_meta['os_update'])
-           ? $os_meta['os_update'] === 'on'
-           : (get_option('OneSignalWPSetting')['notification_on_post'] ?? 0) == 1;
-
+       // Determine if this is a new post (never published)
+       $is_new_post = ($post->post_status !== 'publish' || empty($post->post_date_gmt));
+       $post_type = $post->post_type;
+       if ($is_new_post) {
+           if ($post_type === 'page') {
+               $os_update_checked = (get_option('OneSignalWPSetting')['notification_on_page'] ?? 0) == 1;
+           } else {
+               $os_update_checked = (get_option('OneSignalWPSetting')['notification_on_post'] ?? 0) == 1;
+           }
+       } else {
+           // Already published: always unchecked
+           $os_update_checked = false;
+       }
        echo $os_update_checked ? 'checked' : '';
        ?>>
-Send notification when post is published or updated
+Send notification when <?php echo $post_type === 'page' ? 'page' : 'post'; ?> is published
 </label>
   <div id="os_options">
     <label for="os_segment">Send to segment</label>