diff --git a/orm/notification.py b/orm/notification.py
index c204eb3..0622ad4 100644
--- a/orm/notification.py
+++ b/orm/notification.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from enum import Enum as Enumeration
 
 from sqlalchemy import JSON as JSONType, func, cast
-from sqlalchemy import Column, Enum, ForeignKey, Integer
+from sqlalchemy import Column, Enum, ForeignKey, Integer, String
 from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
 from sqlalchemy.orm.session import engine
 
@@ -10,18 +10,18 @@ from services.db import Base
 import time
 
 class NotificationEntity(Enumeration):
-    REACTION = 1
-    SHOUT = 2
-    FOLLOWER = 3
+    REACTION = "reaction"
+    SHOUT = "shout"
+    FOLLOWER = "follower"
 
 
 class NotificationAction(Enumeration):
-    CREATE = 1
-    UPDATE = 2
-    DELETE = 3
-    SEEN = 4
-    FOLLOW = 5
-    UNFOLLOW = 6
+    CREATE = "create"
+    UPDATE = "update"
+    DELETE = "delete"
+    SEEN = "seen"
+    FOLLOW = "follow"
+    UNFOLLOW = "unfollow"
 
 
 class NotificationSeen(Base):
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ class Notification(Base):
     __tablename__ = "notification"
 
     created_at = Column(Integer, server_default=str(int(time.time())))
-    entity = Column(Enum(NotificationEntity), nullable=False)
-    action = Column(Enum(NotificationAction), nullable=False)
+    entity = Column(String, nullable=False)
+    action = Column(String, nullable=False)
     payload = Column(JSONType, nullable=True)
 
     seen = relationship(lambda: Author, secondary="notification_seen")
diff --git a/resolvers/listener.py b/resolvers/listener.py
index 71c1eaf..39d3ee3 100644
--- a/resolvers/listener.py
+++ b/resolvers/listener.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from orm.notification import Notification
+from orm.notification import Notification, NotificationAction, NotificationEntity
 from resolvers.model import NotificationReaction, NotificationAuthor, NotificationShout
 from services.db import local_session
 from services.rediscache import redis
diff --git a/resolvers/load.py b/resolvers/load.py
index f062181..10b4e35 100644
--- a/resolvers/load.py
+++ b/resolvers/load.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from resolvers.model import (
     NotificationAuthor,
     NotificationsResult,
 )
-from orm.notification import NotificationSeen, Notification
+from orm.notification import NotificationAction, NotificationEntity, NotificationSeen, Notification
 from typing import Dict, List
 import time, json
 import strawberry
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ async def get_notifications_grouped(author_id: int, after: int = 0, limit: int =
     notifications_by_thread: Dict[str, List[Notification]] = {}
     groups_by_thread: Dict[str, NotificationGroup] = {}
     with local_session() as session:
-        total = session.query(Notification).filter(and_(Notification.action == "create", Notification.created_at > after)).count()
-        unread = session.query(Notification).filter(and_(Notification.action == "create", Notification.created_at > after, Notification.seen.is_not(True))).count()
+        total = session.query(Notification).filter(and_(Notification.action == NotificationAction.CREATE.value, Notification.created_at > after)).count()
+        unread = session.query(Notification).filter(and_(Notification.action == NotificationAction.CREATE.value, Notification.created_at > after, Notification.seen.is_not(True))).count()
         notifications_result = session.execute(query)
         for n, seen in notifications_result:
             thread_id = ""
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ async def get_notifications_grouped(author_id: int, after: int = 0, limit: int =
                     notifications.append(n)
                 notifications_by_thread[thread_id] = notifications
                 groups_amount += 1
-            elif n.entity == "reaction" and n.action == "create":
+            elif n.entity == NotificationEntity.REACTION.value and n.action == NotificationAction.CREATE.value:
                 reaction: NotificationReaction = payload
                 shout: NotificationShout = reaction.shout
                 thread_id += f"{reaction.shout}"