diff --git a/hypha/apply/determinations/forms.py b/hypha/apply/determinations/forms.py
index 3e8e32518d0f88b68419ce5f1797d35e0111a38d..19c265fdc644deeef26e1dd1bdff45771d5867b6 100644
--- a/hypha/apply/determinations/forms.py
+++ b/hypha/apply/determinations/forms.py
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ class DeterminationModelForm(StreamBaseForm, forms.ModelForm, metaclass=MixedMet
     def save(self, commit=True):
         self.instance.send_notice = (
             self.cleaned_data[self.instance.send_notice_field.id]
-            if self.instance.send_notice_field else False
+            if self.instance.send_notice_field else True
         )
         self.instance.message = self.cleaned_data[self.instance.message_field.id]
         try:
diff --git a/hypha/apply/funds/models/submissions.py b/hypha/apply/funds/models/submissions.py
index 1fcdbfb45516c761968c0983cc2dfc4fd6bb4377..b79a0d1fe1a4acb5aeb2f8e3d35e6727f31227db 100644
--- a/hypha/apply/funds/models/submissions.py
+++ b/hypha/apply/funds/models/submissions.py
@@ -544,8 +544,8 @@ class ApplicationSubmission(
         to funds in admin.
 
         This method checks if there are new determination forms attached to the
-        submission or we would still use the old determination forms for backword
-        compatiablity.
+        submission or we would still use the old determination forms for backward
+        compatibility.
         """
         return self.get_from_parent('determination_forms').count() > 0