diff --git a/e2e/Notifications.test.js b/e2e/Notifications.test.js
index d6ede1100e04d84eff2674f7388cc1dd4f099751..cc954c11c0bfe9e35275254ed6c56b46c9d95047 100644
--- a/e2e/Notifications.test.js
+++ b/e2e/Notifications.test.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe('Notifications', () => {
   describe('Foreground', () => {
     it('Should receive notification', async () => {
       await device.sendUserNotification(createNotification({link: 'foreground/notification'}));
-      await expect(elementByLabel('foreground/notification')).toBeVisible();
+      await linkShouldBeVisible('foreground/notification');
     });
 
     it('Should open notification', async () => {
@@ -28,13 +28,19 @@ describe('Notifications', () => {
   });
 
   describe('Dead state', () => {
-    it('Should receive notification', async () => {
+    it.only('Should receive notification', async () => {
       await device.launchApp({newInstance: true, userNotification: createNotification({link: 'deadState/notification'})});
-      await expect(elementByLabel('deadState/notification')).toBeVisible();
+      await linkShouldBeVisible('deadState/notification');
     });
   });
+
+
+  async function linkShouldBeVisible(link) {
+    return await expect(elementByLabel(`Extra Link Param: ${link}`)).toBeVisible();
+  }
 });
 
+
 function createNotification({link, showAlert}) {
   return {
     trigger: {
diff --git a/example/index.js b/example/index.js
index 8ab1e4161a407202967ae2aedd0a8d6426300ece..4dbd7d0dc08bac3895745abdfe56546430ed14b6 100644
--- a/example/index.js
+++ b/example/index.js
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ class NotificationsExampleApp extends Component {
   constructor() {
     super();
     this.state = {
-      notifications: []
+      notifications: [],
+      openedNotifications: [],
     };
 
     this.registerNotificationEvents();
@@ -25,28 +26,18 @@ class NotificationsExampleApp extends Component {
         notifications: [...this.state.notifications, notification]
       });
 
-      completion({alert: true, sound: false, badge: false});
+      completion({alert: notification.data.showAlert, sound: false, badge: false});
     });
 
     Notifications.events().registerRemoteNotificationOpened((notification, completion) => {
       this.setState({
-        notifications: [...this.state.notifications, notification]
+        openedNotifications: [...this.state.openedNotifications, notification]
       });
 
       completion();
     });
   }
 
-  renderNotification(notification) {
-    return (
-      <View style={{backgroundColor: 'lightgray', margin: 10}}>
-        <Text>{`Title: ${notification.title}`}</Text>
-        <Text>{`Body: ${notification.body}`}</Text>
-        <Text>{`Extra Link Param: ${notification.data.link}`}</Text>
-      </View>
-    );
-  }
-
   requestPermissions() {
     Notifications.ios.requestPermissions();
   }
@@ -98,6 +89,26 @@ class NotificationsExampleApp extends Component {
     }
   }
 
+  renderNotification(notification) {
+    return (
+      <View style={{backgroundColor: 'lightgray', margin: 10}}>
+        <Text>{`Title: ${notification.title}`}</Text>
+        <Text>{`Body: ${notification.body}`}</Text>
+        <Text>{`Extra Link Param: ${notification.data.link}`}</Text>
+      </View>
+    );
+  }
+
+  renderOpenedNotification(notification) {
+    return (
+      <View style={{backgroundColor: 'lightgray', margin: 10}}>
+        <Text>{`Title: ${notification.title}`}</Text>
+        <Text>{`Body: ${notification.body}`}</Text>
+        <Text>{`Notification Clicked: ${notification.data.link}`}</Text>
+      </View>
+    );
+  }
+
   render() {
     const notifications = this.state.notifications.map((notification, idx) =>
       (
@@ -105,13 +116,19 @@ class NotificationsExampleApp extends Component {
           {this.renderNotification(notification)}
         </View>
       ));
-
+      const openedNotifications = this.state.openedNotifications.map((notification, idx) =>
+      (
+        <View key={`notification_${idx}`}>
+          {this.renderOpenedNotification(notification)}
+        </View>
+      ));
     return (
       <View style={styles.container}>
         <Button title={'Request permissions'} onPress={this.requestPermissions} testID={'requestPermissions'} />
         <Button title={'Send local notification'} onPress={this.sendLocalNotification} testID={'sendLocalNotification'} />
         <Button title={'Remove all delivered notifications'} onPress={this.removeAllDeliveredNotifications} />
         {notifications}
+        {openedNotifications}
       </View>
     );
   }
diff --git a/lib/src/adapters/NativeCommandsSender.ts b/lib/src/adapters/NativeCommandsSender.ts
index 8a1853e165a06398098745f7a940457c6b6e5839..67b7c263857d1c24ac205e0d36a90441a26a6f35 100644
--- a/lib/src/adapters/NativeCommandsSender.ts
+++ b/lib/src/adapters/NativeCommandsSender.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { NotificationPermissions } from '../interfaces/NotificationPermissions';
 import { NotificationCategory } from '../interfaces/NotificationCategory';
 
 interface NativeCommandsModule {
-  getInitialNotification(): Promise<Notification>;
+  getInitialNotification(): Promise<Object>;
   postLocalNotification(notification: Notification, id: number): void;
   requestPermissions(): void;
   abandonPermissions(): void;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export class NativeCommandsSender {
     return this.nativeCommandsModule.postLocalNotification(notification, id);
   }
 
-  getInitialNotification(): Promise<Notification> {
+  getInitialNotification(): Promise<Object> {
     return this.nativeCommandsModule.getInitialNotification();
   }
   
diff --git a/lib/src/commands/Commands.test.ts b/lib/src/commands/Commands.test.ts
index 2bb82e628a90842486c3b587a3d122f55d673d7c..698ebf7d5dd1849fd2721fcffb25f6074ae0ccf5 100644
--- a/lib/src/commands/Commands.test.ts
+++ b/lib/src/commands/Commands.test.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe('Commands', () => {
     it('returns a promise with the initial notification', async () => {
       const expectedNotification: Notification = new Notification({identifier: 'id'});
       when(mockedNativeCommandsSender.getInitialNotification()).thenResolve(
-        expectedNotification
+        {identifier: 'id'}
       );
       const result = await uut.getInitialNotification();
       expect(result).toEqual(expectedNotification);
diff --git a/lib/src/commands/Commands.ts b/lib/src/commands/Commands.ts
index 735b8998b5e9e311e6ad3f7f9c0e28d187fa5241..eed7b7557f84263e473aaae62156b4e41f026b96 100644
--- a/lib/src/commands/Commands.ts
+++ b/lib/src/commands/Commands.ts
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ export class Commands {
     return result;
   }
 
-  public getInitialNotification(): Promise<Notification> {
-    const result = this.nativeCommandsSender.getInitialNotification();
-    return result;
+  public async getInitialNotification(): Promise<Notification> {
+    return this.nativeCommandsSender.getInitialNotification().then((payload) => {
+      return new Notification(payload);
+    });
   }
-  
+
   public requestPermissions() {
     const result = this.nativeCommandsSender.requestPermissions();
     return result;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 24a80116e1f29c41e8e84f38d21b638da7f1c29f..71a64147b20b5988c2ff884488503403d4ac7ddc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
     "androidStudio": "open -a /Applications/Android\\ Studio.app ./example/android"
   },
   "nativePackage": true,
-  "dependencies": {
-    "uuid": "^2.0.3"
-  },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "react": ">=0.14.5",
     "react-native": ">=0.25.1"