diff --git a/mobile/src/main/java/com/github/shadowsocks/bg/BaseService.kt b/mobile/src/main/java/com/github/shadowsocks/bg/BaseService.kt
index 470a016b..822d0241 100644
--- a/mobile/src/main/java/com/github/shadowsocks/bg/BaseService.kt
+++ b/mobile/src/main/java/com/github/shadowsocks/bg/BaseService.kt
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ object BaseService {
             data.sslocalProcess = GuardedProcess(cmd).start()
         }
 
-        fun createNotification(): ServiceNotification
+        fun createNotification(profileName: String): ServiceNotification
 
         fun startRunner() {
             this as Context
@@ -318,11 +318,11 @@ object BaseService {
             val profile = app.currentProfile
             this as Context
             if (profile == null) {
+                data.notification = createNotification("")  // gracefully shutdown: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47337857/context-startforegroundservice-did-not-then-call-service-startforeground-eve
                 stopRunner(true, getString(R.string.profile_empty))
                 return Service.START_NOT_STICKY
             }
             data.profile = profile
-            profile.name = profile.formattedName
 
             TrafficMonitor.reset()
             val thread = TrafficMonitorThread()
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ object BaseService {
                 data.closeReceiverRegistered = true
             }
 
-            data.notification = createNotification()
+            data.notification = createNotification(profile.formattedName)
             app.track(tag, "start")
 
             data.changeState(CONNECTING)
diff --git a/mobile/src/main/java/com/github/shadowsocks/bg/ProxyService.kt b/mobile/src/main/java/com/github/shadowsocks/bg/ProxyService.kt
index 73dc4dcc..6f6d0cf1 100644
--- a/mobile/src/main/java/com/github/shadowsocks/bg/ProxyService.kt
+++ b/mobile/src/main/java/com/github/shadowsocks/bg/ProxyService.kt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ package com.github.shadowsocks.bg
 import android.app.Service
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.os.IBinder
+import com.github.shadowsocks.database.Profile
 
 /**
  * Shadowsocks service at its minimum.
@@ -33,8 +34,8 @@ class ProxyService : Service(), BaseService.Interface {
     }
 
     override val tag: String get() = "ShadowsocksProxyService"
-    override fun createNotification(): ServiceNotification =
-            ServiceNotification(this, data.profile!!.formattedName, "service-proxy", true)
+    override fun createNotification(profileName: String): ServiceNotification =
+            ServiceNotification(this, profileName, "service-proxy", true)
 
     override fun onBind(intent: Intent): IBinder? = super.onBind(intent)
     override fun onStartCommand(intent: Intent?, flags: Int, startId: Int): Int =
diff --git a/mobile/src/main/java/com/github/shadowsocks/bg/TransproxyService.kt b/mobile/src/main/java/com/github/shadowsocks/bg/TransproxyService.kt
index a04d39e7..d9f713c2 100644
--- a/mobile/src/main/java/com/github/shadowsocks/bg/TransproxyService.kt
+++ b/mobile/src/main/java/com/github/shadowsocks/bg/TransproxyService.kt
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ class TransproxyService : Service(), LocalDnsService.Interface {
     }
 
     override val tag: String get() = "ShadowsocksTransproxyService"
-    override fun createNotification(): ServiceNotification =
-            ServiceNotification(this, data.profile!!.formattedName, "service-transproxy", true)
+    override fun createNotification(profileName: String): ServiceNotification =
+            ServiceNotification(this, profileName, "service-transproxy", true)
 
     override fun onBind(intent: Intent): IBinder? = super.onBind(intent)
     override fun onStartCommand(intent: Intent?, flags: Int, startId: Int): Int =
diff --git a/mobile/src/main/java/com/github/shadowsocks/bg/VpnService.kt b/mobile/src/main/java/com/github/shadowsocks/bg/VpnService.kt
index 85572c51..4a456d5a 100644
--- a/mobile/src/main/java/com/github/shadowsocks/bg/VpnService.kt
+++ b/mobile/src/main/java/com/github/shadowsocks/bg/VpnService.kt
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ class VpnService : BaseVpnService(), LocalDnsService.Interface {
     }
 
     override val tag: String get() = "ShadowsocksVpnService"
-    override fun createNotification(): ServiceNotification =
-            ServiceNotification(this, data.profile!!.formattedName, "service-vpn")
+    override fun createNotification(profileName: String): ServiceNotification =
+            ServiceNotification(this, profileName, "service-vpn")
 
     private var conn: ParcelFileDescriptor? = null
     private var worker: ProtectWorker? = null