diff --git a/src/main/java/net/geant/nmaas/notifications/NotificationManager.java b/src/main/java/net/geant/nmaas/notifications/NotificationManager.java
index 858af10900c024a66a89af7439c2062f4fcd4079..28925c36fccb0f30cb46c83f30ec5d699981022a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/geant/nmaas/notifications/NotificationManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/geant/nmaas/notifications/NotificationManager.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import net.geant.nmaas.notifications.types.persistence.entity.FormType;
 import net.geant.nmaas.notifications.types.service.FormTypeService;
 import net.geant.nmaas.portal.api.configuration.ConfigurationView;
 import net.geant.nmaas.portal.api.domain.UserView;
+import net.geant.nmaas.portal.api.domain.VlabAppListElement;
 import net.geant.nmaas.portal.api.exception.MissingElementException;
 import net.geant.nmaas.portal.api.exception.ProcessingException;
 import net.geant.nmaas.portal.persistent.entity.Role;
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ import org.springframework.ui.freemarker.FreeMarkerTemplateUtils;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -153,7 +156,15 @@ public class NotificationManager {
                 ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
                 List<Object> datesList = objectMapper.convertValue(datesObject, new TypeReference<List<Object>>() {});
                 Map<String,Object> dates = objectMapper.convertValue(datesList.get(0), new TypeReference<Map<String, Object>>() {});
-                dates.forEach((k,v) -> mailAttributes.getOtherAttributes().put(k,v));
+
+                dates.forEach((k,v) -> {
+                    OffsetDateTime offsetDateTime = OffsetDateTime.parse(v.toString());
+                    mailAttributes.getOtherAttributes().put(k,offsetDateTime.format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd.MM.yyyy")));
+                });
+
+                List<VlabAppListElement> appList = objectMapper.convertValue(mailAttributes.getOtherAttributes().get("appList"), new TypeReference<List<VlabAppListElement>>() {});
+                mailAttributes.getOtherAttributes().put("appList",appList.stream().map(VlabAppListElement::getAppListName).collect(Collectors.joining(", "))) ;
+
             }
             if (contactFormKey.isEmpty()) {
                 log.error("Invalid contact form request, subType is null");
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/geant/nmaas/portal/api/domain/VlabAppListElement.java b/src/main/java/net/geant/nmaas/portal/api/domain/VlabAppListElement.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..121bad7bc1c30752305b0fc38c997c88e97f691e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/geant/nmaas/portal/api/domain/VlabAppListElement.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package net.geant.nmaas.portal.api.domain;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Builder;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Setter;
+
+@Getter
+@Setter
+@Builder
+@AllArgsConstructor
+@NoArgsConstructor
+public class VlabAppListElement {
+
+    private String appListName;
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/geant/nmaas/portal/service/impl/ApplicationStatePerDomainServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/net/geant/nmaas/portal/service/impl/ApplicationStatePerDomainServiceImpl.java
index c11f3b1d65bd9ce246b3749ae73aa79220e2b8f2..06b6afa12f947b368d1c609d447bdb79b2451f5d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/geant/nmaas/portal/service/impl/ApplicationStatePerDomainServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/geant/nmaas/portal/service/impl/ApplicationStatePerDomainServiceImpl.java
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ public class ApplicationStatePerDomainServiceImpl implements ApplicationStatePer
         List<Domain> allDomains = domainRepository.findAll();
         allDomains.forEach(domain -> domain.addApplicationState(appState));
         //update domains groups - set app to false by default
-        appState.setEnabled(false);
+        ApplicationStatePerDomain appState2 = new ApplicationStatePerDomain(applicationBase);
+        appState2.setEnabled(false);
         domainGroupRepository.findAll().forEach(d -> {
-            d.getApplicationStatePerDomain().add(appState);
+            d.getApplicationStatePerDomain().add(appState2);
         });
         return domainRepository.saveAll(allDomains);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/shell/data/mails/vlabRequest.json b/src/test/shell/data/mails/vlabRequest.json
index 779cdb9ff8b2c944ad1af7af4ced6020fe9430b0..bd1b049116183fccd48df2e2f77d69916de821ba 100644
--- a/src/test/shell/data/mails/vlabRequest.json
+++ b/src/test/shell/data/mails/vlabRequest.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       "subject": "nmaas: New vLAB request",
       "template": {
         "HEADER": "Dear ${username},",
-        "CONTENT": "<p>New vLAB request was sent from the contact form.</p><p>Requester email: ${email}</p><p>Requester institution: ${institution}</p><p>Requested number of lab participants: ${students}</p><p>Requested number of lab managers: ${managers}</p><p>List of considered applications:</p><#list appList as app><span>${app.appListName}, </span></#list><p>vLAB start date: ${startDay}</p><p>vLAB end date: ${endDay}</p><p>Additional information: ${message}</p>",
+        "CONTENT": "<p>New vLAB request was sent from the contact form.</p><p>Requester email: ${email}</p><p>Requester institution: ${institution}</p><p>Requested number of lab participants: ${students}</p><p>Requested number of lab managers: ${managers}</p><p>List of considered applications:</p><p>${appList}</p><p>vLAB start date: ${startDay}</p><p>vLAB end date: ${endDay}</p><p>Additional information: ${message}</p>",
         "SENDER": "Best regards,<br />nmaas Team",
         "NOREPLY": "This is an automatically generated message, please do not reply.",
         "SENDER_POLICY": ""
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
       "subject": "nmaas: New vLAB request",
       "template": {
         "HEADER": "Dear ${username},",
-        "CONTENT": "<p>New vLAB request was sent from the contact form.</p><p>Requester email: ${email}</p><p>Requester institution: ${institution}</p><p>Requested number of lab participants: ${students}</p><p>Requested number of lab managers: ${managers}</p><p>List of considered applications:</p><#list appList as app><span>${app.appListName}, </span></#list><p>vLAB start date: ${startDay}</p><p>vLAB end date: ${endDay}</p><p>Additional information: ${message}</p>",
+        "CONTENT": "<p>New vLAB request was sent from the contact form.</p><p>Requester email: ${email}</p><p>Requester institution: ${institution}</p><p>Requested number of lab participants: ${students}</p><p>Requested number of lab managers: ${managers}</p><p>List of considered applications:</p><p>${appList}</p><p>vLAB start date: ${startDay}</p><p>vLAB end date: ${endDay}</p><p>Additional information: ${message}</p>",
         "SENDER": "Best regards,<br />nmaas Team",
         "NOREPLY": "This is an automatically generated message, please do not reply.",
         "SENDER_POLICY": ""
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
       "subject": "nmaas: New vLAB request",
       "template": {
         "HEADER": "Dear ${username},",
-        "CONTENT": "<p>New vLAB request was sent from the contact form.</p><p>Requester email: ${email}</p><p>Requester institution: ${institution}</p><p>Requested number of lab participants: ${students}</p><p>Requested number of lab managers: ${managers}</p><p>List of considered applications:</p><#list appList as app><span>${app.appListName}, </span></#list><p>vLAB start date: ${startDay}</p><p>vLAB end date: ${endDay}</p><p>Additional information: ${message}</p>",
+        "CONTENT": "<p>New vLAB request was sent from the contact form.</p><p>Requester email: ${email}</p><p>Requester institution: ${institution}</p><p>Requested number of lab participants: ${students}</p><p>Requested number of lab managers: ${managers}</p><p>List of considered applications:</p><p>${appList}</p><p>vLAB start date: ${startDay}</p><p>vLAB end date: ${endDay}</p><p>Additional information: ${message}</p>",
         "SENDER": "Best regards,<br />nmaas Team",
         "NOREPLY": "This is an automatically generated message, please do not reply.",
         "SENDER_POLICY": ""
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       "subject": "nmaas: New vLAB request",
       "template": {
         "HEADER": "Dear ${username},",
-        "CONTENT": "<p>New vLAB request was sent from the contact form.</p><p>Requester email: ${email}</p><p>Requester institution: ${institution}</p><p>Requested number of lab participants: ${students}</p><p>Requested number of lab managers: ${managers}</p><p>List of considered applications:</p><#list appList as app><span>${app.appListName}, </span></#list><p>vLAB start date: ${startDay}</p><p>vLAB end date: ${endDay}</p><p>Additional information: ${message}</p>",
+        "CONTENT": "<p>New vLAB request was sent from the contact form.</p><p>Requester email: ${email}</p><p>Requester institution: ${institution}</p><p>Requested number of lab participants: ${students}</p><p>Requested number of lab managers: ${managers}</p><p>List of considered applications:</p><p>${appList}</p><p>vLAB start date: ${startDay}</p><p>vLAB end date: ${endDay}</p><p>Additional information: ${message}</p>",
         "SENDER": "Best regards,<br />nmaas Team",
         "NOREPLY": "This is an automatically generated message, please do not reply.",
         "SENDER_POLICY": ""