diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index db98189499..c25d541d04 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Bugfix 🐛:
  - Can't handle ongoing call events in background (#1992)
  - Crash / Attachment viewer: Cannot draw a recycled Bitmap #2034
  - Login with Matrix-Id | Autodiscovery fails if identity server is invalid and Homeserver ok (#2027)
+ - Verification popup won't show
 
 Translations 🗣:
  -
diff --git a/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/popup/PopupAlertManager.kt b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/popup/PopupAlertManager.kt
index c52b586eb4..593527448b 100644
--- a/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/popup/PopupAlertManager.kt
+++ b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/popup/PopupAlertManager.kt
@@ -254,6 +254,6 @@ class PopupAlertManager @Inject constructor(private val avatarRenderer: Lazy<Ava
         return alert != null
                 && activity !is PinActivity
                 && activity is VectorBaseActivity
-                && alert.shouldBeDisplayedIn?.invoke(activity) == true
+                && alert.shouldBeDisplayedIn.invoke(activity)
     }
 }
diff --git a/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/popup/VectorAlert.kt b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/popup/VectorAlert.kt
index ccf9d765fd..0b4fc1ce19 100644
--- a/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/popup/VectorAlert.kt
+++ b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/popup/VectorAlert.kt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ interface VectorAlert {
     val title: String
     val description: String
     val iconId: Int?
-    val shouldBeDisplayedIn: ((Activity) -> Boolean)?
+    val shouldBeDisplayedIn: ((Activity) -> Boolean)
 
     data class Button(val title: String, val action: Runnable, val autoClose: Boolean)
 
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ open class DefaultVectorAlert(override val uid: String,
                               override val title: String,
                               override val description: String,
                               @DrawableRes override val iconId: Int?,
-                              override val shouldBeDisplayedIn: ((Activity) -> Boolean)? = null) : VectorAlert {
+                              /**
+                               * Alert are displayed by default, but let this lambda return false to prevent displaying
+                               */
+                              override val shouldBeDisplayedIn: ((Activity) -> Boolean) = { true }
+) : VectorAlert {
 
     // will be set by manager, and accessible by actions at runtime
     override var weakCurrentActivity: WeakReference<Activity>? = null
@@ -87,7 +91,10 @@ class VerificationVectorAlert(uid: String,
                               title: String,
                               override val description: String,
                               @DrawableRes override val iconId: Int?,
-                              override val shouldBeDisplayedIn: ((Activity) -> Boolean)? = null
+                              /**
+                               * Alert are displayed by default, but let this lambda return false to prevent displaying
+                               */
+                              override val shouldBeDisplayedIn: ((Activity) -> Boolean) = { true }
 ) : DefaultVectorAlert(
         uid, title, description, iconId, shouldBeDisplayedIn
 ) {