diff --git a/app/models/notification/event_payload.rb b/app/models/notification/event_payload.rb
index a936c3e5c..27a859793 100644
--- a/app/models/notification/event_payload.rb
+++ b/app/models/notification/event_payload.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ class Notification::EventPayload < Notification::DefaultPayload
     when "card_reopened"
       "Reopened by #{event.creator.name}"
     when "card_triaged"
-      "Moved to #{column_name} by #{event.creator.name}"
+      if column_name.present?
+        "Moved to #{column_name} by #{event.creator.name}"
+      else
+        "Moved by #{event.creator.name}"
+      end
     when "card_sent_back_to_triage"
       "Moved back to Maybe? by #{event.creator.name}"
     when "card_board_changed", "card_collection_changed"
diff --git a/test/models/notification/push_target/web_test.rb b/test/models/notification/push_target/web_test.rb
index 8f3e6eb9b..b11ca8f7f 100644
--- a/test/models/notification/push_target/web_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/notification/push_target/web_test.rb
@@ -77,6 +77,18 @@ class Notification::PushTarget::WebTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     Notification::PushTarget::Web.new(@notification).process
   end
 
+  test "payload for triage falls back when column name is missing" do
+    event = events(:logo_published)
+    event.update!(action: "card_triaged", particulars: {})
+    @notification.update!(source: event)
+
+    @web_push_pool.expects(:queue).once.with do |payload, _|
+      payload[:body] == "Moved by #{event.creator.name}"
+    end
+
+    Notification::PushTarget::Web.new(@notification).process
+  end
+
   test "payload for sent back to triage includes Maybe?" do
     event = events(:logo_published)
     event.update!(action: "card_sent_back_to_triage")