diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1a87bda1533..3e31b3b46e5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1074,8 +1074,6 @@ github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter v0.22.4/go.mod h1:N4Z1+iSqc9rnxlT1N8Qn3l65
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 github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20181016184325-3113b8401b8a/go.mod h1:bCqnVzQkZxMG4s8nGwiZ5l3QUCyqpo9Y+/ZMZ9VjZe4=
-github.com/rhafer/reva/v2 v2.0.0-20220913142514-cf5b93129713 h1:CLaGrpVJLptZk417YiW4jRHfTKiLMl9RljrxZd5u4l0=
-github.com/rhafer/reva/v2 v2.0.0-20220913142514-cf5b93129713/go.mod h1:+BYVpRV8g1hL8wF3+3BunL9BKPsXVyJYmH8COxq/V7Y=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 h1:S1pD9weZBuJdFmowNwbpi7BJ8TNftyUImj/0WQi72jY=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v0.0.0-20150106093220-6724a57986af/go.mod h1:XWv6SoW27p1b0cqNHllgS5HIMJraePCO15w5zCzIWYg=
diff --git a/services/notifications/pkg/service/service.go b/services/notifications/pkg/service/service.go
index dab60010001..8ae372788d8 100644
--- a/services/notifications/pkg/service/service.go
+++ b/services/notifications/pkg/service/service.go
@@ -71,7 +71,97 @@ func (s eventsNotifier) Run() error {
 }
 
 func (s eventsNotifier) handleSpaceCreated(e events.SpaceCreated) {
-	// TODO: implement me
+	userResponse, err := s.gwClient.GetUser(context.Background(), &userv1beta1.GetUserRequest{
+		UserId: e.Executant,
+	})
+	if err != nil || userResponse.Status.Code != rpcv1beta1.Code_CODE_OK {
+		s.logger.Error().
+			Err(err).
+			Str("event", "SpaceCreated").
+			Msg("Could not get user response from gatway client")
+		return
+	}
+	// Get auth context
+	ownerCtx := ctxpkg.ContextSetUser(context.Background(), userResponse.User)
+	authRes, err := s.gwClient.Authenticate(ownerCtx, &gateway.AuthenticateRequest{
+		Type:         "machine",
+		ClientId:     "userid:" + e.Executant.OpaqueId,
+		ClientSecret: s.machineAuthAPIKey,
+	})
+	if err != nil || authRes.GetStatus().GetCode() != rpcv1beta1.Code_CODE_OK {
+		s.logger.Error().
+			Err(err).
+			Str("event", "SpaceCreated").
+			Msg("Could not impersonate sharer")
+		return
+	}
+
+	if authRes.GetStatus().GetCode() != rpcv1beta1.Code_CODE_OK {
+		s.logger.Error().
+			Err(err).
+			Str("event", "SpaceCreated").
+			Msg("could not get authenticated context for user")
+		return
+	}
+	ownerCtx = metadata.AppendToOutgoingContext(ownerCtx, ctxpkg.TokenHeader, authRes.Token)
+
+	resourceID, err := storagespace.ParseID(e.ID.OpaqueId)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.logger.Error().
+			Err(err).
+			Str("event", "SpaceCreated").
+			Str("itemid", e.ID.OpaqueId).
+			Msg("could not parse resourceid from ItemID ")
+		return
+	}
+	// TODO: maybe cache this stat to reduce storage iops
+	md, err := s.gwClient.Stat(ownerCtx, &providerv1beta1.StatRequest{
+		Ref: &providerv1beta1.Reference{
+			ResourceId: &resourceID,
+		},
+		FieldMask: &fieldmaskpb.FieldMask{Paths: []string{"name"}},
+	})
+
+	if err != nil || md.Status.Code != rpcv1beta1.Code_CODE_OK {
+		s.logger.Error().
+			Err(err).
+			Str("event", "ShareCreated").
+			Str("itemid", e.ID.OpaqueId).
+			Msg("could not stat resource")
+		return
+	}
+
+	if md.Status.Code != rpcv1beta1.Code_CODE_OK {
+		s.logger.Error().
+			Err(err).
+			Str("event", "ShareCreated").
+			Str("itemid", e.ID.OpaqueId).
+			Str("rpc status", md.Status.Code.String()).
+			Msg("could not stat resource")
+		return
+	}
+
+	// old code
+	msg, err := email.RenderEmailTemplate("sharedSpace.email.tmpl", map[string]string{
+		"SpaceSharer": "spacesharer",
+		"SpaceName":   "spacename",
+	}, s.emailTemplatePath)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		s.logger.Error().
+			Err(err).
+			Str("event", "SpaceCreated").
+			Msg("Could not render E-Mail template for spaces")
+	}
+	if e.Executant != nil {
+		err = s.channel.SendMessage([]string{e.Executant.OpaqueId}, msg)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		s.logger.Error().
+			Err(err).
+			Str("event", "SpaceCreated").
+			Msg("failed to send a message")
+	}
 }
 
 func (s eventsNotifier) handleShareCreated(e events.ShareCreated) {