diff --git a/src/notifications/senders/AppleNotificationSender.ts b/src/notifications/senders/AppleNotificationSender.ts
index 80c6f2a..d64df98 100644
--- a/src/notifications/senders/AppleNotificationSender.ts
+++ b/src/notifications/senders/AppleNotificationSender.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export class AppleNotificationSender {
       req.setEncoding('utf8');
 
       await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
-        req.on('response', (headers, flags) => {
+        req.on('response', (headers, _flags) => {
           if (headers[":status"] !== 200) {
             reject(`APNs request failed with status ${headers[":status"]}`);
           }
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ export class AppleNotificationSender {
         req.write(JSON.stringify({
           aps: {
             alert: notificationAlertArguments,
+            sound: "default"
           }
         }));
         req.end();
@@ -130,12 +131,11 @@ export class AppleNotificationSender {
     const path = "/3/device/" + deviceId;
     const fullUrl = hostToUse + path;
 
-    const constructedObject = {
+    return {
       fullUrl,
       host: hostToUse,
       path,
-    }
-    return constructedObject;
+    };
   }
 
 }