diff --git a/controller/stats.py b/controller/stats.py
index 99be797..275444d 100644
--- a/controller/stats.py
+++ b/controller/stats.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     labeling_task,
     notification,
     project,
+    user,
 )
 import weak_nlp
 
@@ -50,35 +51,44 @@ def send_organization_update(
 
 
 def send_warning_no_reference_data(project_id: str, user_id: str):
-    notification.create(
-        project_id,
-        user_id,
-        "You have no labeled data. Can't compute true positive-related statistics.",
-        "WARNING",
-        enums.NotificationType.MISSING_REFERENCE_DATA.value,
-        with_commit=True,
-    )
-    organization_id = get_organization_id(project_id, user_id)
-    if organization_id:
-        send_organization_update(
-            project_id, f"notification_created:{user_id}", True, organization_id
+    if check_user_can_receive_notifications(user_id):
+        notification.create(
+            project_id,
+            user_id,
+            "You have no labeled data. Can't compute true positive-related statistics.",
+            "WARNING",
+            enums.NotificationType.MISSING_REFERENCE_DATA.value,
+            with_commit=True,
         )
+        organization_id = get_organization_id(project_id, user_id)
+        if organization_id:
+            send_organization_update(
+                project_id, f"notification_created:{user_id}", True, organization_id
+            )
 
 
 def send_warning_no_coverage_data(project_id: str, user_id: str):
-    notification.create(
-        project_id,
-        user_id,
-        "Your heuristics hits no records in the project. Can't compute statistics.",
-        "WARNING",
-        enums.NotificationType.MISSING_REFERENCE_DATA.value,
-        with_commit=True,
-    )
-    organization_id = get_organization_id(project_id, user_id)
-    if organization_id:
-        send_organization_update(
-            project_id, f"notification_created:{user_id}", True, organization_id
+    if check_user_can_receive_notifications(user_id):
+        notification.create(
+            project_id,
+            user_id,
+            "Your heuristics hits no records in the project. Can't compute statistics.",
+            "WARNING",
+            enums.NotificationType.MISSING_REFERENCE_DATA.value,
+            with_commit=True,
         )
+        organization_id = get_organization_id(project_id, user_id)
+        if organization_id:
+            send_organization_update(
+                project_id, f"notification_created:{user_id}", True, organization_id
+            )
+
+
+def check_user_can_receive_notifications(user_id: str) -> bool:
+    user_item = user.get(user_id)
+    if user_item.role == enums.UserRoles.ENGINEER.value:
+        return True
+    return False
 
 
 def calculate_quality_statistics_for_labeling_task(
@@ -214,6 +224,7 @@ def classification_quality(df: pd.DataFrame) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, Dict[str, in
 
 
 def extraction_quality(df: pd.DataFrame) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, Dict[str, int]]]:
+
     enlm = util.get_enlm_from_df(df)
     quality_df = enlm.quality_metrics()
     stats = {}
diff --git a/dev.Dockerfile b/dev.Dockerfile
index c47097c..7794cb1 100644
--- a/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 
 COPY / .
 
+# to run with local version of weak-nlp, clone the weak-nlp repo inside and uncomment
+# RUN pip3 install -e weak-nlp
+
 CMD [ "/usr/local/bin/uvicorn", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "80", "app:app", "--reload" ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f8029a1..024eee0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ tomli==1.2.2
 typing-extensions==3.10.0.2
 uvicorn==0.15.0
 zipp==3.7.0
-weak-nlp==0.0.10
+weak-nlp==0.0.11
diff --git a/submodules/model b/submodules/model
index 2811dba..de478fc 160000
--- a/submodules/model
+++ b/submodules/model
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2811dbacdc57359e803dffc4a88065ff06432a0a
+Subproject commit de478fcbdb1ae937eae252add39475f61ffcdd68