diff --git a/backend/pkg/api/handlers/middlewares.go b/backend/pkg/api/handlers/middlewares.go
index f24ae39a7..1b0b1b069 100644
--- a/backend/pkg/api/handlers/middlewares.go
+++ b/backend/pkg/api/handlers/middlewares.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func (h *HandlerService) VDBArchivedCheckMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Hand
 			return
 		}
 		if dashboard.IsArchived {
-			handleErr(w, r, newForbiddenErr("dashboard with id %v is archived", dashboardId))
+			handleErr(w, r, newForbiddenErr("dashboard with id %s is archived", mux.Vars(r)["dashboard_id"]))
 			return
 		}
 		next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
diff --git a/backend/pkg/api/router.go b/backend/pkg/api/router.go
index 918180976..1f1eacd50 100644
--- a/backend/pkg/api/router.go
+++ b/backend/pkg/api/router.go
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ func addNotificationRoutes(hs *handlers.HandlerService, publicRouter, internalRo
 
 	publicDashboardNotificationSettingsRouter := publicNotificationRouter.NewRoute().Subrouter()
 	internalDashboardNotificationSettingsRouter := internalNotificationRouter.NewRoute().Subrouter()
-	// TODO add adb auth and archivedCheck middleware to account dashboard endpoints once they are implemented
+	// TODO add adb auth middleware to account dashboard endpoints once they are implemented
 	if !debug {
 		publicDashboardNotificationSettingsRouter.Use(hs.VDBAuthMiddleware, hs.VDBArchivedCheckMiddleware)
 		internalDashboardNotificationSettingsRouter.Use(hs.VDBAuthMiddleware, hs.VDBArchivedCheckMiddleware)
@@ -361,10 +361,21 @@ func addNotificationRoutes(hs *handlers.HandlerService, publicRouter, internalRo
 	dashboardSettingsEndpoints := []endpoint{
 		{http.MethodGet, "/validator-dashboards/{dashboard_id}/groups/{group_id}/epochs/{epoch}", hs.PublicGetUserNotificationsValidatorDashboard, hs.InternalGetUserNotificationsValidatorDashboard},
 		{http.MethodGet, "/account-dashboards/{dashboard_id}/groups/{group_id}/epochs/{epoch}", hs.PublicGetUserNotificationsAccountDashboard, hs.InternalGetUserNotificationsAccountDashboard},
+	}
+	addEndpointsToRouters(dashboardSettingsEndpoints, publicDashboardNotificationSettingsRouter, internalDashboardNotificationSettingsRouter)
+
+	publicActiveDashboardNotificationSettingsRouter := publicDashboardNotificationSettingsRouter.NewRoute().Subrouter()
+	internalActiveDashboardNotificationSettingsRouter := internalDashboardNotificationSettingsRouter.NewRoute().Subrouter()
+	// TODO add archivedCheck middleware to account dashboard endpoints once they are implemented
+	if !debug {
+		publicActiveDashboardNotificationSettingsRouter.Use(hs.VDBArchivedCheckMiddleware)
+		internalActiveDashboardNotificationSettingsRouter.Use(hs.VDBArchivedCheckMiddleware)
+	}
+	activeDashboardSettingsEndpoints := []endpoint{
 		{http.MethodPut, "/settings/validator-dashboards/{dashboard_id}/groups/{group_id}", hs.PublicPutUserNotificationSettingsValidatorDashboard, hs.InternalPutUserNotificationSettingsValidatorDashboard},
 		{http.MethodPut, "/settings/account-dashboards/{dashboard_id}/groups/{group_id}", hs.PublicPutUserNotificationSettingsAccountDashboard, hs.InternalPutUserNotificationSettingsAccountDashboard},
 	}
-	addEndpointsToRouters(dashboardSettingsEndpoints, publicDashboardNotificationSettingsRouter, internalDashboardNotificationSettingsRouter)
+	addEndpointsToRouters(activeDashboardSettingsEndpoints, publicActiveDashboardNotificationSettingsRouter, internalActiveDashboardNotificationSettingsRouter)
 }
 
 func addEndpointsToRouters(endpoints []endpoint, publicRouter *mux.Router, internalRouter *mux.Router) {