diff --git a/public/src/modules/notifications.js b/public/src/modules/notifications.js
index f1c0541723..2d150379a2 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/notifications.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/notifications.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ define(function() {
 						numUnread = data.unread.length,
 						x;
 
-					notifList.html('');
+					var html = '';
 
 					if (!err && (data.read.length + data.unread.length) > 0) {
 						var	image = '';
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ define(function() {
 							} else {
 								image = '';
 							}
-							notifList.append($('<li class="' + (data.unread[x].readClass || '') + '"><a href="' + data.unread[x].path + '">' + image + '<span class="pull-right relTime">' + utils.relativeTime(data.unread[x].datetime, true) + '</span><span class="text">' + data.unread[x].text + '</span></a></li>'));
+							html += '<li class="' + (data.unread[x].readClass || '') + '"><a href="' + data.unread[x].path + '">' + image + '<span class="pull-right relTime">' + utils.relativeTime(data.unread[x].datetime, true) + '</span><span class="text">' + data.unread[x].text + '</span></a></li>';
 						}
 
 						for (x = 0; x < numRead; x++) {
@@ -36,18 +36,27 @@ define(function() {
 							} else {
 								image = '';
 							}
-							notifList.append($('<li class="' + data.read[x].readClass + '"><a href="' + data.read[x].path + '">' + image + '<span class="pull-right relTime">' + utils.relativeTime(data.read[x].datetime, true) + '</span><span class="text">' + data.read[x].text + '</span></a></li>'));
+							html += '<li class="' + data.read[x].readClass + '"><a href="' + data.read[x].path + '">' + image + '<span class="pull-right relTime">' + utils.relativeTime(data.read[x].datetime, true) + '</span><span class="text">' + data.read[x].text + '</span></a></li>';
 						}
+						addSeeAllLink(replaceHtml);
 
 					} else {
 						translator.translate('<li class="no-notifs"><a>[[notifications:no_notifs]]</a></li>', function(translated) {
-							notifList.append($(translated));
+							html += translated;
+							addSeeAllLink(replaceHtml);
 						});
 					}
 
-					translator.translate('<li class="pagelink"><a href="' + RELATIVE_PATH + '/notifications">[[notifications:see_all]]</a></li>', function(translated) {
-						notifList.append($(translated));
-					});
+					function addSeeAllLink(callback) {
+						translator.translate('<li class="pagelink"><a href="' + RELATIVE_PATH + '/notifications">[[notifications:see_all]]</a></li>', function(translated) {
+							html += translated;
+							callback();
+						});
+					}
+
+					function replaceHtml() {
+						notifList.html(html);
+					}
 
 					updateNotifCount(data.unread.length);