diff --git a/public/src/modules/notifications.js b/public/src/modules/notifications.js
index e00f366cbd..b209ac22c3 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/notifications.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/notifications.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ define(function() {
 	var Notifications = {};
 
 	Notifications.prepareDOM = function() {
-		// Notifications dropdown
 		var notifContainer = $('.notifications'),
 			notifTrigger = notifContainer.children('a'),
 			notifList = $('#notif-list'),
@@ -10,42 +9,30 @@ define(function() {
 
 		notifTrigger.on('click', function(e) {
 			e.preventDefault();
-			if (notifContainer.className.indexOf('open') === -1) {
+			if (!notifContainer.hasClass('open')) {
+
 				socket.emit('notifications.get', null, function(err, data) {
 
-					var notifFrag = document.createDocumentFragment(),
-						notifEl = document.createElement('li'),
-						numRead = data.read.length,
+					var	numRead = data.read.length,
 						numUnread = data.unread.length,
 						x;
 
-					notifList.innerHTML = '';
+					notifList.html('');
+
 					if (!err && (data.read.length + data.unread.length) > 0) {
 						for (x = 0; x < numUnread; x++) {
-							notifEl.setAttribute('data-nid', data.unread[x].nid);
-							notifEl.className = data.unread[x].readClass;
-							notifEl.innerHTML = '<a href="' + data.unread[x].path + '"><span class="pull-right">' + utils.relativeTime(data.unread[x].datetime, true) + '</span>' + data.unread[x].text + '</a>';
-							notifFrag.appendChild(notifEl.cloneNode(true));
+							notifList.append($('<li class="' + data.unread[x].readClass + '"><a href="' + data.unread[x].path + '"><span class="pull-right">' + utils.relativeTime(data.unread[x].datetime, true) + '</span>' + data.unread[x].text + '</a></li>'));
 						}
+
 						for (x = 0; x < numRead; x++) {
-							notifEl.setAttribute('data-nid', data.read[x].nid);
-							notifEl.className = '';
-							notifEl.innerHTML = '<a href="' + data.read[x].path + '"><span class="pull-right">' + utils.relativeTime(data.read[x].datetime, true) + '</span>' + data.read[x].text + '</a>';
-							notifFrag.appendChild(notifEl.cloneNode(true));
+							notifList.append($('<li class="' + data.read[x].readClass + '"><a href="' + data.read[x].path + '"><span class="pull-right">' + utils.relativeTime(data.read[x].datetime, true) + '</span>' + data.read[x].text + '</a></li>'));
 						}
+
 					} else {
-						notifEl.className = 'no-notifs';
-						notifEl.innerHTML = '<a>You have no notifications</a>';
-						notifFrag.appendChild(notifEl.cloneNode(true));
+						notifList.append($('<li class="no-notifs"><a>You have no notifications</a></li>'));
 					}
 
-					// Add dedicated link to /notifications
-					notifEl.removeAttribute('data-nid');
-					notifEl.className = 'pagelink';
-					notifEl.innerHTML = '<a href="' + RELATIVE_PATH + '/notifications">See all Notifications</a>';
-					notifFrag.appendChild(notifEl.cloneNode(true));
-
-					notifList.appendChild(notifFrag);
+					notifList.append($('<li class="pagelink"><a href="' + RELATIVE_PATH + '/notifications">See all Notifications</a></li>'));
 
 					updateNotifCount(data.unread.length);
 
@@ -58,27 +45,7 @@ define(function() {
 			}
 		});
 
-		notifList.on('click', function(e) {
-			var target;
-			switch (e.target.nodeName) {
-				case 'SPAN':
-					target = e.target.parentNode.parentNode;
-					break;
-				case 'A':
-					target = e.target.parentNode;
-					break;
-				case 'li':
-					target = e.target;
-					break;
-			}
-			if (target) {
-				var nid = parseInt(target.getAttribute('data-nid'));
-				if (nid > 0) socket.emit('modules.notifications.mark_read', nid);
-			}
-		});
-
 		var	updateNotifCount = function(count) {
-			// Update notification icon, if necessary
 			if (count > 0) {
 				notifIcon.removeClass('fa-bell-o').addClass('fa-bell');
 			} else {
@@ -88,7 +55,6 @@ define(function() {
 			notifIcon.toggleClass('unread-count', count > 0);
 			notifIcon.attr('data-content', count > 20 ? '20+' : count);
 
-			// Update the favicon + saved local count
 			Tinycon.setBubble(count);
 			localStorage.setItem('notifications:count', count);
 		};
@@ -116,7 +82,6 @@ define(function() {
 				ajaxify.refresh();
 			}
 
-			// Update the favicon + local storage
 			var	savedCount = parseInt(localStorage.getItem('notifications:count'), 10) || 0;
 			updateNotifCount(savedCount + 1);
 		});