diff --git a/public/src/forum/footer.js b/public/src/forum/footer.js
index 4c05432027..aa94b302c5 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/footer.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/footer.js
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
 					numUnread = data.unread.length,
 					x;
 				notifList.innerHTML = '';
+				console.log(data);
 				if ((data.read.length + data.unread.length) > 0) {
 					for (x = 0; x < numUnread; x++) {
 						notifEl.setAttribute('data-nid', data.unread[x].nid);
@@ -123,15 +124,16 @@
 						notifFrag.appendChild(notifEl.cloneNode(true));
 					}
 				} else {
+					notifEl.className = 'no-notifs';
 					notifEl.innerHTML = '<a>You have no notifications</a>';
-					notifFrag.appendChild(notifEl);
+					notifFrag.appendChild(notifEl.cloneNode(true));
 				}
 
 				// 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);
+				notifFrag.appendChild(notifEl.cloneNode(true));
 
 				notifList.appendChild(notifFrag);
 
diff --git a/src/notifications.js b/src/notifications.js
index 4ff52af1a8..2cf1aa37ab 100644
--- a/src/notifications.js
+++ b/src/notifications.js
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 			RDB.multi()
 				.hmget('notifications:' + nid, 'text', 'score', 'path', 'datetime', 'uniqueId')
 				.zrank('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read', nid)
+				.exists('notifications:' + nid)
 				.exec(function(err, results) {
 					var	notification = results[0]
 						readIdx = results[1];
 
+					if (!results[2]) return callback(null);
+
 					callback({
 						nid: nid,
 						text: notification[0],
@@ -41,6 +44,19 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 				});
 			});
 		},
+		destroy: function(nid) {
+			var	multi = RDB.multi();
+
+			multi.del('notifications:' + nid);
+			multi.srem('notifications', nid);
+
+			multi.exec(function(err) {
+				if (err) {
+					winston.error('Problem deleting expired notifications. Stack follows.');
+					winston.error(err.stack);
+				}
+			});
+		},
 		push: function(nid, uids, callback) {
 			if (!Array.isArray(uids)) uids = [uids];
 
@@ -153,15 +169,24 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 					var	numInboxes = results.inboxes.length,
 						x;
 
-					async.each(results.nids, function(nid, next) {
+					async.eachSeries(results.nids, function(nid, next) {
 						var	multi = RDB.multi();
 
 						for(x=0;x<numInboxes;x++) {
-							multi.zscore(inboxKey, results.inboxes[x]);
+							multi.zscore(results.inboxes[x], nid);
 						}
 
-						multi.exec(function(results) {
+						multi.exec(function(err, results) {
 							// If the notification is not present in any inbox, delete it altogether
+							var	expired = results.every(function(present) {
+									if (present === null) return true;
+								});
+
+							if (expired) {
+								notifications.destroy(nid);
+							}
+
+							next();
 						});
 					}, function(err) {
 
diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index 47e86e69f1..51d86ef5b0 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -903,7 +903,13 @@ var utils = require('./../public/src/utils.js'),
 						if (nids && nids.length > 0) {
 							async.eachSeries(nids, function(nid, next) {
 								notifications.get(nid, uid, function(notif_data) {
-									unread.push(notif_data);
+									// If the notification could not be found, silently drop it
+									if (notif_data) {
+										unread.push(notif_data);
+									} else {
+										RDB.zrem('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', nid);
+									}
+
 									next();
 								});
 							}, function(err) {
@@ -925,7 +931,13 @@ var utils = require('./../public/src/utils.js'),
 						if (nids && nids.length > 0) {
 							async.eachSeries(nids, function(nid, next) {
 								notifications.get(nid, uid, function(notif_data) {
-									read.push(notif_data);
+									// If the notification could not be found, silently drop it
+									if (notif_data) {
+										read.push(notif_data);
+									} else {
+										RDB.zrem('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read', nid);
+									}
+
 									next();
 								});
 							}, function(err) {