diff --git a/public/src/modules/notifications.js b/public/src/modules/notifications.js
index 8553f55280..bf257c2e20 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/notifications.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/notifications.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ define('notifications', ['sounds'], function(sound) {
 							image = '';
 						}
 
-						return '<li class="' + (notification.readClass || '') + '"><a href="' + (notification.path || '#') + '">' + image + '<span class="pull-right relTime">' + utils.relativeTime(notification.datetime, true) + '</span><span class="text">' + notification.text + '</span></a></li>';
+						return '<li class="' + (notification.readClass || '') + '"><a href="' + (notification.path || '#') + '">' + image + '<span class="pull-right relTime">' + utils.relativeTime(notification.datetime, true) + '</span><span class="text">' + notification.bodyShort + '</span></a></li>';
 					}
 
 					var	x, html = '';
diff --git a/src/notifications.js b/src/notifications.js
index 8942690cec..6fec98e3da 100644
--- a/src/notifications.js
+++ b/src/notifications.js
@@ -32,10 +32,18 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 			if (exists) {
 				db.sortedSetRank('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read', nid, function(err, rank) {
-
-					db.getObjectFields('notifications:' + nid, ['nid', 'from', 'text', 'image', 'importance', 'score', 'path', 'datetime', 'uniqueId'], function(err, notification) {
+					db.getObject('notifications:' + nid, function(err, notification) {
 						notification.read = rank !== null ? true:false;
-						notification.text = validator.escape(notification.text);
+						
+						// Backwards compatibility for old notification schema
+						if (notification.hasOwnProperty('text')) {
+							notification.bodyShort = notification.text;
+							notification.bodyLong = '';
+							notification.text = validator.escape(notification.text);
+						}
+
+						notification.bodyShort = validator.escape(notification.bodyShort);
+						notification.bodyLong = validator.escape(notification.bodyLong);
 
 						if (notification.from && !notification.image) {
 							User.getUserField(notification.from, 'picture', function(err, picture) {
@@ -85,10 +93,8 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 		// Add default values to data Object if not already set
 		var	defaults = {
-				body: {
-					short: '',
-					long: ''
-				},
+				bodyShort: '',
+				bodyLong: '',
 				path: '',
 				importance: 5,
 				datetime: Date.now(),
@@ -101,13 +107,11 @@ var async = require('async'),
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Backwards compatibility for old notification syntax
+		// Backwards compatibility for old notification schema
 		// Remove this block for NodeBB v0.6.0
-		if (data.hasOwnProperty('text') && !data.hasOwnProperty('body')) {
-			data.body = {
-				short: data.text,
-				long: ''
-			};
+		if (data.hasOwnProperty('text')) {
+			data.bodyShort = data.text;
+			data.bodyLong = '';
 			delete data.text;
 		}
 
@@ -117,6 +121,8 @@ var async = require('async'),
 			db.setObject('notifications:' + nid, data, function(err, status) {
 				if (!err) {
 					callback(nid);
+				} else {
+					winston.error('[notifications.create] ' + err.message);
 				}
 			});
 		});
diff --git a/src/routes/debug.js b/src/routes/debug.js
index 1484f1483e..ccaa4209a6 100644
--- a/src/routes/debug.js
+++ b/src/routes/debug.js
@@ -54,10 +54,7 @@ module.exports = function(app, middleware, controllers) {
 		});
 
 		app.get('/test', function(req, res) {
-			var a = require('../groups');
-			a.getLatestMemberPosts('mcg', 5, function() {
-				res.json(arguments);
-			});
+			res.redirect('404');
 		});
 	});
 };
diff --git a/src/socket.io/modules.js b/src/socket.io/modules.js
index 3aac1aafdf..d2877a3d43 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/modules.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/modules.js
@@ -208,10 +208,8 @@ function sendChatNotification(fromuid, touid, username, message) {
 	if (!module.parent.exports.isUserOnline(touid)) {
 		var notifText = '[[notifications:new_message_from, ' + username + ']]';
 		notifications.create({
-			body: {
-				short: notifText,
-				long: message
-			},
+			bodyShort: notifText,
+			bodyLong: message,
 			path: 'javascript:app.openChat(&apos;' + username + '&apos;, ' + fromuid + ');',
 			uniqueId: 'notification_' + fromuid + '_' + touid,
 			from: fromuid
diff --git a/src/socket.io/posts.js b/src/socket.io/posts.js
index df2285cc77..7c68e8429c 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/posts.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/posts.js
@@ -115,10 +115,8 @@ function sendNotificationToPostOwner(data, uid, notification) {
 				}
 
 				notifications.create({
-					body: {
-						short: '[[' + notification + ', ' + results.username + ']]',
-						long: results.topicData.content
-					},
+					bodyShort: '[[' + notification + ', ' + results.username + ']]',
+					bodyLong: results.topicData.content,
 					path: nconf.get('relative_path') + '/topic/' + results.topicData.slug + '/' + results.index,
 					uniqueId: 'post:' + data.pid,
 					from: uid
@@ -309,10 +307,8 @@ SocketPosts.flag = function(socket, pid, callback) {
 		},
 		function(adminGroup, next) {
 			notifications.create({
-				body: {
-					short: message,
-					long: post.content
-				},
+				bodyShort: message,
+				bodyLong: post.content,
 				path: path,
 				uniqueId: 'post_flag:' + pid,
 				from: socket.uid
diff --git a/src/topics/follow.js b/src/topics/follow.js
index c881febe52..ac08f3fd59 100644
--- a/src/topics/follow.js
+++ b/src/topics/follow.js
@@ -34,10 +34,8 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 					}
 
 					notifications.create({
-						body: {
-							short: '[[notifications:user_posted_to, ' + results.username + ', ' + results.topicData.title + ']]',
-							long: results.postContent
-						},
+						bodyShort: '[[notifications:user_posted_to, ' + results.username + ', ' + results.topicData.title + ']]',
+						bodyLong: results.postContent,
 						path: nconf.get('relative_path') + '/topic/' + results.topicData.slug + '/' + results.postIndex,
 						uniqueId: 'topic:' + tid,
 						from: exceptUid
diff --git a/src/user/create.js b/src/user/create.js
index 37fb7c2f66..48e47ee8ce 100644
--- a/src/user/create.js
+++ b/src/user/create.js
@@ -163,10 +163,8 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 
 					if (userNameChanged) {
 						notifications.create({
-							body: {
-								short: '[[user:username_taken_workaround, ' + userData.username + ']]',
-								long: ''
-							},
+							bodyShort: '[[user:username_taken_workaround, ' + userData.username + ']]',
+							bodyLong: '',
 							image: 'brand:logo',
 							datetime: Date.now()
 						}, function(nid) {
diff --git a/src/user/notifications.js b/src/user/notifications.js
index a3d42080cb..935ec26cd4 100644
--- a/src/user/notifications.js
+++ b/src/user/notifications.js
@@ -163,10 +163,8 @@ var async = require('async'),
 				}
 
 				notifications.create({
-					body: {
-						short: '[[notifications:user_made_post, ' + results.username + ']]',
-						long: results.postContent
-					},
+					bodyShort: '[[notifications:user_made_post, ' + results.username + ']]',
+					bodyLong: results.postContent,
 					path: nconf.get('relative_path') + '/topic/' + results.slug + '/' + results.postIndex,
 					uniqueId: 'topic:' + tid,
 					from: uid