diff --git a/public/src/client/notifications.js b/public/src/client/notifications.js
index 2848704541..4f2dfbf197 100644
--- a/public/src/client/notifications.js
+++ b/public/src/client/notifications.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ define('forum/notifications', ['components', 'notifications'], function(componen
 
 	Notifications.init = function() {
 		var listEl = $('.notifications-list');
-		listEl.on('click', 'a', function(e) {
+		listEl.on('click', '[component="notifications/item/link"]', function(e) {
 			var nid = $(this).parents('[data-nid]').attr('data-nid');
 			socket.emit('notifications.markRead', nid, function(err) {
 				if (err) {
diff --git a/src/user/approval.js b/src/user/approval.js
index d148842204..2c263d2c46 100644
--- a/src/user/approval.js
+++ b/src/user/approval.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 	function sendNotificationToAdmins(username, callback) {
 		notifications.create({
 			bodyShort: '[[notifications:new_register, ' + username + ']]',
-			nid: 'new_register' + username,
+			nid: 'new_register:' + username,
 			path: '/admin/manage/users/registration'
 		}, function(err, notification) {
 			if (err) {