diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/notifications/index.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/notifications/index.js
index 67b155ced2d..fc42a4de4c4 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/notifications/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/notifications/index.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ const mapStateToProps = state => ({
   showFilterBar: state.getIn(['settings', 'notifications', 'quickFilter', 'show']),
   notifications: getNotifications(state),
   localSettings:  state.get('local_settings'),
-  isLoading: state.getIn(['notifications', 'isLoading'], true),
+  isLoading: state.getIn(['notifications', 'isLoading'], 0) > 0,
   isUnread: state.getIn(['notifications', 'unread']) > 0 || state.getIn(['notifications', 'pendingItems']).size > 0,
   hasMore: state.getIn(['notifications', 'hasMore']),
   numPending: state.getIn(['notifications', 'pendingItems'], ImmutableList()).size,