diff --git a/web/components/groups/group-chat.tsx b/web/components/groups/group-chat.tsx
index 0cec8885..244a3ffe 100644
--- a/web/components/groups/group-chat.tsx
+++ b/web/components/groups/group-chat.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { sum } from 'lodash'
 import { formatMoney } from 'common/util/format'
 import { useWindowSize } from 'web/hooks/use-window-size'
 import { Content, useTextEditor } from 'web/components/editor'
-import { useUnseenPreferredNotifications } from 'web/hooks/use-notifications'
+import { useUnseenNotifications } from 'web/hooks/use-notifications'
 import { ChevronDownIcon, UsersIcon } from '@heroicons/react/outline'
 import { setNotificationsAsSeen } from 'web/pages/notifications'
 import { usePrivateUser } from 'web/hooks/use-user'
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ function GroupChatNotificationsIcon(props: {
   hidden: boolean
 }) {
   const { privateUser, group, shouldSetAsSeen, hidden } = props
-  const preferredNotificationsForThisGroup = useUnseenPreferredNotifications(
+  const notificationsForThisGroup = useUnseenNotifications(
     privateUser
     // Disabled tracking by customHref for now.
     // {
@@ -286,9 +286,9 @@ function GroupChatNotificationsIcon(props: {
   )
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!preferredNotificationsForThisGroup) return
+    if (!notificationsForThisGroup) return
 
-    preferredNotificationsForThisGroup.forEach((notification) => {
+    notificationsForThisGroup.forEach((notification) => {
       if (
         (shouldSetAsSeen && notification.isSeenOnHref?.includes('chat')) ||
         // old style chat notif that simply ended with the group slug
@@ -297,14 +297,14 @@ function GroupChatNotificationsIcon(props: {
         setNotificationsAsSeen([notification])
       }
     })
-  }, [group.slug, preferredNotificationsForThisGroup, shouldSetAsSeen])
+  }, [group.slug, notificationsForThisGroup, shouldSetAsSeen])
 
   return (
     <div
       className={
         !hidden &&
-        preferredNotificationsForThisGroup &&
-        preferredNotificationsForThisGroup.length > 0 &&
+        notificationsForThisGroup &&
+        notificationsForThisGroup.length > 0 &&
         !shouldSetAsSeen
           ? 'absolute right-4 top-4 h-3 w-3 rounded-full border-2 border-white bg-red-500'
           : 'hidden'
diff --git a/web/components/notifications-icon.tsx b/web/components/notifications-icon.tsx
index dbdad6a9..55284e96 100644
--- a/web/components/notifications-icon.tsx
+++ b/web/components/notifications-icon.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Row } from 'web/components/layout/row'
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { usePrivateUser } from 'web/hooks/use-user'
 import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
-import { useUnseenPreferredNotificationGroups } from 'web/hooks/use-notifications'
+import { useUnseenGroupedNotification } from 'web/hooks/use-notifications'
 import { NOTIFICATIONS_PER_PAGE } from 'web/pages/notifications'
 import { PrivateUser } from 'common/user'
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function UnseenNotificationsBubble(props: { privateUser: PrivateUser }) {
     else setSeen(false)
   }, [router.pathname])
 
-  const notifications = useUnseenPreferredNotificationGroups(privateUser)
+  const notifications = useUnseenGroupedNotification(privateUser)
   if (!notifications || notifications.length === 0 || seen) {
     return <div />
   }
diff --git a/web/hooks/use-notifications.ts b/web/hooks/use-notifications.ts
index f106c502..d02d3d30 100644
--- a/web/hooks/use-notifications.ts
+++ b/web/hooks/use-notifications.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export type NotificationGroup = {
   type: 'income' | 'normal'
 }
 
-function usePreferredNotifications(privateUser: PrivateUser) {
+function useNotifications(privateUser: PrivateUser) {
   const result = useFirestoreQueryData(
     ['notifications-all', privateUser.id],
     getNotificationsQuery(privateUser.id),
@@ -35,24 +35,23 @@ function usePreferredNotifications(privateUser: PrivateUser) {
   return notifications
 }
 
-export function useUnseenPreferredNotifications(privateUser: PrivateUser) {
-  const notifications = usePreferredNotifications(privateUser)
-  const unseen = useMemo(
+export function useUnseenNotifications(privateUser: PrivateUser) {
+  const notifications = useNotifications(privateUser)
+  return useMemo(
     () => notifications && notifications.filter((n) => !n.isSeen),
     [notifications]
   )
-  return unseen
 }
 
-export function usePreferredGroupedNotifications(privateUser: PrivateUser) {
-  const notifications = usePreferredNotifications(privateUser)
+export function useGroupedNotifications(privateUser: PrivateUser) {
+  const notifications = useNotifications(privateUser)
   return useMemo(() => {
     if (notifications) return groupNotifications(notifications)
   }, [notifications])
 }
 
-export function useUnseenPreferredNotificationGroups(privateUser: PrivateUser) {
-  const notifications = useUnseenPreferredNotifications(privateUser)
+export function useUnseenGroupedNotification(privateUser: PrivateUser) {
+  const notifications = useUnseenNotifications(privateUser)
   return useMemo(() => {
     if (notifications) return groupNotifications(notifications)
   }, [notifications])
diff --git a/web/pages/notifications.tsx b/web/pages/notifications.tsx
index ef333383..85cbcbae 100644
--- a/web/pages/notifications.tsx
+++ b/web/pages/notifications.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import {
 } from 'web/components/outcome-label'
 import {
   NotificationGroup,
-  usePreferredGroupedNotifications,
+  useGroupedNotifications,
 } from 'web/hooks/use-notifications'
 import { TrendingUpIcon } from '@heroicons/react/outline'
 import { formatMoney } from 'common/util/format'
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ function RenderNotificationGroups(props: {
 function NotificationsList(props: { privateUser: PrivateUser }) {
   const { privateUser } = props
   const [page, setPage] = useState(0)
-  const allGroupedNotifications = usePreferredGroupedNotifications(privateUser)
+  const allGroupedNotifications = useGroupedNotifications(privateUser)
   const paginatedGroupedNotifications = useMemo(() => {
     if (!allGroupedNotifications) return
     const start = page * NOTIFICATIONS_PER_PAGE