diff --git a/functions/src/create-notification.ts b/functions/src/create-notification.ts
index 9c5d98c1..8ed14704 100644
--- a/functions/src/create-notification.ts
+++ b/functions/src/create-notification.ts
@@ -723,3 +723,17 @@ export const createLikeNotification = async (
   }
   return await notificationRef.set(removeUndefinedProps(notification))
 }
+
+export async function filterUserIdsForOnlyFollowerIds(
+  userIds: string[],
+  contractId: string
+) {
+  // get contract follower documents and check here if they're a follower
+  const contractFollowersSnap = await firestore
+    .collection(`contracts/${contractId}/follows`)
+    .get()
+  const contractFollowersIds = contractFollowersSnap.docs.map(
+    (doc) => doc.data().id
+  )
+  return userIds.filter((id) => contractFollowersIds.includes(id))
+}
diff --git a/functions/src/on-create-comment-on-contract.ts b/functions/src/on-create-comment-on-contract.ts
index 8651bde0..663a7977 100644
--- a/functions/src/on-create-comment-on-contract.ts
+++ b/functions/src/on-create-comment-on-contract.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ import { ContractComment } from '../../common/comment'
 import { sendNewCommentEmail } from './emails'
 import { Bet } from '../../common/bet'
 import { Answer } from '../../common/answer'
-import { createCommentOrAnswerOrUpdatedContractNotification } from './create-notification'
+import {
+  createCommentOrAnswerOrUpdatedContractNotification,
+  filterUserIdsForOnlyFollowerIds,
+} from './create-notification'
 import { parseMentions, richTextToString } from '../../common/util/parse'
 import { addUserToContractFollowers } from './follow-market'
 
@@ -95,10 +98,13 @@ export const onCreateCommentOnContract = functions
       }
     )
 
-    const recipientUserIds = uniq([
-      contract.creatorId,
-      ...comments.map((comment) => comment.userId),
-    ]).filter((id) => id !== comment.userId)
+    const recipientUserIds = await filterUserIdsForOnlyFollowerIds(
+      uniq([
+        contract.creatorId,
+        ...comments.map((comment) => comment.userId),
+      ]).filter((id) => id !== comment.userId),
+      contractId
+    )
 
     await Promise.all(
       recipientUserIds.map((userId) =>