diff --git a/functions/src/create-notification.ts b/functions/src/create-notification.ts
index 4c42b00e..56493043 100644
--- a/functions/src/create-notification.ts
+++ b/functions/src/create-notification.ts
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ export const createGroupCommentNotification = async (
   group: Group,
   idempotencyKey: string
 ) => {
+  if (toUserId === fromUser.id) return
   const notificationRef = firestore
     .collection(`/users/${toUserId}/notifications`)
     .doc(idempotencyKey)
diff --git a/web/components/nav/sidebar.tsx b/web/components/nav/sidebar.tsx
index 5c3b9128..821d1397 100644
--- a/web/components/nav/sidebar.tsx
+++ b/web/components/nav/sidebar.tsx
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ function GroupsList(props: {
       if (
         notification.isSeenOnHref === currentPage ||
         // Old chat style group chat notif ended just with the group slug
-        notification.isSeenOnHref?.endsWith(currentPageGroupSlug) ||
+        notification.isSeenOnHref?.includes(currentPageGroupSlug) ||
         // They're on the home page, so if they've a chat notif, they're seeing the chat
         (notification.isSeenOnHref?.endsWith(GROUP_CHAT_SLUG) &&
           currentPage.endsWith(currentPageGroupSlug))