diff --git a/web/hooks/use-notifications.ts b/web/hooks/use-notifications.ts
index 129efa18..f19aefca 100644
--- a/web/hooks/use-notifications.ts
+++ b/web/hooks/use-notifications.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,7 @@ export function usePreferredGroupedNotifications(privateUser: PrivateUser) {
   const [notifications, setNotifications] = useState<Notification[]>([])
   const key = `notifications-${privateUser.id}-all`
 
-  const result = useFirestoreQuery(
-    [key],
-    getNotificationsQuery(privateUser.id, false)
-  )
+  const result = useFirestoreQuery([key], getNotificationsQuery(privateUser.id))
   useEffect(() => {
     if (result.isLoading) return
     if (!result.data) return setNotifications([])
diff --git a/web/lib/firebase/notifications.ts b/web/lib/firebase/notifications.ts
index 302c4d55..a4e1b527 100644
--- a/web/lib/firebase/notifications.ts
+++ b/web/lib/firebase/notifications.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,27 @@
-import { collection, orderBy, query, where } from 'firebase/firestore'
+import { collection, limit, orderBy, query, where } from 'firebase/firestore'
 import { Notification } from 'common/notification'
 import { db } from 'web/lib/firebase/init'
 import { listenForValues } from 'web/lib/firebase/utils'
+import { NOTIFICATIONS_PER_PAGE } from 'web/pages/notifications'
 
-export function getNotificationsQuery(userId: string, unseenOnly?: boolean) {
+export function getNotificationsQuery(
+  userId: string,
+  unseenOnlyOptions?: { unseenOnly: boolean; limit: number }
+) {
   const notifsCollection = collection(db, `/users/${userId}/notifications`)
-  if (unseenOnly)
+  if (unseenOnlyOptions?.unseenOnly)
     return query(
       notifsCollection,
       where('isSeen', '==', false),
-      orderBy('createdTime', 'desc')
+      orderBy('createdTime', 'desc'),
+      limit(unseenOnlyOptions.limit)
     )
-  return query(notifsCollection, orderBy('createdTime', 'desc'))
+  return query(
+    notifsCollection,
+    orderBy('createdTime', 'desc'),
+    // Nobody's going through 10 pages of notifications, right?
+    limit(NOTIFICATIONS_PER_PAGE * 10)
+  )
 }
 
 export function listenForNotifications(
@@ -20,11 +30,13 @@ export function listenForNotifications(
   unseenOnly?: boolean
 ) {
   return listenForValues<Notification>(
-    getNotificationsQuery(userId, unseenOnly),
+    getNotificationsQuery(
+      userId,
+      unseenOnly ? { unseenOnly, limit: NOTIFICATIONS_PER_PAGE } : undefined
+    ),
     (notifs) => {
       notifs.sort((n1, n2) => n2.createdTime - n1.createdTime)
       setNotifications(notifs)
-    },
-    true
+    }
   )
 }