diff --git a/src/components/follow_request_card/follow_request_card.js b/src/components/follow_request_card/follow_request_card.js
index 47c86e15..bbe569f6 100644
--- a/src/components/follow_request_card/follow_request_card.js
+++ b/src/components/follow_request_card/follow_request_card.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const FollowRequestCard = {
       this.$store.dispatch('decrementFollowRequestsCount')
 
       const notifId = this.findFollowRequestNotificationId()
-      this.$store.dispatch('markSingleNotificationAsSeen', { id: notifId })
+      //this.$store.dispatch('markSingleNotificationAsSeen', { id: notifId })
       this.$store.dispatch('updateNotification', {
         id: notifId,
         updater: notification => {
diff --git a/src/components/notification/notification.js b/src/components/notification/notification.js
index af612ccb..5b5c60b2 100644
--- a/src/components/notification/notification.js
+++ b/src/components/notification/notification.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ const Notification = {
     doApprove () {
       this.$store.state.api.backendInteractor.approveUser({ id: this.user.id })
       this.$store.dispatch('removeFollowRequest', this.user)
-      this.$store.dispatch('markSingleNotificationAsSeen', { id: this.notification.id })
+      //this.$store.dispatch('markSingleNotificationAsSeen', { id: this.notification.id })
       this.$store.dispatch('updateNotification', {
         id: this.notification.id,
         updater: notification => {
diff --git a/src/modules/statuses.js b/src/modules/statuses.js
index 1f4de887..29a0ff41 100644
--- a/src/modules/statuses.js
+++ b/src/modules/statuses.js
@@ -704,11 +704,11 @@ const statuses = {
     },
     markSingleNotificationAsSeen ({ rootState, commit }, { id }) {
       commit('markSingleNotificationAsSeen', { id })
-      apiService.markNotificationsAsSeen({
+      /*apiService.markNotificationsAsSeen({
         single: true,
         id,
         credentials: rootState.users.currentUser.credentials
-      })
+      })*/
     },
     dismissNotificationLocal ({ rootState, commit }, { id }) {
       commit('dismissNotification', { id })
diff --git a/src/services/api/api.service.js b/src/services/api/api.service.js
index 84316196..18ebc2e6 100644
--- a/src/services/api/api.service.js
+++ b/src/services/api/api.service.js
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ const MASTODON_TAG_URL = (name) => `/api/v1/tags/${name}`
 const MASTODON_FOLLOW_TAG_URL = (name) => `/api/v1/tags/${name}/follow`
 const MASTODON_UNFOLLOW_TAG_URL = (name) => `/api/v1/tags/${name}/unfollow`
 const MASTODON_FOLLOWED_TAGS_URL = '/api/v1/followed_tags'
+const MASTODON_MARKERS_URL = '/api/v1/markers'
 
 const oldfetch = window.fetch
 
@@ -715,6 +716,16 @@ const fetchTimeline = ({
   const isNotifications = timeline === 'notifications'
   const params = []
 
+  let markers = {}
+  let markerPromise = Promise.resolve()
+  if (isNotifications) {
+    markerPromise = fetch(`${MASTODON_MARKERS_URL}?timeline=notifications`, { headers: authHeaders(credentials) })
+      .then((data) => data.json())
+      .then((data) => {
+        markers = data.notifications
+      })
+  }
+
   let url = timelineUrls[timeline]
 
   if (timeline === 'user' || timeline === 'media' || timeline === 'replies') {
@@ -781,6 +792,7 @@ const fetchTimeline = ({
         throw new Error(data.error)
       }
       if (!data.errors) {
+        if (isNotifications) data.map((val) => val.last_read = markers.last_read_id)
         return { data: data.map(isNotifications ? parseNotification : parseStatus), pagination }
       } else {
         data.status = status
@@ -1277,13 +1289,15 @@ const suggestions = ({ credentials }) => {
 const markNotificationsAsSeen = ({ id, credentials, single = false }) => {
   const body = new FormData()
 
-  if (single) {
+  /*if (single) {
     body.append('id', id)
   } else {
     body.append('max_id', id)
-  }
+  }*/
 
-  return fetch(NOTIFICATION_READ_URL, {
+  body.append('notifications[last_read_id]', id)
+
+  return fetch(MASTODON_MARKERS_URL, {
     body,
     headers: authHeaders(credentials),
     method: 'POST'
diff --git a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
index 925e281b..e8e308f3 100644
--- a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
+++ b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ export const parseNotification = (data) => {
   if (masto) {
     output.type = mastoDict[data.type] || data.type
     // todo: figure out how to tell if a notification has been seen or not
-    output.seen = true
+    output.seen = data.last_read && data.id <= data.last_read
     if (data.status) {
       output.status = isStatusNotification(output.type) ? parseStatus(data.status) : null
       output.action = output.status // TODO: Refactor, this is unneeded