diff --git a/frontend/app/mstore/notificationStore.ts b/frontend/app/mstore/notificationStore.ts
index e2e4fbe5e..13124ca62 100644
--- a/frontend/app/mstore/notificationStore.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/mstore/notificationStore.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export default class NotificationStore {
                         notification.viewed = true;
                         return notification;
                     });
+                    this.fetchNotificationsCount();
                     resolve(response);
                 }).catch((error: any) => {
                     reject(error);
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ export default class NotificationStore {
                         }
                         return notification;
                     });
+                    this.fetchNotificationsCount();
                     resolve(response);
                 }).catch((error: any) => {
                     reject(error);
diff --git a/frontend/app/services/UserService.ts b/frontend/app/services/UserService.ts
index 5ab27bd30..7a515d910 100644
--- a/frontend/app/services/UserService.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/services/UserService.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export default class UserService {
             .then((response: { data: any; }) => response.data || {});
     }
 
-    ignoreNotification(notificationId: string) {
+    ignoreNotification(notificationId: number) {
         return this.client.get(`/notifications/${notificationId}/view`)
             .then((response: { json: () => any; }) => response.json())
             .then((response: { data: any; }) => response.data || {});