diff --git a/src/views/notifications.js b/src/views/notifications.js
index 9a27b6e2f..c3d85ea09 100644
--- a/src/views/notifications.js
+++ b/src/views/notifications.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /* global async */
 /* global angular */
 
-angular.module('Application').controller('NotificationsController', ['$scope', '$timeout', '$translate', 'Client', function ($scope, $timeout, $translate, Client) {
+angular.module('Application').controller('NotificationsController', ['$scope', '$timeout', '$translate', '$interval', 'Client', function ($scope, $timeout, $translate, $interval, Client) {
     $scope.clearAllBusy = false;
 
     $scope.notifications = [];
@@ -22,13 +22,9 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('NotificationsController', ['$scope', '
 
             // attempt to translate or parse the message as json
             result.forEach(function (r) {
-                if (r.message.slice(0, 3) === 'tr:') {
-                    r.message = $translate.instant(r.message.slice(3));
-                } else {
-                    try {
-                        r.messageJson = JSON.parse(r.message);
-                    } catch (e) {}
-                }
+                try {
+                    r.messageJson = JSON.parse(r.message);
+                } catch (e) {}
             });
 
             $scope.notifications = result;
@@ -88,6 +84,10 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('NotificationsController', ['$scope', '
     };
 
     Client.onReady(function () {
+        var refreshTimer = $interval($scope.refresh, 60 * 1000); // keep this interval in sync with the notification count indicator in main.js
+        $scope.$on('$destroy', function () {
+            $interval.cancel(refreshTimer);
+        });
         $scope.refresh();
     });
 }]);