diff --git a/src/components/Dashboard.jsx b/src/components/Dashboard.jsx
index a92bcb8..162bd75 100644
--- a/src/components/Dashboard.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Dashboard.jsx
@@ -123,9 +123,7 @@ class Dashboard extends React.Component {
         <Notification
           isNotification={this.props.ui.flags.isNotification}
           notifications={this.props.domain.notifications}
-          onToggle={() => {
-            this.props.actions.toggleNotifications();
-          }}
+          onToggle={this.props.actions.markNotificationsRead}
         />
         <LoadingOverlay
           ui={this.props.ui.flags.isFetchingDomain}
diff --git a/src/components/Notification.jsx b/src/components/Notification.jsx
index fcf939a..260befa 100644
--- a/src/components/Notification.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Notification.jsx
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ export default class Notification extends React.Component{
   }
 
   render() {
-    if (this.props.isNotification) {
-
+    const notificationsToRender = this.props.notifications.filter(n => !('isRead' in n && n.isRead))
+    if (notificationsToRender.length > 0) {
       return (
         <div className={`notification-wrapper`}>
           {this.props.notifications.map((notification) => {
diff --git a/src/reducers/ui.js b/src/reducers/ui.js
index 0a643c3..5fa405f 100644
--- a/src/reducers/ui.js
+++ b/src/reducers/ui.js
@@ -39,28 +39,16 @@ function toggleInfoPopup(uiState, action) {
   }
 }
 
-function toggleNotifications(uiState, action) {
-  return {
-    ...uiState,
-    flags: {
-      ...uiState.flags,
-      isNotification: !uiState.flags.isNotification
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 function ui(uiState = initial.ui, action) {
   switch (action.type) {
     case TOGGLE_FETCHING_DOMAIN:
-      return toggleFetchingDomain(uiState, action);
+      return toggleFetchingDomain(uiState, action)
     case TOGGLE_FETCHING_SOURCES:
-      return toggleFetchingSources(uiState, action);
+      return toggleFetchingSources(uiState, action)
     case TOGGLE_INFOPOPUP:
-      return toggleInfoPopup(uiState, action);
-    case TOGGLE_NOTIFICATIONS:
-      return toggleNotifications(uiState, action);
+      return toggleInfoPopup(uiState, action)
     default:
-      return uiState;
+      return uiState
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/store/initial.js b/src/store/initial.js
index 4d1912a..4c8cdbb 100644
--- a/src/store/initial.js
+++ b/src/store/initial.js
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ const initial = {
       isFetchingSources: false,
 
       isCardstack: true,
-      isInfopopup: false,
-      isNotification: true
+      isInfopopup: false
     },
     tools: {
       formatter: d3.timeFormat("%d %b, %H:%M"),