diff --git a/data.c b/data.c
index f3959bf..f54f082 100644
--- a/data.c
+++ b/data.c
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@ xs_dict *notify_get(snac *snac, const char *id)
 
 
 xs_list *notify_list(snac *snac, int new_only)
-/* returns a list of notifications, optionally only the new ones */
+/* returns a list of notification ids, optionally only the new ones */
 {
     xs *t = NULL;
 
@@ -1579,9 +1579,7 @@ xs_list *notify_list(snac *snac, int new_only)
         if (t != NULL && strcmp(id, t) < 0)
             continue;
 
-        xs *noti = notify_get(snac, id);
-
-        out = xs_list_append(out, noti);
+        out = xs_list_append(out, id);
     }
 
     return out;
diff --git a/mastoapi.c b/mastoapi.c
index 4ce9b37..4ec9000 100644
--- a/mastoapi.c
+++ b/mastoapi.c
@@ -866,12 +866,17 @@ int mastoapi_get_handler(const xs_dict *req, const char *q_path,
             xs_dict *v;
 
             while (xs_list_iter(&p, &v)) {
-                const char *type = xs_dict_get(v, "type");
-                const char *objid = xs_dict_get(v, "objid");
+                xs *noti = notify_get(&snac1, v);
+
+                if (noti == NULL)
+                    continue;
+
+                const char *type  = xs_dict_get(noti, "type");
+                const char *objid = xs_dict_get(noti, "objid");
                 xs *actor = NULL;
                 xs *entry = NULL;
 
-                if (!valid_status(object_get(xs_dict_get(v, "actor"), &actor)))
+                if (!valid_status(object_get(xs_dict_get(noti, "actor"), &actor)))
                     continue;
 
                 if (objid != NULL && !valid_status(object_get(objid, &entry)))
@@ -896,15 +901,15 @@ int mastoapi_get_handler(const xs_dict *req, const char *q_path,
 
                 mn = xs_dict_append(mn, "type", type);
 
-                xs *id = xs_replace(xs_dict_get(v, "id"), ".", "");
+                xs *id = xs_replace(xs_dict_get(noti, "id"), ".", "");
                 mn = xs_dict_append(mn, "id", id);
 
-                mn = xs_dict_append(mn, "created_at", xs_dict_get(v, "date"));
+                mn = xs_dict_append(mn, "created_at", xs_dict_get(noti, "date"));
 
                 xs *acct = mastoapi_account(actor);
                 mn = xs_dict_append(mn, "account", acct);
 
-                if (objid != NULL) {
+                if (strcmp(type, "follow") != 0 && !xs_is_null(objid)) {
                     xs *st = mastoapi_status(&snac1, entry);
                     mn = xs_dict_append(mn, "status", st);
                 }