diff --git a/api/resolvers/notifications.js b/api/resolvers/notifications.js
index 65084409..e1a88237 100644
--- a/api/resolvers/notifications.js
+++ b/api/resolvers/notifications.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { AuthenticationError } from 'apollo-server-micro'
 import { decodeCursor, LIMIT, nextCursorEncoded } from '../../lib/cursor'
+import { getItem } from './item'
 
 export default {
   Query: {
@@ -62,48 +63,50 @@ export default {
       // HACK to make notifications faster, we only return a limited sub set of the unioned
       // queries ... we only ever need at most LIMIT+current offset in the child queries to
       // have enough items to return in the union
-      let notifications = await models.$queryRaw(`
-        (SELECT ${ITEM_FIELDS}, "Item".created_at as "sortTime", NULL as "earnedSats",
-          false as mention
+      const notifications = await models.$queryRaw(`
+        (SELECT "Item".id::TEXT, "Item".created_at AS "sortTime", NULL as "earnedSats",
+          'Reply' AS type
           FROM "Item"
           JOIN "Item" p ON "Item"."parentId" = p.id
           WHERE p."userId" = $1
             AND "Item"."userId" <> $1 AND "Item".created_at <= $2
-          ORDER BY "Item".created_at desc
+          ORDER BY "Item".created_at DESC
           LIMIT ${LIMIT}+$3)
         UNION ALL
-        (SELECT ${ITEM_FIELDS}, max("ItemAct".created_at) as "sortTime",
-          sum("ItemAct".sats) as "earnedSats", false as mention
+        (SELECT "Item".id::TEXT, MAX("ItemAct".created_at) AS "sortTime",
+          sum("ItemAct".sats) as "earnedSats", 'Votification' AS type
           FROM "Item"
-          JOIN "ItemAct" on "ItemAct"."itemId" = "Item".id
+          JOIN "ItemAct" ON "ItemAct"."itemId" = "Item".id
           WHERE "ItemAct"."userId" <> $1
           AND "ItemAct".created_at <= $2
           AND "ItemAct".act <> 'BOOST'
           AND "Item"."userId" = $1
           GROUP BY ${ITEM_GROUP_FIELDS}
-          ORDER BY max("ItemAct".created_at) desc
+          ORDER BY MAX("ItemAct".created_at) DESC
           LIMIT ${LIMIT}+$3)
         UNION ALL
-        (SELECT ${ITEM_FIELDS}, "Mention".created_at as "sortTime",  NULL as "earnedSats",
-          true as mention
+        (SELECT "Item".id::TEXT, "Mention".created_at AS "sortTime", NULL as "earnedSats",
+          'Mention' AS type
           FROM "Mention"
-          JOIN "Item" on "Mention"."itemId" = "Item".id
-          LEFT JOIN "Item" p on "Item"."parentId" = p.id
+          JOIN "Item" ON "Mention"."itemId" = "Item".id
+          LEFT JOIN "Item" p ON "Item"."parentId" = p.id
           WHERE "Mention"."userId" = $1
           AND "Mention".created_at <= $2
           AND "Item"."userId" <> $1
           AND (p."userId" IS NULL OR p."userId" <> $1)
-          ORDER BY "Mention".created_at desc
+          ORDER BY "Mention".created_at DESC
           LIMIT ${LIMIT}+$3)
+        UNION ALL
+        (SELECT "Invite".id, MAX(users.created_at) AS "sortTime", NULL as "earnedSats",
+          'Invitification' AS type
+          FROM users JOIN "Invite" on users."inviteId" = "Invite".id
+          WHERE "Invite"."userId" = $1
+          AND users.created_at <= $2
+          GROUP BY "Invite".id)
         ORDER BY "sortTime" DESC
         OFFSET $3
         LIMIT ${LIMIT}`, me.id, decodedCursor.time, decodedCursor.offset)
 
-      notifications = notifications.map(n => {
-        n.item = { ...n }
-        return n
-      })
-
       const { checkedNotesAt } = await models.user.findUnique({ where: { id: me.id } })
       if (decodedCursor.offset === 0) {
         await models.user.update({ where: { id: me.id }, data: { checkedNotesAt: new Date() } })
@@ -117,8 +120,26 @@ export default {
     }
   },
   Notification: {
-    __resolveType: async (notification, args, { models }) =>
-      notification.earnedSats ? 'Votification' : (notification.mention ? 'Mention' : 'Reply')
+    __resolveType: async (n, args, { models }) => n.type
+  },
+  Votification: {
+    item: async (n, args, { models }) => getItem(n, { id: n.id }, { models })
+  },
+  Reply: {
+    item: async (n, args, { models }) => getItem(n, { id: n.id }, { models })
+  },
+  Mention: {
+    mention: async (n, args, { models }) => true,
+    item: async (n, args, { models }) => getItem(n, { id: n.id }, { models })
+  },
+  Invitification: {
+    invite: async (n, args, { models }) => {
+      return await models.invite.findUnique({
+        where: {
+          id: n.id
+        }
+      })
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -130,6 +151,6 @@ const ITEM_GROUP_FIELDS =
   `"Item".id, "Item".created_at, "Item".updated_at, "Item".title,
   "Item".text, "Item".url, "Item"."userId", "Item"."parentId", ltree2text("Item"."path")`
 
-const ITEM_FIELDS =
-  `"Item".id, "Item".created_at as "createdAt", "Item".updated_at as "updatedAt", "Item".title,
-  "Item".text, "Item".url, "Item"."userId", "Item"."parentId", ltree2text("Item"."path") AS path`
+// const ITEM_FIELDS =
+//   `"Item".id, "Item".created_at as "createdAt", "Item".updated_at as "updatedAt", "Item".title,
+//   "Item".text, "Item".url, "Item"."userId", "Item"."parentId", ltree2text("Item"."path") AS path`
diff --git a/api/resolvers/user.js b/api/resolvers/user.js
index 11cb90cd..1d01f7d8 100644
--- a/api/resolvers/user.js
+++ b/api/resolvers/user.js
@@ -160,13 +160,13 @@ export default {
       // check if any votes have been cast for them since checkedNotesAt
       const votes = await models.$queryRaw(`
         SELECT "ItemAct".id, "ItemAct".created_at
-        FROM "ItemAct"
-        JOIN "Item" on "ItemAct"."itemId" = "Item".id
-        WHERE "ItemAct"."userId" <> $1
-        AND ("ItemAct".created_at > $2 OR $2 IS NULL)
-        AND "ItemAct".act <> 'BOOST'
-        AND "Item"."userId" = $1
-        LIMIT 1`, user.id, user.checkedNotesAt)
+          FROM "ItemAct"
+          JOIN "Item" on "ItemAct"."itemId" = "Item".id
+          WHERE "ItemAct"."userId" <> $1
+          AND ("ItemAct".created_at > $2 OR $2 IS NULL)
+          AND "ItemAct".act <> 'BOOST'
+          AND "Item"."userId" = $1
+          LIMIT 1`, user.id, user.checkedNotesAt)
       if (votes.length > 0) {
         return true
       }
@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ export default {
       // check if they have any replies since checkedNotesAt
       const newReplies = await models.$queryRaw(`
         SELECT "Item".id, "Item".created_at
-        From "Item"
-        JOIN "Item" p ON "Item"."parentId" = p.id
-        WHERE p."userId" = $1
-        AND ("Item".created_at > $2 OR $2 IS NULL)  AND "Item"."userId" <> $1
-        LIMIT 1`, user.id, user.checkedNotesAt)
+          FROM "Item"
+          JOIN "Item" p ON "Item"."parentId" = p.id
+          WHERE p."userId" = $1
+          AND ("Item".created_at > $2 OR $2 IS NULL)  AND "Item"."userId" <> $1
+          LIMIT 1`, user.id, user.checkedNotesAt)
       if (newReplies.length > 0) {
         return true
       }
@@ -186,13 +186,24 @@ export default {
       // check if they have any mentions since checkedNotesAt
       const newMentions = await models.$queryRaw(`
         SELECT "Item".id, "Item".created_at
-        From "Mention"
-        JOIN "Item" ON "Mention"."itemId" = "Item".id
-        WHERE "Mention"."userId" = $1
-        AND ("Mention".created_at > $2 OR $2 IS NULL)
-        AND "Item"."userId" <> $1
-        LIMIT 1`, user.id, user.checkedNotesAt)
-      return newMentions.length > 0
+          FROM "Mention"
+          JOIN "Item" ON "Mention"."itemId" = "Item".id
+          WHERE "Mention"."userId" = $1
+          AND ("Mention".created_at > $2 OR $2 IS NULL)
+          AND "Item"."userId" <> $1
+          LIMIT 1`, user.id, user.checkedNotesAt)
+      if (newMentions.length > 0) {
+        return true
+      }
+
+      // check if new invites have been redeemed
+      const newInvitees = await models.$queryRaw(`
+        SELECT "Invite".id
+          FROM users JOIN "Invite" on users."inviteId" = "Invite".id
+          WHERE "Invite"."userId" = $1
+          AND (users.created_at > $2 or $2 IS NULL)
+          LIMIT 1`, user.id, user.checkedNotesAt)
+      return newInvitees.length > 0
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/api/typeDefs/notifications.js b/api/typeDefs/notifications.js
index 3071db4e..704ec4fb 100644
--- a/api/typeDefs/notifications.js
+++ b/api/typeDefs/notifications.js
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ export default gql`
     sortTime: String!
   }
 
-  union Notification = Reply | Votification | Mention
+  type Invitification {
+    invite: Invite!
+    sortTime: String!
+  }
+
+  union Notification = Reply | Votification | Mention | Invitification
 
   type Notifications {
     lastChecked: String
diff --git a/components/invite.js b/components/invite.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af9e5212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/invite.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { CopyInput } from './form'
+import { gql, useMutation } from '@apollo/client'
+import { INVITE_FIELDS } from '../fragments/invites'
+import styles from '../styles/invites.module.css'
+
+export default function Invite ({ invite, active }) {
+  const [revokeInvite] = useMutation(
+    gql`
+      ${INVITE_FIELDS}
+      mutation revokeInvite($id: ID!) {
+        revokeInvite(id: $id) {
+          ...InviteFields
+        }
+      }`
+  )
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      className={styles.invite}
+    >
+      <CopyInput
+        groupClassName='mb-1'
+        size='sm' type='text'
+        placeholder={`https://stacker.news/invites/${invite.id}`} readOnly
+      />
+      <div className={styles.other}>
+        <span>{invite.gift} sat gift</span>
+        <span> \ </span>
+        <span>{invite.invitees.length} joined{invite.limit ? ` of ${invite.limit}` : ''}</span>
+        {active
+          ? (
+            <>
+              <span> \ </span>
+              <span
+                className={styles.revoke}
+                onClick={() => revokeInvite({ variables: { id: invite.id } })}
+              >revoke
+              </span>
+            </>)
+
+          : invite.revoked && (
+            <>
+              <span> \ </span>
+              <span
+                className='text-danger'
+              >revoked
+              </span>
+            </>)}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/components/notifications.js b/components/notifications.js
index 20b1bbef..850237ae 100644
--- a/components/notifications.js
+++ b/components/notifications.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Item from './item'
 import { NOTIFICATIONS } from '../fragments/notifications'
 import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
 import MoreFooter from './more-footer'
+import Invite from './invite'
 
 function Notification ({ n }) {
   const router = useRouter()
@@ -11,7 +12,9 @@ function Notification ({ n }) {
     <div
       className='clickToContext'
       onClick={() => {
-        if (n.__typename === 'Reply' || !n.item.title) {
+        if (n.__typename === 'Invitification') {
+          router.push('/invites')
+        } else if (!n.item.title) {
           router.push({
             pathname: '/items/[id]',
             query: { id: n.item.root.id, commentId: n.item.id }
@@ -24,23 +27,41 @@ function Notification ({ n }) {
         }
       }}
     >
-      {n.__typename === 'Votification' &&
-        <small className='font-weight-bold text-success ml-2'>your {n.item.title ? 'post' : 'reply'} stacked {n.earnedSats} sats</small>}
-      {n.__typename === 'Mention' &&
-        <small className='font-weight-bold text-info ml-2'>you were mentioned in</small>}
-      <div className={
-    n.__typename === 'Votification' || n.__typename === 'Mention'
-      ? ''
-      : 'py-2'
-    }
-      >
-        {n.item.title
-          ? <Item item={n.item} />
-          : (
-            <div className='pb-2'>
-              <Comment item={n.item} noReply includeParent rootText={n.__typename === 'Reply' ? 'replying to you on:' : undefined} clickToContext />
-            </div>)}
-      </div>
+      {n.__typename === 'Invitification'
+        ? (
+          <>
+            <small className='font-weight-bold text-secondary ml-2'>
+              your invite has been redeemed by {n.invite.invitees.length} users
+            </small>
+            <div className='ml-4 mr-2 mt-1'>
+              <Invite
+                invite={n.invite} active={
+                !n.invite.revoked &&
+                !(n.invite.limit && n.invite.invitees.length >= n.invite.limit)
+              }
+              />
+            </div>
+          </>
+          )
+        : (
+          <>
+            {n.__typename === 'Votification' &&
+              <small className='font-weight-bold text-success ml-2'>
+                your {n.item.title ? 'post' : 'reply'} stacked {n.earnedSats} sats
+              </small>}
+            {n.__typename === 'Mention' &&
+              <small className='font-weight-bold text-info ml-2'>
+                you were mentioned in
+              </small>}
+            <div className={n.__typename === 'Votification' || n.__typename === 'Mention' ? '' : 'py-2'}>
+              {n.item.title
+                ? <Item item={n.item} />
+                : (
+                  <div className='pb-2'>
+                    <Comment item={n.item} noReply includeParent rootText={n.__typename === 'Reply' ? 'replying to you on:' : undefined} clickToContext />
+                  </div>)}
+            </div>
+          </>)}
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/fragments/notifications.js b/fragments/notifications.js
index f855e30f..08d4cf38 100644
--- a/fragments/notifications.js
+++ b/fragments/notifications.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { gql } from '@apollo/client'
 import { ITEM_FIELDS } from './items'
+import { INVITE_FIELDS } from './invites'
 
 export const NOTIFICATIONS = gql`
   ${ITEM_FIELDS}
+  ${INVITE_FIELDS}
 
   query Notifications($cursor: String) {
     notifications(cursor: $cursor) {
@@ -33,6 +35,12 @@ export const NOTIFICATIONS = gql`
             text
           }
         }
+        ... on Invitification {
+          sortTime
+          invite {
+            ...InviteFields
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
   } `
diff --git a/pages/invites/index.js b/pages/invites/index.js
index 199a0278..9b580dac 100644
--- a/pages/invites/index.js
+++ b/pages/invites/index.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import Layout from '../../components/layout'
 import * as Yup from 'yup'
-import { CopyInput, Form, Input, SubmitButton } from '../../components/form'
+import { Form, Input, SubmitButton } from '../../components/form'
 import { InputGroup } from 'react-bootstrap'
 import { gql, useMutation, useQuery } from '@apollo/client'
 import { INVITE_FIELDS } from '../../fragments/invites'
 import AccordianItem from '../../components/accordian-item'
 import styles from '../../styles/invites.module.css'
+import Invite from '../../components/invite'
 
 export const InviteSchema = Yup.object({
   gift: Yup.number().typeError('must be a number')
@@ -73,54 +74,6 @@ function InviteForm () {
   )
 }
 
-function Invite ({ invite, active }) {
-  const [revokeInvite] = useMutation(
-    gql`
-      ${INVITE_FIELDS}
-      mutation revokeInvite($id: ID!) {
-        revokeInvite(id: $id) {
-          ...InviteFields
-        }
-      }`
-  )
-
-  return (
-    <div
-      className={styles.invite}
-    >
-      <CopyInput
-        groupClassName='mb-1'
-        size='sm' type='text'
-        placeholder={`https://stacker.news/invites/${invite.id}`} readOnly
-      />
-      <div className={styles.other}>
-        <span>{invite.gift} sat gift</span>
-        <span> \ </span>
-        <span>{invite.invitees.length} joined{invite.limit ? ` of ${invite.limit}` : ''}</span>
-        {active
-          ? (
-            <>
-              <span> \ </span>
-              <span
-                className={styles.revoke}
-                onClick={() => revokeInvite({ variables: { id: invite.id } })}
-              >revoke
-              </span>
-            </>)
-
-          : invite.revoked && (
-            <>
-              <span> \ </span>
-              <span
-                className='text-danger'
-              >revoked
-              </span>
-            </>)}
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  )
-}
-
 function InviteList ({ name, invites }) {
   return (
     <div className='mt-4'>