diff --git a/api/models/index.js b/api/models/index.js
index 1312709e..e79851f2 100644
--- a/api/models/index.js
+++ b/api/models/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { PrismaClient } from '@prisma/client'
 
 const prisma = global.prisma || new PrismaClient({
-  log: ['query', 'warn', 'error']
+  log: ['warn', 'error']
 })
 
 if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') global.prisma = prisma
diff --git a/api/resolvers/notifications.js b/api/resolvers/notifications.js
index 138b9146..eac7a6bb 100644
--- a/api/resolvers/notifications.js
+++ b/api/resolvers/notifications.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { AuthenticationError } from 'apollo-server-micro'
 import { decodeCursor, LIMIT, nextCursorEncoded } from './cursor'
 
 export default {
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@ export default {
       let notifications = await models.$queryRaw(`
         SELECT ${ITEM_FIELDS}, "Item".created_at as sort_time, NULL as "earnedSats"
         From "Item"
-        JOIN "Item" p ON "Item"."parentId" = p.id AND p."userId" = $1
+        JOIN "Item" p ON "Item"."parentId" = p.id
+        WHERE p."userId" = $1
         AND "Item"."userId" <> $1 AND "Item".created_at <= $2
         UNION ALL
         (SELECT ${ITEM_SUBQUERY_FIELDS}, max(subquery.voted_at) as sort_time, sum(subquery.sats) as "earnedSats"
@@ -52,16 +54,16 @@ export default {
         (SELECT ${ITEM_FIELDS}, "Vote".created_at as voted_at, "Vote".sats,
         ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY "Vote".created_at) -
         ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY "Item".id ORDER BY "Vote".created_at) as island
-        FROM "Item"
-        LEFT JOIN "Vote" on "Vote"."itemId" = "Item".id
-        AND "Vote"."userId" <> $1
+        FROM "Vote"
+        JOIN "Item" on "Vote"."itemId" = "Item".id
+        WHERE "Vote"."userId" <> $1
         AND "Item".created_at <= $2
         AND "Vote".boost = false
-        WHERE "Item"."userId" = $1) subquery
+        AND "Item"."userId" = $1) subquery
         GROUP BY ${ITEM_SUBQUERY_FIELDS}, subquery.island ORDER BY max(subquery.voted_at) desc)
         ORDER BY sort_time DESC
         OFFSET $3
-        LIMIT ${LIMIT}`, me ? me.id : 622, decodedCursor.time, decodedCursor.offset)
+        LIMIT ${LIMIT}`, 622, decodedCursor.time, decodedCursor.offset)
 
       notifications = notifications.map(n => {
         n.item = { ...n }
@@ -85,4 +87,4 @@ const ITEM_SUBQUERY_FIELDS =
 
 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"`
+  "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 9a198482..92f84d13 100644
--- a/api/resolvers/user.js
+++ b/api/resolvers/user.js
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ export default {
 
       const [{ sum }] = await models.$queryRaw(`
         SELECT sum("Vote".sats)
-        FROM "Item"
-        LEFT JOIN "Vote" on "Vote"."itemId" = "Item".id
-        AND "Vote"."userId" <> $1
+        FROM "Vote"
+        JOIN "Item" on "Vote"."itemId" = "Item".id
+        WHERE "Vote"."userId" <> $1
         AND ("Vote".created_at > $2 OR $2 IS NULL)
         AND "Vote".boost = false
-        WHERE "Item"."userId" = $1`, user.id, user.checkedNotesAt)
+        AND "Item"."userId" = $1`, user.id, user.checkedNotesAt)
 
       await models.user.update({ where: { id: me.id }, data: { checkedNotesAt: new Date() } })
       return sum || 0
@@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ export default {
     stacked: async (user, args, { models }) => {
       const [{ sum }] = await models.$queryRaw`
         SELECT sum("Vote".sats)
-        FROM "Item"
-        LEFT JOIN "Vote" on "Vote"."itemId" = "Item".id AND "Vote"."userId" <> ${user.id} AND boost = false
-        WHERE "Item"."userId" = ${user.id}`
+        FROM "Vote"
+        JOIN "Item" on "Vote"."itemId" = "Item".id
+        WHERE "Vote"."userId" <> ${user.id} AND boost = false
+        AND "Item"."userId" = ${user.id}`
       return sum || 0
     },
     sats: async (user, args, { models }) => {
@@ -77,11 +78,11 @@ export default {
       const votes = await models.$queryRaw(`
         SELECT "Vote".id, "Vote".created_at
         FROM "Vote"
-        LEFT JOIN "Item" on "Vote"."itemId" = "Item".id
-        AND "Vote"."userId" <> $1
+        JOIN "Item" on "Vote"."itemId" = "Item".id
+        WHERE "Vote"."userId" <> $1
         AND ("Vote".created_at > $2 OR $2 IS NULL)
         AND "Vote".boost = false
-        WHERE "Item"."userId" = $1
+        AND "Item"."userId" = $1
         LIMIT 1`, user.id, user.checkedNotesAt)
       if (votes.length > 0) {
         return true
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ export default {
       const newReplies = await models.$queryRaw(`
         SELECT "Item".id, "Item".created_at
         From "Item"
-        JOIN "Item" p ON "Item"."parentId" = p.id AND p."userId" = $1
+        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)
       return !!newReplies.length
diff --git a/api/typeDefs/item.js b/api/typeDefs/item.js
index 99a4f111..c01a8378 100644
--- a/api/typeDefs/item.js
+++ b/api/typeDefs/item.js
@@ -44,5 +44,6 @@ export default gql`
     meSats: Int!
     ncomments: Int!
     comments: [Item!]!
+    path: String
   }
 `
diff --git a/components/comment.js b/components/comment.js
index edd58068..5620cb2b 100644
--- a/components/comment.js
+++ b/components/comment.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { useMe } from './me'
 import CommentEdit from './comment-edit'
 import Countdown from './countdown'
 
-function Parent ({ item }) {
+function Parent ({ item, rootText }) {
   const ParentFrag = () => (
     <>
       <span> \ </span>
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ function Parent ({ item }) {
       {Number(item.root.id) !== Number(item.parentId) && <ParentFrag />}
       <span> \ </span>
       <Link href={`/items/${item.root.id}`} passHref>
-        <a onClick={e => e.stopPropagation()} className='text-reset'>root: {item.root.title}</a>
+        <a onClick={e => e.stopPropagation()} className='text-reset'>{rootText || 'on:'} {item.root.title}</a>
       </Link>
     </>
   )
 }
 
-export default function Comment ({ item, children, replyOpen, includeParent, cacheId, noComments, noReply, clickToContext }) {
+export default function Comment ({ item, children, replyOpen, includeParent, rootText, noComments, noReply, clickToContext }) {
   const [reply, setReply] = useState(replyOpen)
   const [edit, setEdit] = useState()
   const [collapse, setCollapse] = useState(false)
@@ -50,8 +50,11 @@ export default function Comment ({ item, children, replyOpen, includeParent, cac
   const [canEdit, setCanEdit] =
     useState(mine && (Date.now() < editThreshold))
 
+  console.log('wtf router', router, item.id, ref.current)
+
   useEffect(() => {
     if (Number(router.query.commentId) === Number(item.id)) {
+      console.log(ref.current.scrollTop)
       ref.current.scrollIntoView()
       // ref.current.classList.add('flash-it')
     }
@@ -61,7 +64,12 @@ export default function Comment ({ item, children, replyOpen, includeParent, cac
     <div
       ref={ref} onClick={() => {
         if (clickToContext) {
-          router.push(`/items/${item.parentId}?commentId=${item.id}`, `/items/${item.parentId}`)
+          console.log('pushing')
+          // router.push(`/items/${item.parentId}?commentId=${item.id}`, `/items/${item.parentId}`, { scroll: false })
+          router.push({
+            pathname: '/items/[id]',
+            query: { id: item.parentId, commentId: item.id }
+          }, `/items/${item.parentId}`)
         }
       }} className={includeParent ? `${clickToContext ? styles.clickToContext : ''}` : `${styles.comment} ${collapse ? styles.collapsed : ''}`}
     >
@@ -83,7 +91,7 @@ export default function Comment ({ item, children, replyOpen, includeParent, cac
               </Link>
               <span> </span>
               <span>{timeSince(new Date(item.createdAt))}</span>
-              {includeParent && <Parent item={item} />}
+              {includeParent && <Parent item={item} rootText={rootText} />}
             </div>
             {!includeParent && (collapse
               ? <Eye className={styles.collapser} height={10} width={10} onClick={() => setCollapse(false)} />
diff --git a/components/notifications.js b/components/notifications.js
index 58a9314f..ebce1242 100644
--- a/components/notifications.js
+++ b/components/notifications.js
@@ -2,20 +2,30 @@ import { useQuery } from '@apollo/client'
 import Button from 'react-bootstrap/Button'
 import { useState } from 'react'
 import Comment, { CommentSkeleton } from './comment'
+import Item from './item'
 import { NOTIFICATIONS } from '../fragments/notifications'
 
-export default function CommentsFlat ({ variables, ...props }) {
-  const { loading, error, data, fetchMore } = useQuery(NOTIFICATIONS)
+export default function Notifications ({ variables, ...props }) {
+  const { loading, error, data, fetchMore } = useQuery(NOTIFICATIONS, {
+    variables
+  })
   if (error) return <div>Failed to load!</div>
   if (loading) {
     return <CommentsFlatSkeleton />
   }
-
   const { notifications: { notifications, cursor } } = data
   return (
     <>
-      {notifications.map(item => (
-        <Comment key={item.id} item={item} {...props} />
+      {/* XXX we shouldn't use the index but we don't have a unique id in this union yet */}
+      {notifications.map((n, i) => (
+        <div key={i}>
+          {n.__typename === 'Votification' && <small className='font-weight-bold text-success'>your {n.item.title ? 'post' : 'reply'} stacked {n.earnedSats} sats</small>}
+          <div className={n.__typename === 'Votification' ? 'ml-sm-4 ml-2' : ''}>
+            {n.item.title
+              ? <Item item={n.item} />
+              : <Comment item={n.item} noReply includeParent rootText={n.__typename === 'Reply' ? 'replying to you on:' : undefined} clickToContext {...props} />}
+          </div>
+        </div>
       ))}
       <MoreFooter cursor={cursor} fetchMore={fetchMore} />
     </>
diff --git a/fragments/notifications.js b/fragments/notifications.js
index 5e755867..fa26a739 100644
--- a/fragments/notifications.js
+++ b/fragments/notifications.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { gql } from 'apollo-server-micro'
+import { gql } from '@apollo/client'
 import { ITEM_FIELDS } from './items'
 
 export const NOTIFICATIONS = gql`
diff --git a/pages/_app.js b/pages/_app.js
index cb7d4eb0..51b0dc52 100644
--- a/pages/_app.js
+++ b/pages/_app.js
@@ -49,6 +49,24 @@ const client = new ApolloClient({
                 }
               }
             }
+          },
+          notifications: {
+            merge (existing, incoming, { readField }) {
+              const notifications = existing ? existing.notifications : []
+              return {
+                cursor: incoming.cursor,
+                notifications: [...notifications, ...incoming.notifications]
+              }
+            },
+
+            read (existing) {
+              if (existing) {
+                return {
+                  cursor: existing.cursor,
+                  notifications: existing.notifications
+                }
+              }
+            }
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/pages/notifications.js b/pages/notifications.js
index d0f6f4f1..c15810a9 100644
--- a/pages/notifications.js
+++ b/pages/notifications.js
@@ -1,28 +1,10 @@
-import { gql, useQuery } from '@apollo/client'
-import CommentsFlat from '../components/comments-flat'
 import Layout from '../components/layout'
+import Notifications from '../components/notifications'
 
-export function RecentlyStacked () {
-  const query = gql`
-  {
-    recentlyStacked
-  }`
-  const { data } = useQuery(query)
-  if (!data || !data.recentlyStacked) return null
-
-  return (
-    <h2 className='visible text-success text-center py-3'>
-      you stacked <span className='text-monospace'>{data.recentlyStacked}</span> sats
-    </h2>
-  )
-}
-
-export default function Notifications ({ user }) {
+export default function NotificationPage () {
   return (
     <Layout>
-      <RecentlyStacked />
-      <h6 className='text-muted'>replies</h6>
-      <CommentsFlat noReply includeParent clickToContext />
+      <Notifications />
     </Layout>
   )
 }