diff --git a/resolvers/load.py b/resolvers/load.py
index 10b4e35..54bad15 100644
--- a/resolvers/load.py
+++ b/resolvers/load.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 from services.db import local_session
 from resolvers.model import (
     NotificationReaction,
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ from typing import Dict, List
 import time, json
 import strawberry
 from sqlalchemy.orm import aliased
+from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import or_
 from sqlalchemy import select, and_
 import logging
 
@@ -60,7 +62,13 @@ async def get_notifications_grouped(author_id: int, after: int = 0, limit: int =
     groups_by_thread: Dict[str, NotificationGroup] = {}
     with local_session() as session:
         total = session.query(Notification).filter(and_(Notification.action == NotificationAction.CREATE.value, Notification.created_at > after)).count()
-        unread = session.query(Notification).filter(and_(Notification.action == NotificationAction.CREATE.value, Notification.created_at > after, Notification.seen.is_not(True))).count()
+        unread = session.query(Notification).filter(
+            and_(
+                Notification.action == NotificationAction.CREATE.value,
+                Notification.created_at > after,
+                or_(Notification.seen.is_(False), Notification.seen.is_(None))
+            )
+        ).count()
         notifications_result = session.execute(query)
         for n, seen in notifications_result:
             thread_id = ""