diff --git a/resolvers/schema.py b/resolvers/schema.py
index 211b3f8..92ab26f 100644
--- a/resolvers/schema.py
+++ b/resolvers/schema.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from typing import List, Any
 
 from sqlalchemy import and_
 from sqlalchemy.orm import aliased
+from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
 from orm.author import Author
 from orm.notification import Notification as NotificationMessage, NotificationSeen
 from services.auth import login_required
@@ -41,33 +42,38 @@ class Query:
     async def load_notifications(self, info, limit: int = 50, offset: int = 0) -> NotificationsResult:
         user_id = info.context["user_id"]
         with local_session() as session:
-            author = session.query(Author).filter(Author.user == user_id).first()
-            NotificationSeenAlias = aliased(NotificationSeen)
+            try:
+                author = session.query(Author).filter(Author.user == user_id).first()
+                NotificationSeenAlias = aliased(NotificationSeen)
 
-            if author:
-                nnn = session.query(
-                        NotificationMessage,
-                        NotificationSeenAlias.viewer.label("seen")
-                    ).outerjoin(
-                        NotificationSeen,
-                        and_(NotificationSeen.viewer == author.id, NotificationSeen.notification == NotificationMessage.id),
-                    ).limit(limit).offset(offset).all()
-                notifications = []
-                for n in nnn:
-                    ntf = Notification()
-                    ntf.id = n.id
-                    ntf.payload = n.payload
-                    ntf.entity = n.entity
-                    ntf.action = n.action
-                    ntf.created_at = n.created_at
-                    ntf.seen = n.seen
-                    notifications.append(ntf)
-                nr = NotificationsResult(
-                    notifications = notifications,
-                    unread = sum(1 for n in notifications if author.id in n.seen),
-                    total = session.query(NotificationMessage).count()
-                )
-                return nr
+                if author:
+                    nnn = session.query(
+                            NotificationMessage,
+                            NotificationSeenAlias.viewer.label("seen")
+                        ).outerjoin(
+                            NotificationSeen,
+                            and_(NotificationSeen.viewer == author.id, NotificationSeen.notification == NotificationMessage.id),
+                        ).group_by(NotificationSeen.notification).limit(limit).offset(offset).all()
+                    notifications = []
+                    for n, seen in nnn:
+                        ntf = Notification(
+                            id=n.id,
+                            payload=n.payload,
+                            entity=n.entity,
+                            action=n.action,
+                            created_at=n.created_at,
+                            seen=seen,
+                        )
+                        if ntf:
+                            notifications.append(ntf)
+                    nr = NotificationsResult(
+                        notifications = notifications,
+                        unread = sum(1 for n in notifications if author.id in n.seen),
+                        total = session.query(NotificationMessage).count()
+                    )
+                    return nr
+            except Exception as ex:
+                print(f"[resolvers.schema] {ex}")
         return NotificationsResult(
             notifications=[],
             total = 0,
@@ -87,10 +93,10 @@ class Mutation:
                 ns = NotificationSeen({"notification": notification_id, "viewer": author.id})
                 session.add(ns)
                 session.commit()
-            except Exception as e:
+            except SQLAlchemyError as e:
                 session.rollback()
                 print(f"[mark_notification_as_read] error: {str(e)}")
-                nsr = NotificationSeenResult(error = "cant mark as read")
+                nsr = NotificationSeenResult(error="cant mark as read")
                 return nsr
         return NotificationSeenResult()
 
@@ -104,11 +110,10 @@ class Mutation:
                 author = session.query(Author).filter(Author.user == user_id).first()
                 if author:
                     _nslist = session.query(NotificationSeen).filter(NotificationSeen.viewer == author.id).all()
-            except Exception as e:
+            except SQLAlchemyError as e:
                 session.rollback()
                 print(f"[mark_all_notifications_as_read] error: {str(e)}")
-                nsr = NotificationSeenResult()
-                nsr.error = "cant mark as read"
+                nsr = NotificationSeenResult(error="cant mark as read")
                 return nsr
         return NotificationSeenResult()