diff --git a/app/admin.py b/app/admin.py
index df2e595..7725803 100644
--- a/app/admin.py
+++ b/app/admin.py
@@ -721,13 +721,9 @@ async def get_notifications(
     actors_metadata = await get_actors_metadata(
         db_session, [notif.actor for notif in notifications if notif.actor]
     )
-
-    for notif in notifications:
-        notif.is_new = False
-    await db_session.commit()
-
     more_unread_count = 0
     next_cursor = None
+
     if notifications and remaining_count > page_size:
         decoded_next_cursor = notifications[-1].created_at
         next_cursor = pagination.encode_cursor(decoded_next_cursor)
@@ -741,7 +737,8 @@ async def get_notifications(
             )
         )
 
-    return await templates.render_template(
+    # Render the template before we change the new flag on notifications
+    tpl_resp = await templates.render_template(
         db_session,
         request,
         "notifications.html",
@@ -753,6 +750,13 @@ async def get_notifications(
         },
     )
 
+    if len({notif.id for notif in notifications if notif.is_new}):
+        for notif in notifications:
+            notif.is_new = False
+        await db_session.commit()
+
+    return tpl_resp
+
 
 @router.get("/object")
 async def admin_object(
diff --git a/app/scss/main.scss b/app/scss/main.scss
index dc99b1c..b8188a4 100644
--- a/app/scss/main.scss
+++ b/app/scss/main.scss
@@ -467,6 +467,9 @@ a.label-btn {
   span {
     color: $muted-color;
   }
+  span.new {
+    color: $secondary-color;
+  }
 }
 .actor-metadata {
     color: $muted-color;
diff --git a/app/templates/notifications.html b/app/templates/notifications.html
index d91b392..b59eaeb 100644
--- a/app/templates/notifications.html
+++ b/app/templates/notifications.html
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
         <a href="{{ url_for("admin_profile") }}?actor_id={{ notif.actor.ap_id }}">
             {% if with_icon %}{{ utils.display_tiny_actor_icon(notif.actor) }}{% endif %} {{ notif.actor.display_name | clean_html(notif.actor) | safe }}</a> {{ text }}
         <span title="{{ notif.created_at.isoformat() }}">{{ notif.created_at | timeago }}</span>
+        {% if notif.is_new %}
+            <span class="new">new</span>
+        {% endif %}
     </div>
 {% endmacro %}