diff --git a/web/src/lib/api/notifications.ts b/web/src/lib/api/notifications.ts
index 8de316f30..6d164cb52 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/api/notifications.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/api/notifications.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { resolveMiniDoc } from "$lib/api/identity";
 import { getReposByRepoDids } from "$lib/api/records";
 import { getIssues } from "$lib/api/issue";
 import { getPulls } from "$lib/api/records";
+import { repoNameOf } from "$lib/api/repo";
 import { didFromUri, rkeyFromUri } from "$lib/api/uri";
 import { hostForServiceDid } from "$lib/auth/agent";
 import { isDid, type Did } from "@atcute/lexicons/syntax";
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ export const hydrateNotifications = async (
 		const ownerHandle = ownerMap.get(ownerDid) ?? ownerDid;
 		repoMap.set(repoDid, {
 			ownerHandle,
-			name: record.value.name ?? repoDid
+			name: repoNameOf(record)
 		});
 		if (isDid(repoDid)) {
 			const knot = asKnot(record.value.knot);
diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/notifications/NotificationItem.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/notifications/NotificationItem.svelte
index ee07ab81c..d24d00abe 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/notifications/NotificationItem.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/notifications/NotificationItem.svelte
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 			// the row subscribes to NotificationList's columns, so every row shares one
 			// lead column width and the descriptions line up down the whole list. it
 			// only lays out correctly inside that grid.
-			root: "group/notification relative isolate col-span-full grid grid-cols-subgrid items-center gap-y-1 px-2 py-4 transition-colors hover:border-border-disabled md:px-4",
+			root: "group/notification relative isolate col-span-full grid grid-cols-subgrid items-center gap-y-1 px-2 py-4 hover:border-border-disabled md:px-4",
 			icon: "row-start-1 size-3.5 shrink-0",
 			header: "row-start-1 flex min-w-0 items-center gap-1.5 overflow-hidden typography-paragraph-small",
 			phrase: "truncate text-foreground-muted no-underline after:absolute after:inset-0 after:z-1 hover:no-underline",