diff --git a/apiserver/plane/api/views/notification.py b/apiserver/plane/api/views/notification.py
index 86cc74d3f..e81fd2b5f 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/api/views/notification.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/api/views/notification.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class NotificationViewSet(BaseViewSet):
             order_by = request.GET.get("order_by", "-created_at")
             snoozed = request.GET.get("snoozed", "false")
             archived = request.GET.get("archived", "false")
-            read = request.GET.get("read", "false")
+            read = request.GET.get("read", "true")
 
             # Filter type
             type = request.GET.get("type", "all")
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ class NotificationViewSet(BaseViewSet):
                     Q(snoozed_till__lt=timezone.now()) | Q(snoozed_till__isnull=False)
                 )
 
-            if read == "true":
-                notifications = notifications.filter(read_at__isnull=False)
             if read == "false":
                 notifications = notifications.filter(read_at__isnull=True)
 
@@ -213,7 +211,7 @@ class UnreadNotificationEndpoint(BaseAPIView):
     def get(self, request, slug):
         try:
             # Watching Issues Count
-            watching_notification_count = Notification.objects.filter(
+            watching_issues_count = Notification.objects.filter(
                 workspace__slug=slug,
                 receiver_id=request.user.id,
                 read_at__isnull=True,
@@ -244,7 +242,7 @@ class UnreadNotificationEndpoint(BaseAPIView):
 
             return Response(
                 {
-                    "watching_notifications": watching_notification_count,
+                    "watching_issues": watching_issues_count,
                     "my_issues": my_issues_count,
                     "created_issues": created_issues_count,
                 },
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/bgtasks/issue_activites_task.py b/apiserver/plane/bgtasks/issue_activites_task.py
index 9fb9f79e0..e45ad9b32 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/bgtasks/issue_activites_task.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/bgtasks/issue_activites_task.py
@@ -1030,6 +1030,7 @@ def issue_activity(
 
 
         issue = Issue.objects.filter(pk=issue_id, project_id=project_id).first()
+
         if issue is not None:
             issue.updated_at = timezone.now()
             issue.save(update_fields=["updated_at"])
@@ -1110,6 +1111,8 @@ def issue_activity(
 
         issue_subscribers = issue_subscribers + issue_assignees
 
+        issue = Issue.objects.filter(pk=issue_id, project_id=project_id).first()
+
         # Add bot filtering
         if issue is not None and issue.created_by_id is not None and not issue.created_by.is_bot:
             issue_subscribers = issue_subscribers + [issue.created_by_id]