diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/notifications/components/filtered_notifications_banner.jsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/notifications/components/filtered_notifications_banner.jsx
index 4239d3d3e5..a2149ce89e 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/notifications/components/filtered_notifications_banner.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/notifications/components/filtered_notifications_banner.jsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const FilteredNotificationsBanner = () => {
     };
   }, [dispatch]);
 
-  if (policy === null || policy.getIn(['summary', 'pending_notifications_count']) * 1 === 0) {
+  if (policy === null || policy.getIn(['summary', 'pending_notifications_count']) === 0) {
     return null;
   }
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/utils/numbers.ts b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/utils/numbers.ts
index 03235cea81..89526404b3 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/utils/numbers.ts
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/utils/numbers.ts
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ export function roundTo10(num: number): number {
   return Math.round(num * 0.1) / 0.1;
 }
 
-export function toCappedNumber(num: string): string {
-  if (parseInt(num) > 99) {
-    return '99+';
+export function toCappedNumber(num: number, max = 99): string {
+  if (num > max) {
+    return `${max}+`;
   } else {
-    return num;
+    return num.toString();
   }
 }