diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/buttons.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/buttons.css
index 8440ed63b..a38cf606b 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/buttons.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/buttons.css
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
     border var( --transition),
     color var( --transition),
     filter var( --transition),
-    opacity var( --transition);
+    opacity var( --transition),
+    scale var( --transition);
 
   img {
     -webkit-touch-callout: none;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/notifications.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/notifications.css
index b0d2ea27f..4261e40ba 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/notifications.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/notifications.css
@@ -157,17 +157,32 @@
 }
 
 .notification__unread_indicator {
-  --size: 0.8em;
+  --btn-background: var(--color-marker);
+  --btn-border-color: var(--color-bg);
+  --btn-icon-size: 0.7em;
+  --btn-padding: 0;
+  --btn-size: 1.2em;
+  --hover-size: 0;
 
-  padding-block-start: var(--size);
+  inset: var(--block-space) var(--inline-space) auto auto;
+  position: absolute;
+  scale: 0.7;
 
-  .dot {
-    aspect-ratio: 1;
-    background-color: var(--color-marker);
-    border-radius: 50%;
-    block-size: var(--size);
-    inline-size: var(--size);
-    margin-inline-end: var(--inline-space-half);
+  img {
+    visibility: hidden;
+  }
+
+  @media (hover: hover) {
+    .notification:hover & {
+      --btn-background: var(--color-subtle-dark);
+      --btn-border-color: var(--color-subtle-dark);
+
+      scale: 1;
+
+      img {
+        visibility: unset;
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   .notificiations-list--read & {
diff --git a/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb b/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
index 83e5db488..403828c2b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
@@ -6,4 +6,14 @@ class NotificationsController < ApplicationController
       @unread = Current.user.notifications.unread.ordered
     end
   end
+
+  def mark_read
+    @notification = Current.user.notifications.find(params[:id])
+    @notification.update!(read_at: Time.current)
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html { redirect_back fallback_location: notifications_path }
+      format.turbo_stream
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/helpers/notifications_helper.rb b/app/helpers/notifications_helper.rb
index b18cebc4f..55e865e6f 100644
--- a/app/helpers/notifications_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/notifications_helper.rb
@@ -22,8 +22,25 @@ module NotificationsHelper
   end
 
   def notification_tag(notification, &)
-    link_to notification.resource, id: dom_id(notification), class: "notification border-radius",
-      data: { action: "click->dialog#close", turbo_frame: "_top" }, &
+    tag.div id: dom_id(notification), class: "notification border-radius flex position-relative" do
+      concat(
+        link_to(notification.resource,
+          class: "notification__content border-radius pad shadow fill-white flex align-start txt-align-start gap flex-item-grow",
+          data: { action: "click->dialog#close", turbo_frame: "_top" },
+          &)
+      )
+      concat(notification_mark_read_button(notification))
+    end
+  end
+
+  def notification_mark_read_button(notification)
+    button_to mark_read_notification_path(notification),
+      class: "notification__unread_indicator btn borderless",
+      title: "Mark as read",
+      data: { turbo_frame: "_top" } do
+        concat(image_tag("remove-med.svg", class: "unread_icon", size: 12, aria: { hidden: true }))
+        concat(tag.span("Mark as read", class: "for-screen-reader"))
+    end
   end
 
   def notifications_next_page_link(page)
diff --git a/app/views/notifications/_notification.html.erb b/app/views/notifications/_notification.html.erb
index bb5d2811c..5cce4825c 100644
--- a/app/views/notifications/_notification.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/notifications/_notification.html.erb
@@ -1,25 +1,19 @@
 <% cache notification do %>
   <%= notification_tag notification do %>
-    <div class="notification__content border-radius pad shadow fill-white flex align-start txt-align-start gap">
-      <div class="avatar txt-small flex-item-no-shrink">
-        <%= avatar_image_tag(notification.creator) %>
-      </div>
+    <div class="avatar txt-small flex-item-no-shrink">
+      <%= avatar_image_tag(notification.creator) %>
+    </div>
 
-      <div class="flex flex-column txt-tight-lines min-width flex-item-grow">
-        <strong class="overflow-ellipsis"><%= notification_title(notification) %></strong>
-          <div class="overflow-ellipsis">
-            <% if notification.event.action == "commented" %>
-              <%= "#{ strip_tags(notification.event.comment.body_html).blank? ? "#{ notification.event.creator.name } replied" : "#{ notification.event.creator.name }:" } #{ strip_tags(notification.event.comment.body_html).truncate(200) }" %>
-            <% else %>
-              <%= notification_body(notification) %>
-            <% end %>
-          </div>
-        <div class="overflow-ellipsis translucent"><%= notification.bubble.bucket.name %> · <%= local_datetime_tag(notification.created_at, style: :ago) %></div>
-      </div>
-
-      <div class="notification__unread_indicator flex flex-column flex-item-justify-end">
-        <div class="dot flex-item-no-shrink"></div>
-      </div>
+    <div class="flex flex-column txt-tight-lines min-width flex-item-grow">
+      <strong class="overflow-ellipsis"><%= notification_title(notification) %></strong>
+        <div class="overflow-ellipsis">
+          <% if notification.event.action == "commented" %>
+            <%= "#{ strip_tags(notification.event.comment.body_html).blank? ? "#{ notification.event.creator.name } replied" : "#{ notification.event.creator.name }:" } #{ strip_tags(notification.event.comment.body_html).truncate(200) }" %>
+          <% else %>
+            <%= notification_body(notification) %>
+          <% end %>
+        </div>
+      <div class="overflow-ellipsis translucent"><%= notification.bubble.bucket.name %> · <%= local_datetime_tag(notification.created_at, style: :ago) %></div>
     </div>
   <% end %>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/notifications/mark_read.turbo_stream.erb b/app/views/notifications/mark_read.turbo_stream.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78996e2d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/notifications/mark_read.turbo_stream.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<%= turbo_stream.remove @notification %>
+
+<% if Current.user.notifications.unread.none? %>
+  <%= turbo_stream.update "notifications_list" do %>
+    <div class="pad border-radius border translucent" style="--border-style: dashed; --border-color: var(--color-ink);">
+      <strong>Nothing new for you.</strong>
+    </div>
+  <% end %>
+<% end %> 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index a6fae80aa..16871ed4a 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
   namespace :notifications do
     resource :tray, only: :show
     resource :mark_all_read, only: :create
+    resources :mark_read, only: :create
+  end
+
+  resources :notifications do
+    member do
+      post :mark_read
+    end
   end
 
   resources :buckets do