diff --git a/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb b/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
index 1850aa202..b116ed1a2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 class NotificationsController < ApplicationController
   MAX_UNREAD_NOTIFICATIONS = 500
+  MAX_UNREAD_NOTIFICATIONS_VIA_API = 100
 
   def index
-    @unread = Current.user.notifications.unread.ordered.preloaded.limit(MAX_UNREAD_NOTIFICATIONS) unless current_page_param
+    @unread = Current.user.notifications.unread.ordered.preloaded.limit(max_unread_notifications) unless current_page_param
     set_page_and_extract_portion_from Current.user.notifications.read.ordered.preloaded
 
     respond_to do |format|
@@ -11,4 +12,9 @@ class NotificationsController < ApplicationController
       format.json
     end
   end
+
+  private
+    def max_unread_notifications
+      request.format.json? ? MAX_UNREAD_NOTIFICATIONS_VIA_API : MAX_UNREAD_NOTIFICATIONS
+    end
 end