diff --git a/app/models/bubble/watchable.rb b/app/models/bubble/watchable.rb
index 05e5f9dbd..eff70c96f 100644
--- a/app/models/bubble/watchable.rb
+++ b/app/models/bubble/watchable.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module Bubble::Watchable
 
   included do
     has_many :watches, dependent: :destroy
+    has_many :watchers, ->{ merge(Watch.watching) }, through: :watches, source: :user
 
     after_create :set_watching_for_creator
   end
diff --git a/app/models/notifier.rb b/app/models/notifier.rb
index 9c89d6bdf..10b1ba3c2 100644
--- a/app/models/notifier.rb
+++ b/app/models/notifier.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Notifier
     end
 
     def recipients
-      bubble.watchers_and_subscribers.without(creator)
+      bubble.watchers.without(creator)
     end
 
     def resource
diff --git a/app/models/notifier/published.rb b/app/models/notifier/published.rb
index d5b50b87b..d43b8c8e3 100644
--- a/app/models/notifier/published.rb
+++ b/app/models/notifier/published.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 class Notifier::Published < Notifier
+  private
+    def recipients
+      bubble.watchers_and_subscribers.without(creator)
+    end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index a79e4729e..57a8e636c 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
   after_create_commit :grant_access_to_buckets
 
   scope :alphabetically, -> { order("lower(name)") }
-  scope :sorted_with_user_first, ->(user) { order(Arel.sql("id != ?, lower(name)", user.id)) }
+  scope :sorted_with_user_first, ->(user) { order(Arel.sql("users.id != ?, lower(name)", user.id)) }
 
   def initials
     name.to_s.scan(/\b\p{L}/).join.upcase
diff --git a/app/views/bubbles/_messages.html.erb b/app/views/bubbles/_messages.html.erb
index 5ddce595a..5a8eeea0e 100644
--- a/app/views/bubbles/_messages.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/bubbles/_messages.html.erb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <div class="flex flex-column gap-half justify-start full-width txt-align-start">
     <span>Watching this…</span>
     <div class="flex align-center flex-wrap gap-half max-width">
-      <%= render partial: "bubbles/watches/watcher", collection: bubble.watchers_and_subscribers.sorted_with_user_first(Current.user) %>
+      <%= render partial: "bubbles/watches/watcher", collection: bubble.watchers.sorted_with_user_first(Current.user) %>
     </div>
   </div>
 <% end %>