diff --git a/alliance_auth/urls.py b/alliance_auth/urls.py
index 6f08c93f..4d812dea 100755
--- a/alliance_auth/urls.py
+++ b/alliance_auth/urls.py
@@ -189,5 +189,5 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
                        # Notifications
                        url(r'^notifications/$', 'notifications.views.notification_list', name='auth_notification_list'),
                        url(r'^notifications/(\w+)/$', 'notifications.views.notification_view', name='auth_notification_view'),
-                       url(r'^remove_notifications/(\w+)', 'notifications.views.remove_notification', name='auth_remove_notification'),
+                       url(r'^remove_notifications/(\w+)/$', 'notifications.views.remove_notification', name='auth_remove_notification'),
 )
diff --git a/notifications/views.py b/notifications/views.py
index 98ecf5a8..c6252cb7 100644
--- a/notifications/views.py
+++ b/notifications/views.py
@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@ def notification_view(request, notif_id):
 @login_required
 def remove_notification(request, notif_id):
     logger.debug("remove notification called by user %s for notif_id %s" % (request.user, notif_id))
-    if Notification.objects.filter(id=notif_id).exists():
-        notif = get_object_or_404(Notification, pk=notif_id)
-        notif.delete()
-        logger.info("Deleting notif id %s by user %s" % (notif_id, request.user))
+    notif = get_object_or_404(Notification, pk=notif_id)
+    if notif.user == request.user:
+        if Notification.objects.filter(id=notif_id).exists():
+            notif.delete()
+            logger.info("Deleting notif id %s by user %s" % (notif_id, request.user))
     else:
         logger.error("Unable to delete notif id %s for user %s - notif matching id not found." % (notif_id, request.user))
-    return redirect('auth_notification_list')
\ No newline at end of file
+    return redirect('auth_notification_list')