diff --git a/src/components/NotificationList/NotificationItem/ReactionNotification.tsx b/src/components/NotificationList/NotificationItem/ReactionNotification.tsx
index 3e1d1544..13218be6 100644
--- a/src/components/NotificationList/NotificationItem/ReactionNotification.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NotificationList/NotificationItem/ReactionNotification.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import Image from '@/components/Image'
 import { useFetchEvent } from '@/hooks'
-import { generateBech32IdFromETag, tagNameEquals } from '@/lib/tag'
+import { generateBech32IdFromATag, generateBech32IdFromETag, tagNameEquals } from '@/lib/tag'
 import { useNostr } from '@/providers/NostrProvider'
 import { Heart } from 'lucide-react'
 import { Event } from 'nostr-tools'
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ export function ReactionNotification({
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   const { pubkey } = useNostr()
   const eventId = useMemo(() => {
-    const targetPubkey = notification.tags.findLast(tagNameEquals('p'))?.[1]
-    if (targetPubkey !== pubkey) return undefined
-
+    const aTag = notification.tags.findLast(tagNameEquals('a'))
+    if (aTag) {
+      return generateBech32IdFromATag(aTag)
+    }
     const eTag = notification.tags.findLast(tagNameEquals('e'))
     return eTag ? generateBech32IdFromETag(eTag) : undefined
   }, [notification, pubkey])
diff --git a/src/components/NotificationList/NotificationItem/index.tsx b/src/components/NotificationList/NotificationItem/index.tsx
index d0caf42c..b3d33ec5 100644
--- a/src/components/NotificationList/NotificationItem/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NotificationList/NotificationItem/index.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { ExtendedKind } from '@/constants'
-import { isMentioningMutedUsers } from '@/lib/event'
+import { notificationFilter } from '@/lib/notification'
 import { useContentPolicy } from '@/providers/ContentPolicyProvider'
 import { useMuteList } from '@/providers/MuteListProvider'
+import { useNostr } from '@/providers/NostrProvider'
+import { useUserTrust } from '@/providers/UserTrustProvider'
 import { Event, kinds } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 import { MentionNotification } from './MentionNotification'
@@ -17,18 +19,26 @@ export function NotificationItem({
   notification: Event
   isNew?: boolean
 }) {
+  const { pubkey } = useNostr()
   const { mutePubkeySet } = useMuteList()
   const { hideContentMentioningMutedUsers } = useContentPolicy()
-  const shouldHide = useMemo(() => {
-    if (mutePubkeySet.has(notification.pubkey)) {
-      return true
-    }
-    if (hideContentMentioningMutedUsers && isMentioningMutedUsers(notification, mutePubkeySet)) {
-      return true
-    }
-    return false
-  }, [])
-  if (shouldHide) return null
+  const { hideUntrustedNotifications, isUserTrusted } = useUserTrust()
+  const canShow = useMemo(() => {
+    return notificationFilter(notification, {
+      pubkey,
+      mutePubkeySet,
+      hideContentMentioningMutedUsers,
+      hideUntrustedNotifications,
+      isUserTrusted
+    })
+  }, [
+    notification,
+    mutePubkeySet,
+    hideContentMentioningMutedUsers,
+    hideUntrustedNotifications,
+    isUserTrusted
+  ])
+  if (!canShow) return null
 
   if (notification.kind === kinds.Reaction) {
     return <ReactionNotification notification={notification} isNew={isNew} />
diff --git a/src/components/NotificationList/index.tsx b/src/components/NotificationList/index.tsx
index 93d5e4bc..216a8840 100644
--- a/src/components/NotificationList/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NotificationList/index.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { usePrimaryPage } from '@/PageManager'
 import { useNostr } from '@/providers/NostrProvider'
 import { useNotification } from '@/providers/NotificationProvider'
 import { useUserPreferences } from '@/providers/UserPreferencesProvider'
-import { useUserTrust } from '@/providers/UserTrustProvider'
 import client from '@/services/client.service'
 import noteStatsService from '@/services/note-stats.service'
 import { TNotificationType } from '@/types'
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ const NotificationList = forwardRef((_, ref) => {
   const { current, display } = usePrimaryPage()
   const active = useMemo(() => current === 'notifications' && display, [current, display])
   const { pubkey } = useNostr()
-  const { hideUntrustedNotifications, isUserTrusted } = useUserTrust()
   const { getNotificationsSeenAt } = useNotification()
   const { notificationListStyle } = useUserPreferences()
   const [notificationType, setNotificationType] = useState<TNotificationType>('all')
@@ -180,13 +178,8 @@ const NotificationList = forwardRef((_, ref) => {
   }, [pubkey, active, filterKinds, handleNewEvent])
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    let visibleNotifications = notifications.slice(0, showCount)
-    if (hideUntrustedNotifications) {
-      visibleNotifications = visibleNotifications.filter((event) => isUserTrusted(event.pubkey))
-    }
-
-    setVisibleNotifications(visibleNotifications)
-  }, [notifications, showCount, hideUntrustedNotifications, isUserTrusted])
+    setVisibleNotifications(notifications.slice(0, showCount))
+  }, [notifications, showCount])
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const options = {
diff --git a/src/lib/notification.ts b/src/lib/notification.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..024d5e1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/notification.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { kinds, NostrEvent } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { isMentioningMutedUsers } from './event'
+import { tagNameEquals } from './tag'
+
+export function notificationFilter(
+  event: NostrEvent,
+  {
+    pubkey,
+    mutePubkeySet,
+    hideContentMentioningMutedUsers,
+    hideUntrustedNotifications,
+    isUserTrusted
+  }: {
+    pubkey?: string | null
+    mutePubkeySet: Set<string>
+    hideContentMentioningMutedUsers?: boolean
+    hideUntrustedNotifications?: boolean
+    isUserTrusted: (pubkey: string) => boolean
+  }
+): boolean {
+  if (
+    mutePubkeySet.has(event.pubkey) ||
+    (hideContentMentioningMutedUsers && isMentioningMutedUsers(event, mutePubkeySet)) ||
+    (hideUntrustedNotifications && !isUserTrusted(event.pubkey))
+  ) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  if (pubkey && event.kind === kinds.Reaction) {
+    const targetPubkey = event.tags.findLast(tagNameEquals('p'))?.[1]
+    if (targetPubkey !== pubkey) return false
+  }
+
+  return true
+}
diff --git a/src/providers/NotificationProvider.tsx b/src/providers/NotificationProvider.tsx
index 0b37500d..6463c6bb 100644
--- a/src/providers/NotificationProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/providers/NotificationProvider.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { BIG_RELAY_URLS, ExtendedKind } from '@/constants'
-import { compareEvents, isMentioningMutedUsers } from '@/lib/event'
+import { compareEvents } from '@/lib/event'
+import { notificationFilter } from '@/lib/notification'
 import { usePrimaryPage } from '@/PageManager'
 import client from '@/services/client.service'
 import storage from '@/services/local-storage.service'
@@ -47,9 +48,13 @@ export function NotificationProvider({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }
         break
       }
       if (
-        mutePubkeySet.has(notification.pubkey) ||
-        (hideContentMentioningMutedUsers && isMentioningMutedUsers(notification, mutePubkeySet)) ||
-        (hideUntrustedNotifications && !isUserTrusted(notification.pubkey))
+        !notificationFilter(notification, {
+          pubkey,
+          mutePubkeySet,
+          hideContentMentioningMutedUsers,
+          hideUntrustedNotifications,
+          isUserTrusted
+        })
       ) {
         continue
       }