diff --git a/include/js_strings.php b/include/js_strings.php
index cda66a09c..f4c0a631d 100644
--- a/include/js_strings.php
+++ b/include/js_strings.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ function js_strings() {
 		'$passhint'    => t('Passphrase hint'),
 		'$permschange' => t('Notice: Permissions have changed but have not yet been submitted.'),
 		'$closeAll'    => t('close all'),
+		'$nothingnew'  => t('Nothing new here'),
 
 		'$t01' => ((t('timeago.prefixAgo') != 'timeago.prefixAgo') ? t('timeago.prefixAgo') : ''),
 		'$t02' => ((t('timeago.prefixFromNow') != 'timeago.prefixFromNow') ? t('timeago.prefixFromNow') : ''),
diff --git a/include/nav.php b/include/nav.php
index 714f4b63d..98d1b644e 100644
--- a/include/nav.php
+++ b/include/nav.php
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ EOT;
 		'$sitelocation' => $sitelocation,
 		'$nav' => $x['nav'],
 		'$banner' =>  $banner,
-		'$emptynotifications' => t('Nothing new here'),
+		'$emptynotifications' => t('Loading...'),
 		'$userinfo' => $x['usermenu'],
 		'$localuser' => local_user(),
 		'$sel' => 	$a->nav_sel,
diff --git a/view/js/main.js b/view/js/main.js
index 086ef3196..7bbd49c1b 100644
--- a/view/js/main.js
+++ b/view/js/main.js
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ function updateConvItems(mode,data) {
 
 
 			if(data.notify.length==0){
-				$("#nav-" + notifyType + "-menu").html(notifications_empty);
+				$("#nav-" + notifyType + "-menu").html(aStr[nothingnew]);
 
 			} else {
 				$("#nav-" + notifyType + "-menu").html(notifications_all + notifications_mark);
diff --git a/view/tpl/js_strings.tpl b/view/tpl/js_strings.tpl
index 515e3107f..eb78c669f 100755
--- a/view/tpl/js_strings.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/js_strings.tpl
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 		'passhint'    : "{{$passhint}}",
 		'permschange' : "{{$permschange}}",
 		'closeAll'    : "{{$closeAll}}",
+		'nothingnew'  : "{{$nothingnew}}",
 
 		't01' : "{{$t01}}",
 		't02' : "{{$t02}}",