diff --git a/view/css/bootstrap-red.css b/view/css/bootstrap-red.css
index 5c9831907..a645b13d2 100644
--- a/view/css/bootstrap-red.css
+++ b/view/css/bootstrap-red.css
@@ -32,19 +32,6 @@ nav .dropdown-menu {
 	margin-top: 0px;
 }
 
-nav .dropdown-menu .contactname {
-	padding-top: 2px;
-	font-weight: bold;
-	display: block;
-}
-
-nav .dropdown-menu li a {
-	overflow: hidden;
-	text-overflow: ellipsis;
-	//line-height: 1em;
-	padding: 5px 10px;
-}
-
 nav .navbar-collapse .navbar-left {
 	float: left;
 }
@@ -66,6 +53,13 @@ nav .navbar-toggle {
 	margin-right: 5px;
 }
 
+.dropdown-menu li a {
+	overflow: hidden;
+	text-overflow: ellipsis;
+	line-height: 1em;
+	padding: 5px 10px;
+}
+
 .nav-tabs.nav-justified > li {
 	white-space: nowrap;
 }
diff --git a/view/js/autocomplete.js b/view/js/autocomplete.js
index 0e2392976..1c524789d 100644
--- a/view/js/autocomplete.js
+++ b/view/js/autocomplete.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function contact_format(item) {
 		var desc = ((item.label) ? item.nick + ' ' + item.label : item.nick)
 		if(typeof desc === 'undefined') desc = '';
 		if(desc) desc = ' ('+desc+')';
-		return "<div class='{0}' title='{4}'><img src='{1}'><b>{2}</b><br>{3}<div class='clear'></div></div>".format(item.taggable, item.photo, item.name, desc, item.link)
+		return "<div class='{0}' title='{4}'><img src='{1}'><span class='contactname'>{2}</span><span class='dropdown-sub-text'>{3}</span><div class='clear'></div></div>".format(item.taggable, item.photo, item.name, desc, item.link)
 	}
 	else
 		return "<div>"+item.text+"</div>"
diff --git a/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css b/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css
index 3bb9fc72f..ce933ba10 100644
--- a/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css
@@ -1467,6 +1467,21 @@ header {
 	padding: 7px 7px 0px 0px;
 }
 
+.contactname {
+	padding-top: 2px;
+	font-weight: bold;
+	overflow: hidden;
+	text-overflow: ellipsis;
+	display: block;
+}
+
+.dropdown-sub-text {
+	font-size: 0.833em;
+	overflow: hidden;
+	text-overflow: ellipsis;
+	display: block;
+}
+
 .notify-seen a {
 	background: $notifyseen_bgcolour;
 	color: $notifyseen_linkcolour !important;
diff --git a/view/tpl/hdr.tpl b/view/tpl/hdr.tpl
index fdcc4521c..cfd22e607 100644
--- a/view/tpl/hdr.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/hdr.tpl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <div id="banner" class="hidden-sm hidden-xs">{{$banner}}</div>
 
 <ul id="nav-notifications-template" style="display:none;" rel="template">
-	<li class="{5}"><a href="{0}" title="{2} {3}"><img data-src="{1}"><span class='contactname'>{2}</span>{3}<br><span class="notif-when">{4}</span></a></li>
+	<li class="{5}"><a href="{0}" title="{2} {3}"><img data-src="{1}"><span class='contactname'>{2}</span><span class="dropdown-sub-text">{3}<br>{4}</span></a></li>
 </ul>