diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 643e860c8..48b3156fb 100755
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ define ( 'RED_PLATFORM',            'Red Matrix' );
 define ( 'RED_VERSION',             trim(file_get_contents('version.inc')) . 'R');
 define ( 'ZOT_REVISION',            1     ); 
 
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',       1106  );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',       1107  );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    '<br />' . "\r\n"     );
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',              'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
diff --git a/include/enotify.php b/include/enotify.php
index 96a152d31..5be21f180 100644
--- a/include/enotify.php
+++ b/include/enotify.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function notification($params) {
 		if(array_key_exists('item',$params) && (! visible_activity($params['item'])))
 			return;
 
-		$parent_id = $params['parent'];
+		$parent_mid = $params['parent_mid'];
 
 		// Check to see if there was already a notify for this post.
 		// If so don't create a second notification
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ function notification($params) {
 
 		$p = null;
 
-		if($params['otype'] === 'item' && $parent_id) {
-			$p = q("select * from item where id = %d and uid = %d limit 1",
-				intval($parent_id),
+		if($params['otype'] === 'item' && $parent_mid) {
+			$p = q("select * from item where mid = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
+				dbesc($parent_mid),
 				intval($recip['channel_id'])
 			);
 		}
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ function notification($params) {
 
 		$item_post_type = item_post_type($p[0]);
 		$private = $p[0]['item_private'];
+		$parent_id = $p[0]['id'];
 
 		//$possess_desc = str_replace('<!item_type!>',$possess_desc);
 
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ function notification($params) {
 	$datarray['aid']    = $recip['channel_account_id'];
 	$datarray['uid']    = $recip['channel_id'];
 	$datarray['link']   = $itemlink;
-	$datarray['parent'] = $parent_id;
+	$datarray['parent'] = $parent_mid;
 	$datarray['type']   = $params['type'];
 	$datarray['verb']   = $params['verb'];
 	$datarray['otype']  = $params['otype'];
@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@ function notification($params) {
 	// create notification entry in DB
 
 	$r = q("insert into notify (hash,name,url,photo,date,aid,uid,link,parent,type,verb,otype)
-		values('%s','%s','%s','%s','%s',%d,%d,'%s',%d,%d,'%s','%s')",
+		values('%s','%s','%s','%s','%s',%d,%d,'%s','%s',%d,'%s','%s')",
 		dbesc($datarray['hash']),
 		dbesc($datarray['name']),
 		dbesc($datarray['url']),
@@ -364,7 +365,7 @@ function notification($params) {
 		intval($datarray['aid']),
 		intval($datarray['uid']),
 		dbesc($datarray['link']),
-		intval($datarray['parent']),
+		dbesc($datarray['parent']),
 		intval($datarray['type']),
 		dbesc($datarray['verb']),
 		dbesc($datarray['otype'])
@@ -432,7 +433,7 @@ function notification($params) {
 		$datarray['sitename']     = $sitename;
 		$datarray['siteurl']      = $siteurl;
 		$datarray['type']         = $params['type'];
-		$datarray['parent']       = $params['parent'];
+		$datarray['parent']       = $params['parent_mid'];
 		$datarray['source_name']  = $sender['xchan_name'];
 		$datarray['source_link']  = $sender['xchan_url'];
 		$datarray['source_photo'] = $sender['xchan_photo_s'];
diff --git a/install/database.sql b/install/database.sql
index f9562ae09..a5094b8e1 100644
--- a/install/database.sql
+++ b/install/database.sql
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `notify` (
   `aid` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `uid` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `link` char(255) NOT NULL,
-  `parent` int(11) NOT NULL,
+  `parent` char(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   `seen` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `type` int(11) NOT NULL,
   `verb` char(255) NOT NULL,
diff --git a/install/update.php b/install/update.php
index d7a87fad4..d497cda70 100644
--- a/install/update.php
+++ b/install/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1106 );
+define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1107 );
 
 /**
  *
@@ -1182,3 +1182,10 @@ CHANGE `site_sync` `site_sync` DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
 	return UPDATE_FAILED;
 }
 
+function update_r1106() {
+	$r = q("ALTER TABLE `notify` CHANGE `parent` `parent` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL DEFAULT ''");
+	if($r)
+		return UPDATE_SUCCESS;
+	return UPDATE_FAILED;
+}
+
diff --git a/mod/notify.php b/mod/notify.php
index 23ba098b7..6ee4260ce 100644
--- a/mod/notify.php
+++ b/mod/notify.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function notify_init(&$a) {
 			intval(local_user())
 		);
 		if($r) {
-			q("update notify set seen = 1 where ( link = '%s' or ( parent != 0 and parent = %d and otype = '%s' )) and uid = %d",
+			q("update notify set seen = 1 where ( link = '%s' or ( parent != '' and parent = '%s' and otype = '%s' )) and uid = %d",
 				dbesc($r[0]['link']),
 				intval($r[0]['parent']),
 				dbesc($r[0]['otype']),
diff --git a/version.inc b/version.inc
index ca09188f7..e2e021e8b 100644
--- a/version.inc
+++ b/version.inc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2014-04-05.638
+2014-04-06.639