diff --git a/mod/ping.php b/mod/ping.php
index 593ae21f8..1cebd152d 100644
--- a/mod/ping.php
+++ b/mod/ping.php
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 			foreach($z as $zz) {
 				$notifs[] = array(
 					'notify_link' => $a->get_baseurl() . '/notify/view/' . $zz['id'], 
-					'name' => '', // not required here because the name is in the message
+					'name' => $zz['name'],
 					'url' => $zz['url'],
 					'photo' => $zz['photo'],
 					'when' => relative_date($zz['date']), 
diff --git a/view/tpl/hdr.tpl b/view/tpl/hdr.tpl
index cfd22e607..c3f0700f0 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><span class="dropdown-sub-text">{3}<br>{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>