diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/components/actions/notifications.jsx b/app/assets/javascripts/components/actions/notifications.jsx
index b09ca08545..3707a063b6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/components/actions/notifications.jsx
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/components/actions/notifications.jsx
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ const fetchRelatedRelationships = (dispatch, notifications) => {
   }
 };
 
+const unescapeHTML = (html) => {
+  const wrapper = document.createElement('p');
+  wrapper.innerHTML = html;
+  return wrapper.textContent;
+}
+
 export function updateNotifications(notification, intlMessages, intlLocale) {
   return (dispatch, getState) => {
     const showAlert = getState().getIn(['settings', 'notifications', 'alerts', notification.type], true);
@@ -43,7 +49,7 @@ export function updateNotifications(notification, intlMessages, intlLocale) {
     // Desktop notifications
     if (typeof window.Notification !== 'undefined' && showAlert) {
       const title = new IntlMessageFormat(intlMessages[`notification.${notification.type}`], intlLocale).format({ name: notification.account.display_name.length > 0 ? notification.account.display_name : notification.account.username });
-      const body  = (notification.status && notification.status.spoiler_text.length > 0) ? notification.status.spoiler_text : $('<p>').html(notification.status ? notification.status.content : '').text();
+      const body  = (notification.status && notification.status.spoiler_text.length > 0) ? notification.status.spoiler_text : notification.status ? unescapeHTML(notification.status.content) : '';
 
       new Notification(title, { body, icon: notification.account.avatar, tag: notification.id });
     }