diff --git a/hypha/apply/activity/templates/activity/include/notifications_dropdown.html b/hypha/apply/activity/templates/activity/include/notifications_dropdown.html
index b6212ab5db6c3c7ca63196ff53007a25f0a64aa8..5a19753383dbbd5034c5f5933cb0531a7bfd1b89 100644
--- a/hypha/apply/activity/templates/activity/include/notifications_dropdown.html
+++ b/hypha/apply/activity/templates/activity/include/notifications_dropdown.html
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
         {% for activity in latest_notifications %}
         <p class="notifications__item">
             <strong>{{ activity.source_content_type.name|source_type }} </strong>
-            <a href="{{ activity.source.get_absolute_url }}{% ifequal activity.type 'comment' %}#communications{% endifequal %}">{{ activity.source.title|capfirst|truncatechars:15 }}</a>
-            : {{ activity.user.get_full_name }} {% ifequal activity.type 'comment' %}{% trans "made a comment" %}{% else %} {{ activity|display_for:request.user }}{% endifequal %}
+            <a href="{{ activity.source.get_absolute_url }}{% if activity.type == 'comment' %}#communications{% endif %}">{{ activity.source.title|capfirst|truncatechars:15 }}</a>
+            : {{ activity.user.get_full_name }} {% if activity.type == 'comment' %}{% trans "made a comment" %}{% else %} {{ activity|display_for:request.user }}{% endif %}
             {% if activity.related_object %}<a href="{{ activity.related_object.get_absolute_url }}">{{ activity.related_object|model_verbose_name }}</a>{% endif %}
         </p>
         {% endfor %}