diff --git a/mcm/HTML/batches.html b/mcm/HTML/batches.html
index a1f2dfcb..7f0b2ff7 100644
--- a/mcm/HTML/batches.html
+++ b/mcm/HTML/batches.html
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
         <![endif]>
         <script src="scripts/main_controller.js"></script>
         <script src="scripts/batches_controller.js"></script>
-        <script src="scripts/notifications.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body ng-controller="mainCtrl">
     <span ng-controller="resultsCtrl">
diff --git a/mcm/HTML/campaigns.html b/mcm/HTML/campaigns.html
index a69549b6..7b1850c6 100644
--- a/mcm/HTML/campaigns.html
+++ b/mcm/HTML/campaigns.html
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
          <![endif]>
         <script src="scripts/main_controller.js"></script>
         <script src="scripts/campaigns_controller.js"></script>
-        <script src="scripts/notifications.js"></script>
 </head>
 
 <body ng-controller="mainCtrl">
diff --git a/mcm/HTML/chained_campaigns.html b/mcm/HTML/chained_campaigns.html
index 3990451d..baf06f8a 100644
--- a/mcm/HTML/chained_campaigns.html
+++ b/mcm/HTML/chained_campaigns.html
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
          <![endif]>
         <script src="scripts/main_controller.js"></script>
         <script src="scripts/chainedCampaigns_controller.js"></script>
-        <script src="scripts/notifications.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body ng-controller="mainCtrl">
     <span ng-controller="resultsCtrl">
diff --git a/mcm/HTML/chained_requests.html b/mcm/HTML/chained_requests.html
index 301985dd..b78f652d 100644
--- a/mcm/HTML/chained_requests.html
+++ b/mcm/HTML/chained_requests.html
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
         <![endif]>
         <script src="scripts/main_controller.js"></script>
         <script src="scripts/chainRequests_controller.js"></script>
-        <script src="scripts/notifications.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body ng-controller="mainCtrl">
     <span ng-controller="resultsCtrl">
diff --git a/mcm/HTML/dashboard.html b/mcm/HTML/dashboard.html
index 1c61aba4..e6775326 100644
--- a/mcm/HTML/dashboard.html
+++ b/mcm/HTML/dashboard.html
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
          <![endif]>
         <script src="scripts/main_controller.js"></script>
         <script src="scripts/dashboard_controller.js"></script>
-        <script src="scripts/notifications.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body ng-controller="mainCtrl">
     <span ng-controller="resultsCtrl">
diff --git a/mcm/HTML/edit.html b/mcm/HTML/edit.html
index 4be30b85..fa931887 100644
--- a/mcm/HTML/edit.html
+++ b/mcm/HTML/edit.html
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
         <script src="scripts/main_controller.js"></script>
         <script src="scripts/edit.js"></script>
         <script src="scripts/edit_controller.js"></script>
-        <script src="scripts/notifications.js"></script>
-
         <!-- angularui is needed for codemirror -->
         <script src="scripts/codemirror-3.11/lib/codemirror-compressed.js"></script>
         <script src="scripts/angular-ui.min.js"></script>
diff --git a/mcm/HTML/edit_many.html b/mcm/HTML/edit_many.html
index 6051e9f2..bbde9131 100644
--- a/mcm/HTML/edit_many.html
+++ b/mcm/HTML/edit_many.html
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
         <script src="scripts/main_controller.js"></script>
         <script src="scripts/edit.js"></script>
         <script src="scripts/edit_many_controller.js"></script>
-        <script src="scripts/notifications.js"></script>
-
         <!-- // <script src="scripts/codemirror-3.11/lib/codemirror.js"></script> -->
         <!-- // <script src="scripts/codemirror-3.11/mode/python/python.js"></script> -->
         <script src="scripts/codemirror-3.11/lib/codemirror-compressed.js"></script>
diff --git a/mcm/HTML/flows.html b/mcm/HTML/flows.html
index 5aac0abc..786e2808 100644
--- a/mcm/HTML/flows.html
+++ b/mcm/HTML/flows.html
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
         <![endif]>
         <script src="scripts/main_controller.js"></script>
         <script src="scripts/flows_controller.js"></script>
-        <script src="scripts/notifications.js"></script>
   </head>
 
   <body ng-controller="mainCtrl">
diff --git a/mcm/HTML/index.html b/mcm/HTML/index.html
index 06766230..0ae1b179 100644
--- a/mcm/HTML/index.html
+++ b/mcm/HTML/index.html
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   <title>McM</title>
   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
   <link href="scripts/build/mcmcss.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
-
   <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/build/mcm.deps1.js"></script>
 
   <!--[IF IE]>
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@
 
 <script src="scripts/main_controller.js"></script>
 <script src="scripts/index_controller.js"></script>
-<script src="scripts/notifications.js"></script>
 </head>
 <body ng-controller="mainCtrl">
   <div ng-include="'HTML/navbar_template.html'"></div>
diff --git a/mcm/HTML/injection_status.html b/mcm/HTML/injection_status.html
index 60d79f76..08e86475 100644
--- a/mcm/HTML/injection_status.html
+++ b/mcm/HTML/injection_status.html
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
   <![endif]>
         <script src="scripts/main_controller.js"></script>
         <script src="scripts/injection_controller.js"></script>
-        <script src="scripts/notifications.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body ng-controller="mainCtrl">
     <span ng-controller="resultsCtrl">
diff --git a/mcm/HTML/invalidations.html b/mcm/HTML/invalidations.html
index 96d6502e..763d8d68 100644
--- a/mcm/HTML/invalidations.html
+++ b/mcm/HTML/invalidations.html
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
         <![endif]>
         <script src="scripts/main_controller.js"></script>
         <script src="scripts/invalidations_controller.js"></script>
-        <script src="scripts/notifications.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body ng-controller="mainCtrl">
     <span ng-controller="resultsCtrl">
diff --git a/mcm/HTML/lists.html b/mcm/HTML/lists.html
index 03d39888..45b8356f 100644
--- a/mcm/HTML/lists.html
+++ b/mcm/HTML/lists.html
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     <![endif]>
     <script src="scripts/main_controller.js"></script>
     <script src="scripts/lists_controller.js"></script>
-    <script src="scripts/notifications.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body ng-controller="mainCtrl">
     <span ng-controller="resultsCtrl">
diff --git a/mcm/HTML/mccms.html b/mcm/HTML/mccms.html
index 28cb4bbc..6e9071e1 100644
--- a/mcm/HTML/mccms.html
+++ b/mcm/HTML/mccms.html
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
         <![endif]>
         <script src="scripts/main_controller.js"></script>
         <script src="scripts/mccms_controller.js"></script>
-        <script src="scripts/notifications.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body ng-controller="mainCtrl">
     <span ng-controller="resultsCtrl">
diff --git a/mcm/HTML/navbar_template.html b/mcm/HTML/navbar_template.html
index e15d9eac..8cc1c644 100644
--- a/mcm/HTML/navbar_template.html
+++ b/mcm/HTML/navbar_template.html
@@ -82,55 +82,7 @@
       <li class="divider-vertical" ></li>
       <ul class="nav pull-right">
         <li>
-          <a ng-href='users?prepid={{user.name}}' target="_blank">{{user.name}} : {{user.role}} </a>
-        </li>
-        <li ng-controller="notificator">
-          <div class="notification-overlay" ng-style="{ 'height': overlay_height }">
-            <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="closebtn" ng-click="overlay_height = '0%';">&times;</a>
-            <h3 style="color: white; overflow-y: scroll;">{{overlay_title}}</h3>
-            <pre class="overlay-text">{{overlay_message}}</pre>
-          </div>
-          <span style=" position: absolute; right: -16px; cursor: pointer;" ng-click="displayNotifications();">
-              <img style="width: 30px" src="scripts/img/notification_icon.png"></img>
-              <div class="circle" ng-show="notification_numbers.All > 0">
-                <h5 style="color: white; width: 25px; text-align: center;" id="notification_number">{{unseen > 99 ? '99+' : unseen}}</h5>
-              </div>
-          </span>
-          <div id="mySidenav" class="sidenav" ng-show="display_notifications">
-            <a href="#" ng-style="{ 'left': search_on ? -520 : -233, 'background-color': '#63CCCA' }" ng-click="search_on = !search_on" ng-init="search_on = false">
-              <i ng-class="!search_on ? 'icon-search' : 'icon-chevron-right'"></i>
-              <input ng-change="search()" ng-model-options="{debounce:1000}" ng-click="search_on = false" type="text" class="notification-search-bar" name="input" ng-model="search_text">
-            </a>
-          </div>
-          <div class="notification-dropdown" ng-show="display_notifications" ng-style="!search_on ? {} : { 'background-color': '#FAFAFA' }">
-            <div ng-if="!search_on" class="notification-group" ng-repeat="group in sorted_groups" >
-                <div ng-click="showGroup(group);" class="notification-header">
-                  <h3>{{group.split('_').join(' ') + ' (' + notification_numbers[group] + ')'}}</h3>
-                  <i ng-if="group_object.hasOwnProperty(group)" rel="tooltip" title="See all related objects" ng-click="showGroupActions(group, $event);" class="icon-chevron-right"></i>
-                  <i ng-click="markGroupAsSeen(group, $event);" rel="tooltip" title="Marked as seen" class="icon-eye-open"></i>
-                </div>
-                <div class="notification" ng-show="notifications[group].is_selected" ng-repeat="notification in notifications[group].notifications" ng-style="notification.seen ? {} : { 'background-color': '#B0D0D3' }" ng-click="showNotification(notification);">
-                  <img class="notification-eye" ng-if="notification.seen" src="scripts/img/seen.png"></img>
-                  <img class="notification-eye" ng-if="!notification.seen" src="scripts/img/unseen.png"></img>
-                  <h5>{{notification.title}}</h5>
-                  <span class="notification-date">{{notification.created_at}}</span>
-                  <i ng-if="notification.action_objects.length > 0" ng-click="showActions(notification.object_type, notification._id, notification.seen, $event)" rel="tooltip" title="See all related objects" class="icon-chevron-right"></i>
-                </div>
-                <div ng-if="notifications[group].more_to_fetch && notifications[group].is_selected" style="background-color: white;" ng-click="fetchNotifications(group);">
-                    <i class="icon-chevron-down"></i>
-                </div>
-            </div>
-            <div class="notification" ng-if="search_on" ng-repeat="notification in searched_notifications" ng-style="notification.seen ? {} : { 'background-color': '#B0D0D3' }" ng-click="showNotification(notification);">
-              <img class="notification-eye" ng-if="notification.seen" src="scripts/img/seen.png"></img>
-              <img class="notification-eye" ng-if="!notification.seen" src="scripts/img/unseen.png"></img>
-              <h5>{{notification.title}}</h5>
-              <span class="notification-date">{{notification.created_at}}</span>
-              <i ng-if="notification.action_objects.length > 0" ng-click="showActions(notification.object_type, notification._id, notification.seen, $event)" rel="tooltip" title="See all related objects" class="icon-chevron-right"></i>
-            </div>
-            <div style="text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" ng-if="search_on && search_items_left" style="background-color: white;" ng-click="continueSearch();">
-                    <i class="icon-chevron-down"></i>
-            </div>
-          </div>
+          <a ng-href='users?prepid={{user.name}}' target="_blank">{{user.name}} ({{user.role}})</a>
         </li>
       </ul>
     </ul>
diff --git a/mcm/HTML/priority_change.html b/mcm/HTML/priority_change.html
index 6b119dc9..48c46727 100644
--- a/mcm/HTML/priority_change.html
+++ b/mcm/HTML/priority_change.html
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
         <![endif]>
         <script src="scripts/main_controller.js"></script>
         <script src="scripts/priority_change_controller.js"></script>
-        <script src="scripts/notifications.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body ng-controller="mainCtrl">
     <span ng-controller="resultsCtrl">
diff --git a/mcm/HTML/requests.html b/mcm/HTML/requests.html
index ae3793a7..1dc4b291 100644
--- a/mcm/HTML/requests.html
+++ b/mcm/HTML/requests.html
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
         <![endif]>
         <script src="scripts/main_controller.js"></script>
         <script src="scripts/requests_ctrl.js"></script>
-        <script src="scripts/notifications.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body ng-controller="mainCtrl">
     <span ng-controller="resultsCtrl">
diff --git a/mcm/HTML/settings.html b/mcm/HTML/settings.html
index 6c03340d..0cc13447 100644
--- a/mcm/HTML/settings.html
+++ b/mcm/HTML/settings.html
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
         <![endif]>
         <script src="scripts/main_controller.js"></script>
         <script src="scripts/settings_controller.js"></script>
-        <script src="scripts/notifications.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body ng-controller="mainCtrl">
     <span ng-controller="resultsCtrl">
diff --git a/mcm/HTML/users.html b/mcm/HTML/users.html
index 19c402e3..dd3a4f6e 100644
--- a/mcm/HTML/users.html
+++ b/mcm/HTML/users.html
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
         <![endif]>
         <script src="scripts/main_controller.js"></script>
         <script src="scripts/users_controller.js"></script>
-        <script src="scripts/notifications.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body ng-controller="mainCtrl">
     <span ng-controller="resultsCtrl">
diff --git a/mcm/json_layer/notification.py b/mcm/json_layer/notification.py
index b001245e..9f3e495b 100644
--- a/mcm/json_layer/notification.py
+++ b/mcm/json_layer/notification.py
@@ -29,20 +29,21 @@ class notification(json_base):
     }
 
     def __init__(self, title, message, targets, target_role='', action_objects=[], object_type='', group='', base_object=None):
-        if base_object is not None:
-            targets.extend(base_object.get_actors())
-        targets = list(set(targets))
-        json_input = deepcopy(notification._json_base__schema)
-        json_input.pop('_id')
-        json_input['message'] = message
-        json_input['title'] = title
-        json_input['targets'] = targets
-        json_input['target_role'] = target_role
-        json_input['action_objects'] = action_objects
-        json_input['object_type'] = object_type
-        json_input['group'] = group
-        json_input['seen_by'] = []
-        json_input['created_at'] = str(datetime.now()).split('.')[0]
-        notification_db = database('notifications')
-        if not notification_db.save(json_input):
-            self.logger.error('Failed to save notification: \n' + dumps(json_input))
\ No newline at end of file
+        self.logger.info('Not saving notification %s %s' % (title, message))
+        # if base_object is not None:
+        #     targets.extend(base_object.get_actors())
+        # targets = list(set(targets))
+        # json_input = deepcopy(notification._json_base__schema)
+        # json_input.pop('_id')
+        # json_input['message'] = message
+        # json_input['title'] = title
+        # json_input['targets'] = targets
+        # json_input['target_role'] = target_role
+        # json_input['action_objects'] = action_objects
+        # json_input['object_type'] = object_type
+        # json_input['group'] = group
+        # json_input['seen_by'] = []
+        # json_input['created_at'] = str(datetime.now()).split('.')[0]
+        # notification_db = database('notifications')
+        # if not notification_db.save(json_input):
+        #     self.logger.error('Failed to save notification: \n' + dumps(json_input))
\ No newline at end of file
