diff --git a/src/app/components/RoomDetail.svelte b/src/app/components/RoomDetail.svelte
index 9a2fa1db..711dfcbb 100644
--- a/src/app/components/RoomDetail.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/RoomDetail.svelte
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     deriveUserIsRoomAdmin,
     deriveUserRoomMembershipStatus,
     deriveUserRooms,
-    deriveIsMuted,
+    deriveShouldNotify,
     MembershipStatus,
   } from "@app/core/state"
   import {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
   const userRooms = deriveUserRooms(url)
 
   const isFavorite = $derived($userRooms.includes(h))
-  const isMuted = deriveIsMuted(url, h)
+  const shouldNotify = deriveShouldNotify(url, h)
 
   const back = () => history.back()
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     }
   }
 
-  const toggleMute = () => {
+  const toggleShouldNotify = () => {
     toggleRoomNotifications(url, h)
   }
 
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@
         <input
           type="checkbox"
           class="toggle toggle-primary"
-          checked={!isMuted}
-          onchange={toggleMute} />
+          checked={$shouldNotify}
+          onchange={toggleShouldNotify} />
       </div>
       <div class="flex items-center justify-between">
         <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
diff --git a/src/app/components/SpaceMenu.svelte b/src/app/components/SpaceMenu.svelte
index b11b5cf7..f86e761c 100644
--- a/src/app/components/SpaceMenu.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/SpaceMenu.svelte
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     deriveUserIsSpaceAdmin,
     deriveEventsForUrl,
     notificationSettings,
-    deriveIsMuted,
+    deriveShouldNotify,
   } from "@app/core/state"
   import {setSpaceNotifications} from "@app/core/commands"
   import {notifications} from "@app/util/notifications"
@@ -98,10 +98,10 @@
 
   const addRoom = () => pushModal(RoomCreate, {url}, {replaceState})
 
-  const isMuted = deriveIsMuted(url)
+  const shouldNotify = deriveShouldNotify(url)
 
   const toggleSpaceNotifications = () => {
-    setSpaceNotifications(url, !isMuted)
+    setSpaceNotifications(url, !$shouldNotify)
   }
 
   let showMenu = $state(false)
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
         <div class="flex items-center justify-between">
           <strong class="ellipsize flex items-center gap-1">
             <RelayName {url} />
-            {#if isMuted}
+            {#if $notificationSettings.push && !$shouldNotify}
               <Icon icon={VolumeCross} size={3} class="opacity-50" />
             {/if}
           </strong>
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@
             <li>
               {#if $notificationSettings.push}
                 <Button onclick={toggleSpaceNotifications}>
-                  <Icon icon={isMuted ? VolumeCross : VolumeLoud} />
-                  {isMuted ? "Turn on" : "Turn off"} notifications
+                  <Icon icon={$shouldNotify ? VolumeLoud : VolumeCross} />
+                  {$shouldNotify ? "Turn off" : "Turn on"} notifications
                 </Button>
               {:else}
                 <Link href="/settings/alerts">
diff --git a/src/app/components/SpaceMenuRoomItem.svelte b/src/app/components/SpaceMenuRoomItem.svelte
index c8a3f08d..0afef81a 100644
--- a/src/app/components/SpaceMenuRoomItem.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/SpaceMenuRoomItem.svelte
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   import RoomNameWithImage from "@app/components/RoomNameWithImage.svelte"
   import {makeRoomPath} from "@app/util/routes"
   import {notifications} from "@app/util/notifications"
-  import {deriveIsMuted} from "@app/core/state"
+  import {deriveShouldNotify} from "@app/core/state"
 
   interface Props {
     url: any
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
   const {url, h, notify = false, replaceState = false}: Props = $props()
 
   const path = makeRoomPath(url, h)
-  const isSpaceMuted = deriveIsMuted(url)
-  const isRoomMuted = deriveIsMuted(url, h)
-  const showDifferenceIcon = $derived($isRoomMuted !== $isSpaceMuted)
+  const shouldNotifyForSpace = deriveShouldNotify(url)
+  const shouldNotifyForRoom = deriveShouldNotify(url, h)
+  const showDifferenceIcon = $derived($shouldNotifyForRoom !== $shouldNotifyForSpace)
 </script>
 
 <SecondaryNavItem
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@
   notification={notify ? $notifications.has(path) : false}>
   <RoomNameWithImage {url} {h} />
   {#if showDifferenceIcon}
-    <Icon icon={isRoomMuted ? VolumeCross : VolumeLoud} size={4} class="opacity-50" />
+    <Icon icon={$shouldNotifyForRoom ? VolumeLoud : VolumeCross} size={4} class="opacity-50" />
   {/if}
 </SecondaryNavItem>
diff --git a/src/app/core/state.ts b/src/app/core/state.ts
index d02750c3..7cab800c 100644
--- a/src/app/core/state.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/state.ts
@@ -1002,8 +1002,7 @@ export const parseInviteLink = (invite: string): InviteData | undefined => {
 
 // Hierarchical notification helpers
 
-export const isMuted = (url: string, h?: string) => {
-  const {alerts} = getSettings()
+export const getShouldNotify = ({alerts}: SettingsValues, url: string, h?: string) => {
   const pref = alerts.find(spec({url}))
 
   if (!pref) return true
@@ -1012,5 +1011,7 @@ export const isMuted = (url: string, h?: string) => {
   if (!pref.notify) return pref.exceptions.includes(h)
 }
 
-export const deriveIsMuted = (url: string, h?: string) =>
-  derived(userSettingsValues, () => isMuted(url, h))
+export const shouldNotify = (url: string, h?: string) => getShouldNotify(getSettings(), url, h)
+
+export const deriveShouldNotify = (url: string, h?: string) =>
+  derived(userSettingsValues, $settings => getShouldNotify($settings, url, h))
diff --git a/src/app/util/notifications.ts b/src/app/util/notifications.ts
index 8b5bfd4c..7d32eb3f 100644
--- a/src/app/util/notifications.ts
+++ b/src/app/util/notifications.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ import {
   getSpaceRoomsFromGroupList,
   makeCommentFilter,
   userSpaceUrls,
-  isMuted,
+  shouldNotify,
   device,
 } from "@app/core/state"
 import {kv} from "@app/core/storage"
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ export const onNotification = call(() => {
 
           const h = getTagValue("h", event.tags)
 
-          if (Array.from(tracker.getRelays(event.id)).every(url => isMuted(url, h))) {
+          if (Array.from(tracker.getRelays(event.id)).every(url => !shouldNotify(url, h))) {
             continue
           }