diff --git a/bot/notification.py b/bot/notification.py
index 0570cd8..71ec814 100644
--- a/bot/notification.py
+++ b/bot/notification.py
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ WHITELISTED_INSTANCES: list[str] = []
 
 def process_notification(client, notification):
     '''Processes an individual notification'''
-    notif_id = notification.get('id')
-
     user = notification.get('user', {})
     username = user.get('username', 'unknown')
     host = user.get('host')  # None if local user
@@ -29,7 +27,8 @@ def process_notification(client, notification):
         visibility = 'home'
 
     notif_type = notification.get('type', 'unknown')
-    print(f'📨 [{notif_type}] from @{username}@{instance}')
+    notif_id = notification.get('id')
+    print(f'📨 <{notif_id}> [{notif_type}] from @{username}@{instance}')
 
     # 🧠 Send to the parser
     parsed_command = parse_notification(notification, client)
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ def process_notification(client, notification):
             file_ids=response[1]
             #visible_user_ids=[] #todo: write actual visible users ids so pleromers can use the bot privately
         )
-    return notif_id
 
 def process_notifications(client):
     '''Processes a batch of unread notifications. Returns False if there are
@@ -69,7 +67,10 @@ def process_notifications(client):
 
     try:
         notifications = client.i_notifications(
-                # Fetch notifications we haven't seen yet
+                # Fetch notifications we haven't seen yet. This option is a bit
+                # tempermental, sometimes it'll include since_id, sometimes it
+                # won't. We need to keep track of what notifications we've
+                # already processed.
                 since_id=last_seen_id,
                 # Let misskey handle the filtering
                 include_types=['mention', 'reply'],
@@ -84,8 +85,15 @@ def process_notifications(client):
         # Iterate oldest to newest
         for notification in notifications:
             try:
-                # Process notification and update new last seen id
-                new_last_seen_id = process_notification(client, notification)
+                # Skip if we've processed already
+                notif_id = notification.get('id')
+                if notif_id <= last_seen_id:
+                    continue
+
+                # Update new_last_seen_id and process
+                new_last_seen_id = notif_id
+                process_notification(client, notification)
+
             except Exception as e:
                 print(f'An exception has occured while processing a notification: {e}')
                 print(traceback.format_exc())
@@ -100,7 +108,7 @@ def process_notifications(client):
     finally:
         # Quality jank right here, but finally lets us update the last_seen_id
         # even if we hit an exception or return early
-        if new_last_seen_id != last_seen_id:
+        if new_last_seen_id > last_seen_id:
             set_config('last_seen_notif_id', new_last_seen_id)
 
     return False