diff --git a/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb b/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
index 1d28fb4caf0..baa9aca3a43 100644
--- a/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class NotificationsController < ApplicationController
       notifications = Notification.recent_report(current_user, limit)
       changed = false
 
-      if notifications.present? && !(params.has_key?(:slient) || @readonly_mode)
+      if notifications.present? && !(params.has_key?(:silent) || @readonly_mode)
         # ordering can be off due to PMs
         max_id = notifications.map(&:id).max
         changed = current_user.saw_notification_id(max_id)
diff --git a/spec/requests/notifications_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/notifications_controller_spec.rb
index 495ae5afbe5..3e903280f89 100644
--- a/spec/requests/notifications_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/notifications_controller_spec.rb
@@ -43,14 +43,23 @@ describe NotificationsController do
         end
 
         it 'should succeed for history' do
-          get "/notifications"
+          get "/notifications.json"
+
           expect(response.status).to eq(200)
+
+          notifications = response.parsed_body["notifications"]
+
+          expect(notifications.length).to eq(1)
+          expect(notifications.first["id"]).to eq(notification.id)
         end
 
         it 'should mark notifications as viewed' do
           expect(user.reload.unread_notifications).to eq(1)
           expect(user.reload.total_unread_notifications).to eq(1)
+
           get "/notifications.json", params: { recent: true }
+
+          expect(response.status).to eq(200)
           expect(user.reload.unread_notifications).to eq(0)
           expect(user.reload.total_unread_notifications).to eq(1)
         end
@@ -58,7 +67,10 @@ describe NotificationsController do
         it 'should not mark notifications as viewed if silent param is present' do
           expect(user.reload.unread_notifications).to eq(1)
           expect(user.reload.total_unread_notifications).to eq(1)
-          get "/notifications", params: { recent: true, silent: true }
+
+          get "/notifications.json", params: { recent: true, silent: true }
+
+          expect(response.status).to eq(200)
           expect(user.reload.unread_notifications).to eq(1)
           expect(user.reload.total_unread_notifications).to eq(1)
         end
@@ -67,7 +79,10 @@ describe NotificationsController do
           Discourse.received_redis_readonly!
           expect(user.reload.unread_notifications).to eq(1)
           expect(user.reload.total_unread_notifications).to eq(1)
-          get "/notifications", params: { recent: true, silent: true }
+
+          get "/notifications.json", params: { recent: true, silent: true }
+
+          expect(response.status).to eq(200)
           expect(user.reload.unread_notifications).to eq(1)
           expect(user.reload.total_unread_notifications).to eq(1)
         ensure
@@ -81,13 +96,19 @@ describe NotificationsController do
           expect(response.status).to eq(200)
 
           get "/notifications.json"
+
+          expect(response.status).to eq(200)
           expect(JSON.parse(response.body)['notifications'].length).to be >= 2
 
           get "/notifications.json", params: { filter: "read" }
+
+          expect(response.status).to eq(200)
           expect(JSON.parse(response.body)['notifications'].length).to be >= 1
           expect(JSON.parse(response.body)['notifications'][0]['read']).to eq(true)
 
           get "/notifications.json", params: { filter: "unread" }
+
+          expect(response.status).to eq(200)
           expect(JSON.parse(response.body)['notifications'].length).to be >= 1
           expect(JSON.parse(response.body)['notifications'][0]['read']).to eq(false)
         end
@@ -120,7 +141,10 @@ describe NotificationsController do
       it "updates the `read` status" do
         expect(user.reload.unread_notifications).to eq(1)
         expect(user.reload.total_unread_notifications).to eq(1)
+
         put "/notifications/mark-read.json"
+
+        expect(response.status).to eq(200)
         user.reload
         expect(user.reload.unread_notifications).to eq(0)
         expect(user.reload.total_unread_notifications).to eq(0)