diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/discovery_route_builders.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/discovery_route_builders.js
index df909771a2c..5f450a01336 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/discovery_route_builders.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/discovery_route_builders.js
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ function buildCategoryRoute(filter, params) {
       opts.noSubcategories = params && params.no_subcategories;
       opts.canEditCategory = Discourse.User.currentProp('staff');
       this.controllerFor('navigation/category').setProperties(opts);
+      opts.canChangeCategoryNotificationLevel = Discourse.User.current();
 
       return Discourse.TopicList.list(listFilter, params).then(function(list) {
         var tracking = Discourse.TopicTrackingState.current();
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/navigation/category.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/navigation/category.js.handlebars
index 9081893e9b2..44673b24147 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/navigation/category.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/navigation/category.js.handlebars
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
   {{customHTML "extraNavItem"}}
 </ul>
 
+{{#if canChangeCategoryNotificationLevel}}
 {{view Discourse.CategoryNotificationsButton categoryBinding="model" category=category}}
+{{/if}}
 
 {{#if canCreateTopic}}
   <button id="create-topic" class='btn btn-default' {{action createTopic}}><i class='fa fa-plus'></i>{{i18n topic.create}}</button>
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/category-notification.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/category-notification.scss
index 179f65a5467..ee0ceaed498 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/category-notification.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/category-notification.scss
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   display: none;
   width: 550px;
   padding: 4px 0;
-  margin: 1px 0 0;
+  margin: 32px 560px;
   list-style: none;
   background-color: $primary_background_color;
   border: 1px solid $primary_border_color;