diff --git a/app/views/user_notifications/digest.html.erb b/app/views/user_notifications/digest.html.erb
index e77fd853558..75f6bf08088 100644
--- a/app/views/user_notifications/digest.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/user_notifications/digest.html.erb
@@ -320,7 +320,9 @@ body, table, td, th, h1, h2, h3 {font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !impo
         <a href="<%= Discourse.base_url_no_prefix + t.relative_url %>" style="color:#2F70AC;font-weight:400;line-height:1.3;margin:0;padding:0;text-decoration:none">
           <strong><%= t.title -%></strong>
         </a>
-        <p style="color:#0a0a0a;line-height:1.3;margin:0 0 10px 0;padding:0;text-align:left"><%= t.category.try(:name) -%></p>
+        <p style="color:#0a0a0a;line-height:1.3;margin:0 0 10px 0;padding:0;text-align:left">
+          <%= category_badge(t.category, inline_style: true, absolute_url: true) %>
+        </p>
       </td>
       <td style="padding:24px 8px 16px 8px;text-align:left;">
         <% t.posters_summary[0,2].each do |ps| %>