diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/components/notifications/umb-notifications.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/components/notifications/umb-notifications.html
index 7cd0d1a510..3b78562c1a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/components/notifications/umb-notifications.html
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/components/notifications/umb-notifications.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                 <div ng-include="notification.view"></div>
             </div>
             <div ng-if="notification.headline" ng-switch on="{{notification}}">
-                <a ng-href="{{notification.url}}" ng-switch-when="{{notification.url != null}}" target="_blank">
+                <a ng-href="{{notification.url}}" ng-switch-when="{{notification.url && notification.url.trim() != ''}}" target="_blank">
                     <strong>{{notification.headline}}</strong>
                     <span ng-bind-html="notification.message"></span>
                 </a>