diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/client/view/templates/SingleNotificationView.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/client/view/templates/SingleNotificationView.java
index b73e8de..91c78ef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/client/view/templates/SingleNotificationView.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/client/view/templates/SingleNotificationView.java
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ public class SingleNotificationView extends Composite {
 
 	NotificationImages images = GWT.create(NotificationImages.class);
 
-	private Notification myNotification;
-
 	@UiField
 	Image notificationImage;
 	@UiField HTMLPanel mainPanel;
@@ -40,7 +38,10 @@ public class SingleNotificationView extends Composite {
 
 	public SingleNotificationView(Notification toShow) {
 		initWidget(uiBinder.createAndBindUi(this));
-		myNotification = toShow;
+
+		if (!toShow.isRead()) {
+			mainPanel.addStyleName("unread-notification");
+		}
 		String notificationToShow = toShow.getDescription();
 
 		String removeMarkup = notificationToShow.replaceAll("&", "&");
@@ -49,7 +50,6 @@ public class SingleNotificationView extends Composite {
 
 		//in case of links behave differently, i know is terrible //TODO: write better code here i think
 		if (new HTML(actualHTML).getText().equalsIgnoreCase(LINK_TEXT)) {
-			GWT.log("E' UN LINK!");
 			actualHTML = actualHTML.replace("your post:", "");
 			actualHTML = actualHTML.replace("shared", "");
 			actualHTML = actualHTML.replace("link.", "link");
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ public class SingleNotificationView extends Composite {
 		switch (toShow.getType()) {
 		case DOCUMENT_WORKFLOW_STEP_REQUEST_TASK:
 			goApp.setHTML("<a class=\"link\" href=\""+toShow.getUri()+"\"> See this Document Workflow.</a>");
+			//remove the Sender of the notification because it is sent by the user that performs the last forward
+			notificationText.setHTML(actualHTML);
 			break;
 		case DOCUMENT_WORKFLOW_FIRST_STEP_REQUEST_INVOLVMENT:
 			goApp.setHTML("<a class=\"link\" href=\""+toShow.getUri()+"\"> See this New Document Workflow.</a>");
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/server/NotificationsServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/server/NotificationsServiceImpl.java
index 21512c6..150d658 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/server/NotificationsServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/notifications/server/NotificationsServiceImpl.java
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ public class NotificationsServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements No
 		String user = (String) this.getThreadLocalRequest().getSession().getAttribute(ScopeHelper.USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE);
 		if (user == null) {
 			//user = "test.user";
-			user = "leonardo.candela";
-			
+			//user = "leonardo.candela";
+			user = "massimiliano.assante";
 			_log.warn("USER IS NULL setting "+user+" and Running OUTSIDE PORTAL");
 			withinPortal = false;
 		}
@@ -148,13 +148,11 @@ public class NotificationsServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements No
 		return cal.getTime();  
 	}
 	/**
-	 * this set all the notifications for this user read
+	 * this sets all the notifications for this user read
 	 */
 	public boolean setAllUserNotificationsRead() {
 		try {
-			for (Notification notification :store.getUnreadNotificationsByUser(getASLSession().getUsername()) ) {
-				store.setNotificationRead(notification.getKey());
-			}
+			store.setAllNotificationReadByUser(getASLSession().getUsername());
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			_log.error("While trying to set User notifications Read");
 			e.printStackTrace();
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/Notifications.css b/src/main/webapp/Notifications.css
index 850ed2e..4489a39 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/Notifications.css
+++ b/src/main/webapp/Notifications.css
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ a.link:hover {
 	border-top: 1px solid #EFEFEF;
 }
 
+
+.unread-notification {
+	background-color: #e8effa;
+}
+
 .no-notification-message {
 	line-height: 40px;
 	font-family: 'Architects Daughter', arial, sans-serif;