diff --git a/app/controllers/group_controller.rb b/app/controllers/group_controller.rb
index 95f772d6..3e19e921 100644
--- a/app/controllers/group_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/group_controller.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class GroupController < ApplicationController
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html
-      format.js
+      format.js { render layout: false }
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/inbox_controller.rb b/app/controllers/inbox_controller.rb
index 24849f32..9bb867c9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/inbox_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/inbox_controller.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class InboxController < ApplicationController
     @disabled = true if @inbox.empty?
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html
-      format.js
+      format.js { render layout: false }
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb b/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
index 006ba5e8..f2569383 100644
--- a/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class NotificationsController < ApplicationController
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html
-      format.js
+      format.js { render layout: false }
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/public_controller.rb b/app/controllers/public_controller.rb
index 9a7b1d97..c5fc1143 100644
--- a/app/controllers/public_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/public_controller.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class PublicController < ApplicationController
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html
-      format.js
+      format.js { render layout: false }
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/question_controller.rb b/app/controllers/question_controller.rb
index f698bdca..7854d8df 100644
--- a/app/controllers/question_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/question_controller.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class QuestionController < ApplicationController
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html
-      format.js
+      format.js { render layout: false }
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/static_controller.rb b/app/controllers/static_controller.rb
index 1fc494d8..8854f0e4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/static_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/static_controller.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class StaticController < ApplicationController
 
       respond_to do |format|
         format.html
-        format.js
+        format.js { render layout: false }
       end
     else
       return render 'static/front'
diff --git a/app/controllers/user_controller.rb b/app/controllers/user_controller.rb
index 9804a61e..0cd06f9f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/user_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/user_controller.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class UserController < ApplicationController
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html
-      format.js
+      format.js { render layout: false }
     end
   end
 
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ class UserController < ApplicationController
     @users_last_id = @users.map(&:id).min
     @more_data_available = !@user.cursored_followers(last_id: @users_last_id, size: 1).count.zero?
     @type = :friend
-    render 'show_follow'
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html { render "show_follow" }
+      format.js { render "show_follow", layout: false }
+    end
   end
 
   def friends
@@ -88,7 +92,11 @@ class UserController < ApplicationController
     @users_last_id = @users.map(&:id).min
     @more_data_available = !@user.cursored_friends(last_id: @users_last_id, size: 1).count.zero?
     @type = :friend
-    render 'show_follow'
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html { render "show_follow" }
+      format.js { render "show_follow", layout: false }
+    end
   end
 
   def questions
@@ -97,6 +105,11 @@ class UserController < ApplicationController
     @questions = @user.cursored_questions(author_is_anonymous: false, last_id: params[:last_id])
     @questions_last_id = @questions.map(&:id).min
     @more_data_available = !@user.cursored_questions(author_is_anonymous: false, last_id: @questions_last_id, size: 1).count.zero?
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html
+      format.js { render layout: false }
+    end
   end
 
   def data
diff --git a/app/helpers/layouts_helper.rb b/app/helpers/layouts_helper.rb
index 20784840..5a74f551 100644
--- a/app/helpers/layouts_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/layouts_helper.rb
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ module LayoutsHelper
     @haml_buffer.buffer.replace output
     self.output_buffer = ActionView::OutputBuffer.new(output)
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/app/views/notifications/index.haml b/app/views/notifications/index.haml
index 919cfb59..86a66d4c 100644
--- a/app/views/notifications/index.haml
+++ b/app/views/notifications/index.haml
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
           .media
             = render "notifications/type/#{notification.target_type.downcase}", notification: notification
 
-      = render 'shared/cursored_pagination_dummy', more_data_available: @more_data_available, last_id: @notifications_last_id, permitted_params: %i[type]
+  - unless @notifications.count.zero?
+    = render 'shared/cursored_pagination_dummy', more_data_available: @more_data_available, last_id: @notifications_last_id, permitted_params: %i[type]
 
-      - if @more_data_available
-        %button#load-more-btn.btn.btn-default{type: :button, data: { last_id: @notifications_last_id }}
-          Load more
\ No newline at end of file
+    - if @more_data_available
+      %button#load-more-btn.btn.btn-default{type: :button, data: { last_id: @notifications_last_id }}
+        Load more
diff --git a/app/views/notifications/index.js.erb b/app/views/notifications/index.js.erb
index ba7adebb..8ebcb51d 100644
--- a/app/views/notifications/index.js.erb
+++ b/app/views/notifications/index.js.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 $('#notifications').append('<% @notifications.each do |notification|
-  %><%= j render 'notifications/notification', notification: notification
-%><% end %>');
+  %><li class="list-group-item"><div class="media"><%= j render "notifications/type/#{notification.target_type.downcase}", notification: notification
+%></div></li><% end %>');
 <% if @more_data_available %>
   $('#pagination').html('<%= j render 'shared/cursored_pagination_dummy', more_data_available: @more_data_available, last_id: @notifications_last_id, permitted_params: %i[type] %>');
 <% else %>