diff --git a/src/components/follow_request_card/follow_request_card.js b/src/components/follow_request_card/follow_request_card.js
index a8931787..2a9d3db5 100644
--- a/src/components/follow_request_card/follow_request_card.js
+++ b/src/components/follow_request_card/follow_request_card.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import BasicUserCard from '../basic_user_card/basic_user_card.vue'
+import { notificationsFromStore } from '../../services/notification_utils/notification_utils.js'
 
 const FollowRequestCard = {
   props: ['user'],
@@ -6,13 +7,31 @@ const FollowRequestCard = {
     BasicUserCard
   },
   methods: {
+    findFollowRequestNotificationId () {
+      const notif = notificationsFromStore(this.$store).find(
+        (notif) => notif.from_profile.id === this.user.id && notif.type === 'follow_request'
+      )
+      return notif && notif.id
+    },
     approveUser () {
       this.$store.state.api.backendInteractor.approveUser({ id: this.user.id })
       this.$store.dispatch('removeFollowRequest', this.user)
+
+      const notifId = this.findFollowRequestNotificationId()
+      this.$store.dispatch('updateNotification', {
+        id: notifId,
+        updater: notification => {
+          notification.type = 'follow'
+          notification.seen = true
+        }
+      })
     },
     denyUser () {
       this.$store.state.api.backendInteractor.denyUser({ id: this.user.id })
       this.$store.dispatch('removeFollowRequest', this.user)
+
+      const notifId = this.findFollowRequestNotificationId()
+      this.$store.dispatch('dismissNotification', { id: notifId })
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/notification/notification.js b/src/components/notification/notification.js
index 6deee7d5..8c20ff09 100644
--- a/src/components/notification/notification.js
+++ b/src/components/notification/notification.js
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ const Notification = {
         id: this.notification.id,
         updater: notification => {
           notification.type = 'follow'
+          notification.seen = true
         }
       })
     },
diff --git a/src/components/notification/notification.vue b/src/components/notification/notification.vue
index 02802776..f6da07dd 100644
--- a/src/components/notification/notification.vue
+++ b/src/components/notification/notification.vue
@@ -137,13 +137,13 @@
             style="white-space: nowrap;"
           >
             <i
-              class="icon-ok button-icon add-reaction-button"
+              class="icon-ok button-icon follow-request-accept"
               :title="$t('tool_tip.accept_follow_request')"
               @click="approveUser()"
             />
             <i
-              class="icon-cancel button-icon add-reaction-button"
-              :title="$t('tool_tip.accept_follow_request')"
+              class="icon-cancel button-icon follow-request-reject"
+              :title="$t('tool_tip.reject_follow_request')"
               @click="denyUser()"
             />
           </div>
diff --git a/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss b/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss
index 80dad28b..9efcfcf8 100644
--- a/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss
+++ b/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss
@@ -79,6 +79,25 @@
     }
   }
 
+  .follow-request-accept {
+    cursor: pointer;
+
+    &:hover {
+      color: $fallback--text;
+      color: var(--text, $fallback--text);
+    }
+  }
+
+  .follow-request-reject {
+    cursor: pointer;
+
+    &:hover {
+      color: $fallback--cRed;
+      color: var(--cRed, $fallback--cRed);
+    }
+  }
+
+
   .follow-text, .move-text {
     padding: 0.5em 0;
     overflow-wrap: break-word;