diff --git a/app/services/post_alerter.rb b/app/services/post_alerter.rb
index 7fc06a546..aad37984b 100644
--- a/app/services/post_alerter.rb
+++ b/app/services/post_alerter.rb
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ class PostAlerter
         group_name: g.name.downcase,
         inbox_count: Topic.exec_sql(
         "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM topics t
-         JOIN topic_allowed_groups g ON g.id = :group_id AND g.topic_id = t.id
+         JOIN topic_allowed_groups g ON g.group_id = :group_id AND g.topic_id = t.id
          LEFT JOIN group_archived_messages a ON a.topic_id = t.id AND a.group_id = g.id
-         WHERE a.id IS NULL AND t.deleted_at is NULL AND t.archetype = 'private_message'", 
+         WHERE a.id IS NULL AND t.deleted_at is NULL AND t.archetype = 'private_message'",
           group_id: g.id).values[0][0].to_i
       }
     end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/admin/groups_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/admin/groups_controller_spec.rb
index 9b9f2072a..028945d22 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/admin/groups_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/admin/groups_controller_spec.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe Admin::GroupsController do
         "primary_group"=>false,
         "grant_trust_level"=>nil,
         "incoming_email"=>nil,
-        "notification_level"=>3,
+        "notification_level"=>2,
         "has_messages"=>false
       }])
     end