diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/header.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/header.hbs
index ae0ec11d40b..2c11cae568e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/header.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/header.hbs
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@
                              loginAction="showLogin"
                              title="user.avatar.header_title"}}
             {{#if currentUser.unread_notifications}}
-              <a href class='badge-notification unread-notifications'>{{currentUser.unread_notifications}}</a>
+              <a href="#" class='badge-notification unread-notifications'>{{currentUser.unread_notifications}}</a>
             {{/if}}
             {{#if currentUser.unread_private_messages}}
-              <a href class='badge-notification unread-private-messages'>{{currentUser.unread_private_messages}}</a>
+              <a href="#" class='badge-notification unread-private-messages'>{{currentUser.unread_private_messages}}</a>
             {{/if}}
           {{/header-dropdown}}
         {{/if}}