diff --git a/app/serializers/rest/notification_group_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/rest/notification_group_serializer.rb
index 05b51b07a..ce1950c5a 100644
--- a/app/serializers/rest/notification_group_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/rest/notification_group_serializer.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ class REST::NotificationGroupSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   end
 
   def paginated?
-    instance_options[:group_metadata].present?
+    !instance_options[:group_metadata].nil?
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v2_alpha/notifications_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v2_alpha/notifications_spec.rb
index 9bd1a32e9..ac44605ac 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v2_alpha/notifications_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v2_alpha/notifications_spec.rb
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ RSpec.describe 'Notifications' do
 
         expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
         expect(body_json_types.uniq).to eq ['mention']
+        expect(body_as_json[0][:page_min_id]).to_not be_nil
       end
     end