diff --git a/src/StatusNotifier/Item/Notifications/GitHub.hs b/src/StatusNotifier/Item/Notifications/GitHub.hs
index 5d7e118..56a243b 100644
--- a/src/StatusNotifier/Item/Notifications/GitHub.hs
+++ b/src/StatusNotifier/Item/Notifications/GitHub.hs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
       markAsRead = executeRequest auth $ markNotificationAsReadR thisNotificationId
 
-  menuItem <- menuitemNewWithId $ fromIntegral $ untagId thisNotificationId
+  menuItem <- menuitemNew
   textVariant <- liftIO $ toGVariant notificationText
   menuitemPropertySetVariant menuItem "label" textVariant