diff --git a/src/PowderCoating.Web/Middleware/OnlineUserMiddleware.cs b/src/PowderCoating.Web/Middleware/OnlineUserMiddleware.cs
index cf7d15b..f915e8f 100644
--- a/src/PowderCoating.Web/Middleware/OnlineUserMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/PowderCoating.Web/Middleware/OnlineUserMiddleware.cs
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ public class OnlineUserMiddleware
     {
         await _next(context);
 
+        // Skip AJAX/JSON responses — they are not page navigations and would
+        // cause the "current page" to show the polling endpoint (e.g. /InAppNotifications/Recent)
+        // rather than the actual page the user is on.
+        if (context.Response.ContentType?.Contains("application/json", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == true)
+            return;
+
         // Only track authenticated, non-API, non-asset requests
         if (!context.User.Identity?.IsAuthenticated ?? true) return;
         var path = context.Request.Path.Value ?? string.Empty;