diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/activities/BaseMainActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/activities/BaseMainActivity.java
index 78ced9520..3c076e77a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/activities/BaseMainActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/activities/BaseMainActivity.java
@@ -2545,7 +2545,7 @@ public abstract class BaseMainActivity extends BaseActivity
             TextView actionView = item.getActionView().findViewById(R.id.counter);
             if(actionView != null) {
                 if (unread > 0) {
-                    actionView.setText(unread);
+                    actionView.setText(String.valueOf(unread));
                     actionView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                 }else{
                     actionView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/client/API.java b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/client/API.java
index f9585cd74..876c44fc1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/client/API.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/client/API.java
@@ -620,22 +620,13 @@ public class API {
             if( resobj.getString("ends_at").compareTo("null") != 0) {
                 announcement.setEndAt(Helper.mstStringToDate(context, resobj.getString("ends_at")));
             }
+
+
             announcement.setRead(resobj.getBoolean("read"));
 
             announcement.setReactions(parseReaction(resobj.getJSONArray("reactions")));
 
-            List<Mention> mentions = new ArrayList<>();
-            JSONArray arrayMention = resobj.getJSONArray("mentions");
-            for (int j = 0; j < arrayMention.length(); j++) {
-                JSONObject menObj = arrayMention.getJSONObject(j);
-                Mention mention = new Mention();
-                mention.setId(menObj.get("id").toString());
-                mention.setUrl(menObj.get("url").toString());
-                mention.setAcct(menObj.get("acct").toString());
-                mention.setUsername(menObj.get("username").toString());
-                mentions.add(mention);
-            }
-            announcement.setMentions(mentions);
+
 
             List<Tag> tags = new ArrayList<>();
             JSONArray arrayTag = resobj.getJSONArray("tags");
@@ -661,6 +652,23 @@ public class API {
                 announcement.setEmojis(new ArrayList<>());
             }
 
+            List<Mention> mentions = new ArrayList<>();
+            try {
+                JSONArray arrayMention = resobj.getJSONArray("mentions");
+                for (int j = 0; j < arrayMention.length(); j++) {
+                    JSONObject menObj = arrayMention.getJSONObject(j);
+                    Mention mention = new Mention();
+                    mention.setId(menObj.get("id").toString());
+                    mention.setUrl(menObj.get("url").toString());
+                    mention.setAcct(menObj.get("acct").toString());
+                    mention.setUsername(menObj.get("username").toString());
+                    mentions.add(mention);
+                }
+                announcement.setMentions(mentions);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                announcement.setMentions(new ArrayList<>());
+            }
+
         } catch (JSONException | ParseException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/helper/Helper.java b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/helper/Helper.java
index f685a58af..cee467115 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/helper/Helper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/helper/Helper.java
@@ -1692,6 +1692,9 @@ public class Helper {
                 MenuItem nav_trends = menu.findItem(R.id.nav_trends);
                 if (nav_trends != null)
                     nav_trends.setVisible(false);
+                MenuItem nav_announcements = menu.findItem(R.id.nav_announcements);
+                if (nav_announcements != null)
+                    nav_announcements.setVisible(false);
                 MenuItem nav_peertube = menu.findItem(R.id.nav_peertube);
                 if (nav_peertube != null)
                     nav_peertube.setVisible(false);