diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a66753883..8fd36d5bd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     "link": "0.30.0",
     "markdown-preview": "0.148.0",
     "metrics": "0.45.0",
-    "notifications": "0.37.0",
+    "notifications": "0.38.0",
     "open-on-github": "0.36.0",
     "package-generator": "0.38.0",
     "release-notes": "0.52.0",
diff --git a/src/view-registry.coffee b/src/view-registry.coffee
index 050444ff0..e4b413f00 100644
--- a/src/view-registry.coffee
+++ b/src/view-registry.coffee
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ class ViewRegistry
     @documentWriters = []
     @documentPollers = []
     @documentUpdateRequested = false
+    @stopPollingDocument()
 
   requestDocumentUpdate: ->
     unless @documentUpdateRequested