diff --git a/lib/plausible_web/templates/email/spike_notification.html.eex b/lib/plausible_web/templates/email/spike_notification.html.eex
index 47a9f27a8..2243ca1bd 100644
--- a/lib/plausible_web/templates/email/spike_notification.html.eex
+++ b/lib/plausible_web/templates/email/spike_notification.html.eex
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ There are currently <%= @current_visitors %> visitors on <%= link(@site.domain,
 
 <%= if @link do %>
 <br /><br />
-View dashboard: @link
+View dashboard: <%= link(@link, to: @link) %>
 <% end %>
 <br /><br />
 --
diff --git a/lib/workers/spike_notifier.ex b/lib/workers/spike_notifier.ex
index ddd0331b1..4e0b0c410 100644
--- a/lib/workers/spike_notifier.ex
+++ b/lib/workers/spike_notifier.ex
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ defmodule Plausible.Workers.SpikeNotifier do
     :ok
   end
 
-  def notify(notification, current_visitors, sources) do
+  defp notify(notification, current_visitors, sources) do
     for recipient <- notification.recipients do
       send_notification(recipient, notification.site, current_visitors, sources)
     end
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ defmodule Plausible.Workers.SpikeNotifier do
     site = Repo.preload(site, :members)
 
     dashboard_link =
-      if Enum.member?(site.members, recipient) do
+      if Enum.any?(site.members, &(&1.email == recipient)) do
         PlausibleWeb.Endpoint.url() <> "/" <> URI.encode_www_form(site.domain)
       end
 
diff --git a/test/workers/spike_notifier_test.exs b/test/workers/spike_notifier_test.exs
index 5dbea18e0..dea8f6fc9 100644
--- a/test/workers/spike_notifier_test.exs
+++ b/test/workers/spike_notifier_test.exs
@@ -85,4 +85,18 @@ defmodule Plausible.Workers.SpikeNotifierTest do
 
     assert_no_emails_delivered()
   end
+
+  test "adds a dashboard link if recipient has access to the site" do
+    user = insert(:user, email: "robert@example.com")
+    site = insert(:site, domain: "example.com", members: [user])
+    insert(:spike_notification, site: site, threshold: 10, recipients: ["robert@example.com"])
+
+    clickhouse_stub =
+      stub(Plausible.Stats.Clickhouse, :current_visitors, fn _site, _query -> 10 end)
+      |> stub(:top_sources, fn _site, _query, _limit, _page, _show_noref -> [] end)
+
+    SpikeNotifier.perform(nil, clickhouse_stub)
+
+    assert_email_delivered_with(html_body: ~r/View dashboard: <a href=\"http.+\/example.com/)
+  end
 end