diff --git a/backend/src/services/activityService.ts b/backend/src/services/activityService.ts
index 1806a0b085..35fd0d2658 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/activityService.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/activityService.ts
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ export default class ActivityService {
     } else {
       // neither child nor parent is in a conversation, create one from parent
       const conversationTitle = await conversationService.generateTitle(
-        parent.crowdInfo.body,
+        parent.crowdInfo.title ? parent.crowdInfo.title : parent.crowdInfo.body,
         ActivityService.hasHtmlActivities(parent.platform),
       )
       const conversationSettings = await ConversationSettingsService.findOrCreateDefault(
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/en.js b/frontend/src/i18n/en.js
index afb834e705..2f2a629b44 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/en.js
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/en.js
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ const en = {
       },
       github: {
         fork: 'forked',
-        star: 'stared',
-        unstar: 'unstared',
+        star: 'starred',
+        unstar: 'unstarred',
         'pull_request-open': 'opened a new pull request',
         'pull_request-opened': 'opened a new pull request',
         'pull_request-close': 'closed a pull request',