diff --git a/Project-Unite/ACL.cs b/Project-Unite/ACL.cs
index 73636c7..77e6f1d 100644
--- a/Project-Unite/ACL.cs
+++ b/Project-Unite/ACL.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ namespace Project_Unite
 {
     public static class ACL
     {
+        public static IHtmlString NotificationCount(this HtmlHelper hpr, string uid)
+        {
+            var db = new ApplicationDbContext();
+            var usr = db.Users.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == uid);
+            if (usr == null)
+                return hpr.Raw("N/A");
+            return hpr.Raw(usr.UnreadNotifications.ToString());
+        }
+
         public static IHtmlString NewestUser(this HtmlHelper hpr)
         {
             var db = new ApplicationDbContext();
diff --git a/Project-Unite/Models/IdentityModels.cs b/Project-Unite/Models/IdentityModels.cs
index 83ea777..a3dde10 100644
--- a/Project-Unite/Models/IdentityModels.cs
+++ b/Project-Unite/Models/IdentityModels.cs
@@ -106,6 +106,23 @@ namespace Project_Unite.Models
             }
         }
 
+        public Notification[] Notifications
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var db = new ApplicationDbContext();
+                return db.Notifications.Where(x => x.UserId == this.Id).ToArray();
+            }
+        }
+
+        public int UnreadNotifications
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return Notifications.Where(x => x.IsRead == false).Count();
+            }
+        }
+
         public UserFollow[] Followed
         {
             get
@@ -149,6 +166,7 @@ namespace Project_Unite.Models
             return new ApplicationDbContext();
         }
 
+        public DbSet<Notification> Notifications { get; set; }
         public DbSet<UserFollow> Follows { get; set; }
         public DbSet<UserPost> UserPosts { get; set; }
         public DbSet<ForumPostEdit> ForumPostEdits { get; set; }
diff --git a/Project-Unite/Models/Notification.cs b/Project-Unite/Models/Notification.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd13e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Project-Unite/Models/Notification.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Web;
+
+namespace Project_Unite.Models
+{
+    public class Notification
+    {
+        public string Id { get; set; }
+        public string UserId { get; set; }
+        public string Discriminator { get; set; }
+        public DateTime Timestamp { get; set; }
+        public bool IsRead { get; set; }
+
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Project-Unite/Project-Unite.csproj b/Project-Unite/Project-Unite.csproj
index 5284ef2..f54b154 100644
--- a/Project-Unite/Project-Unite.csproj
+++ b/Project-Unite/Project-Unite.csproj
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Models\HomeViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\IdentityModels.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\ManageViewModels.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Models\Notification.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Role.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Startup.cs" />
diff --git a/Project-Unite/Views/Shared/_LoginPartial.cshtml b/Project-Unite/Views/Shared/_LoginPartial.cshtml
index 7c49f01..e5c4b34 100644
--- a/Project-Unite/Views/Shared/_LoginPartial.cshtml
+++ b/Project-Unite/Views/Shared/_LoginPartial.cshtml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
     <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right"  style="margin-right:15px;">
         <li>@Html.NewestUser()</li>
+        <li class="dropdown"><a href="#" data-toggle="dropdown" class="dropdown-toggle"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-bell"></span> @Html.NotificationCount(User.Identity.GetUserId())</a></li>
         <li class="dropdown"><a href="#" data-toggle="dropdown" class="dropdown-toggle"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-user"></span> @Html.UserName(User.Identity.GetUserId()) <span class="caret"></span></a>
             <ul class="dropdown-menu">
                 <li><a href="@Url.Action("ViewProfile", "Profiles", new { id = ACL.UserNameRaw(User.Identity.GetUserId()) })"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-user"></span> Profile</a></li>