diff --git a/Project-Unite/Content/infobox.wav b/Project-Unite/Content/infobox.wav
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c6f3f2
Binary files /dev/null and b/Project-Unite/Content/infobox.wav differ
diff --git a/Project-Unite/Project-Unite.csproj b/Project-Unite/Project-Unite.csproj
index 1064307..63c1206 100644
--- a/Project-Unite/Project-Unite.csproj
+++ b/Project-Unite/Project-Unite.csproj
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@
     <Content Include="Content\bootstrap-theme.css" />
     <Content Include="Content\bootstrap.css" />
     <Content Include="Content\bootstrap.min.css" />
+    <Content Include="Content\infobox.wav" />
     <Content Include="Content\simplemde.css" />
     <Content Include="favicon.ico" />
     <Content Include="fonts\glyphicons-halflings-regular.svg" />
diff --git a/Project-Unite/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml b/Project-Unite/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
index bb3ea5e..8b84017 100644
--- a/Project-Unite/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
+++ b/Project-Unite/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     @Styles.Render("~/Content/bootstrap-theme.css")
     @Styles.Render("~/Content/Site.css")
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.rawgit.com/xcatliu/simplemde-theme-dark/master/dist/simplemde-theme-dark.min.css" />
-    @Scripts.Render("~/signalr/hubs")
+   
     @Scripts.Render("~/Scripts/simplemde.js")
     @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/modernizr")
 </head>
@@ -234,25 +234,27 @@
 
     @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jquery")
     @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/bootstrap")
+    <script src="Scripts/jquery.signalR-2.2.2-preview1.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="signalr/hubs"></script>
     @RenderSection("scripts", required: false)
     <script type="text/javascript">
         var mde = new SimpleMDE({forceSync: true});
         mde.options.forceSync();
-
-        var notificationHub = $.connection.notificationHub;
-
-        $.connection.hub.start(function () {
-            notificationHub.activate(function (response) {
-                $("#notifications_body")
-                 .find('ul')
-                 .append($("<li></li>").html(response));
-                $.ajax({
-                    url: "/API/GetNotificationCount",
-                    success: function (result) {
-                        $("#notification_count").html(result);
-                    }
-                });
+        var notificationHubProxy = $.connection.notificationHub;
+        notificationHubProxy.client.sendMessage = function (message) {
+            $("#notifications_body").find("ul").append("<li></li>").html(message);
+            $.ajax({
+                url : "/API/GetNotificationCount",
+                success : function(result){
+                    $("#notification_count").html(result);
+                }
             });
+            var audio = new Audio("/Content/infobox.wav");
+            audio.play();
+        };
+        $.connection.hub.start()
+            .done(function(){ console.log('Now connected, connection ID=' + $.connection.hub.id); })
+            .fail(function(){ console.log('Could not Connect!'); });
         });
     </script>
 
diff --git a/Project-Unite/Views/Shared/_LoginPartial.cshtml b/Project-Unite/Views/Shared/_LoginPartial.cshtml
index 7c1bfb3..d1ba671 100644
--- a/Project-Unite/Views/Shared/_LoginPartial.cshtml
+++ b/Project-Unite/Views/Shared/_LoginPartial.cshtml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right"  style="margin-right:15px;">
         <li>@Html.NewestUser()</li>
         <li><a href="@Url.Action("ViewUnread", "Forum")"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-star-empty"></span> @ACL.UnreadPostsCount(User.Identity.Name) unread posts</a></li>
-        <li class="dropdown"><a href="#" data-toggle="dropdown" class="dropdown-toggle"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-bullhorn"></span> @Html.NotificationCount(User.Identity.GetUserId())</a>
+        <li id="notification_body" class="dropdown"><a href="#" data-toggle="dropdown" class="dropdown-toggle"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-bullhorn"></span> <strong id="notification_count">@Html.NotificationCount(User.Identity.GetUserId())</strong></a>
             <ul class="dropdown-menu">
                 <li class="dropdown-header">Notifications (@Html.NotificationCount(User.Identity.Name) unread)</li>
                 @Html.GetLatestUnread(User.Identity.Name)