diff --git a/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss b/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss
index 8e3e0721..6ad7ec1e 100644
--- a/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss
+++ b/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss
@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@
     }
   }
 
+  .unseen-count {
+    display: inline-block;
+    background-color: rgba(255, 16, 8, 0.8);
+    text-shadow: 0px 0px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
+    min-width: 1.3em;
+    border-radius: 1.3em;
+    margin: 0 0.2em 0 -0.4em;
+    color: white;
+    font-size: 0.9em;
+    text-align: center;
+    line-height: 1.3em;
+  }
+
   .notification {
     // Will have to use pixels here to ensure consistent distance with
     // pad alone and pad + border, browsers bad at rounding this with em,
@@ -64,7 +77,7 @@
   }
 
   .unseen {
-    border-left: 4px solid rgba(255, 48, 16, 0.65);
+    border-left: 4px solid rgba(255, 16, 8, 0.75);
     padding-left: 6px;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue b/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
index e0dcb12d..91f6cfdc 100644
--- a/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
+++ b/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   <div class="notifications">
     <div class="panel panel-default base00-background">
       <div class="panel-heading base01-background base04">
-        Notifications ({{unseenCount}})
+        <span class="unseen-count" v-if="unseenCount">{{unseenCount}}</span>
+        Notifications
         <button @click.prevent="markAsSeen" class="base06 base02-background read-button">Read!</button>
       </div>
       <div class="panel-body">