diff --git a/app/static/notification.svg b/app/static/notification.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..edd648e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/static/notification.svg
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) -->
+
+<svg
+   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
+   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
+   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
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+   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
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+   height="28.42704mm"
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+   id="svg8"
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+     inkscape:window-height="1080"
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+     id="metadata5">
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+      <cc:Work
+         rdf:about="">
+        <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
+        <dc:type
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+        <dc:title></dc:title>
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+     inkscape:groupmode="layer"
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+    </g>
+  </g>
+</svg>
diff --git a/app/static/notification_alert.svg b/app/static/notification_alert.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2c3bb54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/static/notification_alert.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) -->
+
+<svg
+   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
+   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
+   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
+   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
+   width="31.412476mm"
+   height="28.42704mm"
+   viewBox="0 0 31.412476 28.42704"
+   version="1.1"
+   id="svg8"
+   inkscape:version="0.92.2 2405546, 2018-03-11"
+   sodipodi:docname="notification_alert.svg">
+  <defs
+     id="defs2" />
+  <sodipodi:namedview
+     id="base"
+     pagecolor="#ffffff"
+     bordercolor="#666666"
+     borderopacity="1.0"
+     inkscape:pageopacity="0.0"
+     inkscape:pageshadow="2"
+     inkscape:zoom="3.959798"
+     inkscape:cx="47.783055"
+     inkscape:cy="63.196527"
+     inkscape:document-units="mm"
+     inkscape:current-layer="g821"
+     showgrid="false"
+     showguides="true"
+     inkscape:guide-bbox="true"
+     inkscape:window-width="1877"
+     inkscape:window-height="1080"
+     inkscape:window-x="43"
+     inkscape:window-y="0"
+     inkscape:window-maximized="1"
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+     inkscape:snap-global="false">
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+       orientation="1,0"
+       id="guide823"
+       inkscape:locked="false" />
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+       position="13.971479,23.252449"
+       orientation="0,1"
+       id="guide825"
+       inkscape:locked="false" />
+  </sodipodi:namedview>
+  <metadata
+     id="metadata5">
+    <rdf:RDF>
+      <cc:Work
+         rdf:about="">
+        <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
+        <dc:type
+           rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
+        <dc:title></dc:title>
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+     inkscape:label="Layer 1"
+     inkscape:groupmode="layer"
+     id="layer1"
+     transform="translate(-10.149596,-260.42124)">
+    <g
+       id="g821"
+       transform="translate(4.6772167)">
+      <path
+         style="fill:#ffff00;stroke:none;stroke-width:0.22791502px;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-opacity:1"
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+         id="path817"
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+         sodipodi:nodetypes="csssccssscc" />
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+         style="fill:#ffff00;fill-rule:evenodd;stroke:none;stroke-width:0.32969889"
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+         sodipodi:rx="4.158649"
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+  </g>
+</svg>
diff --git a/app/templates/base.html b/app/templates/base.html
index 050448be..bc2f0475 100644
--- a/app/templates/base.html
+++ b/app/templates/base.html
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@
 			</ul>
 			<ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
 				{% if current_user.is_authenticated %}
-					<li><a href="{{ url_for('notifications_page') }}">({{ current_user.notifications | length }})</a></li>
+					<li><a href="{{ url_for('notifications_page') }}">
+						<img src="/static/notification{% if current_user.notifications %}_alert{% endif %}.svg" />
+					</a></li>
 					<li><a href="{{ url_for('create_edit_package_page') }}">+</a></li>
 					<li class="dropdown">
 						<a href="{{ url_for('user_profile_page', username=current_user.username) }}"