diff --git a/src/components/notifications/notifications.js b/src/components/notifications/notifications.js
index 10f987a87a..7dbbf588a7 100644
--- a/src/components/notifications/notifications.js
+++ b/src/components/notifications/notifications.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { sortBy, take } from 'lodash'
+import { sortBy, take, filter } from 'lodash'
 
 const Notifications = {
   data () {
@@ -7,8 +7,30 @@ const Notifications = {
     }
   },
   computed: {
+    notifications () {
+      return this.$store.state.statuses.notifications
+    },
+    unseenNotifications () {
+      return filter(this.notifications, ({seen}) => !seen)
+    },
     visibleNotifications () {
-      return take(sortBy(this.$store.state.statuses.notifications, ({action}) => -action.id), this.visibleNotificationCount)
+      // Don't know why, but sortBy([seen, -action.id]) doesn't work.
+      let sortedNotifications = sortBy(this.notifications, ({action}) => -action.id)
+      sortedNotifications = sortBy(sortedNotifications, 'seen')
+      return take(sortedNotifications, this.visibleNotificationCount)
+    },
+    unseenCount () {
+      return this.unseenNotifications.length
+    }
+  },
+  watch: {
+    unseenCount (count) {
+      this.$store.dispatch('setPageTitle', `(${count})`)
+    }
+  },
+  methods: {
+    markAsSeen () {
+      this.$store.commit('markNotificationsAsSeen', this.visibleNotifications)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue b/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
index 0846c27bc8..785cc019f9 100644
--- a/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
+++ b/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 <template>
   <div class="notifications">
     <div class="panel panel-default base00-background">
-      <div class="panel-heading base01-background base04">Notifications ({{visibleNotifications.length}})</div>
+      <div class="panel-heading base01-background base04">Notifications ({{unseenCount}}) <button @click.prevent="markAsSeen">Read!</button></div>
       <div class="panel-body">
-        <div v-for="notification in visibleNotifications" class="notification">
+        <div v-for="notification in visibleNotifications" class="notification" :class='{"base01-background": notification.seen}'>
           <a :href="notification.action.user.statusnet_profile_url">
             <img class='avatar' :src="notification.action.user.profile_image_url_original">
           </a>
           <div class='text'>
+            <timeago :since="notification.action.created_at" :auto-update="240"></timeago>
             <div v-if="notification.type === 'favorite'">
               <h1>{{ notification.action.user.name }}<br><i class="fa icon-star"></i> favorited your <router-link :to="{ name: 'conversation', params: { id: notification.status.id } }">status</h1>
               <p>{{ notification.status.text }}</p>
diff --git a/src/modules/config.js b/src/modules/config.js
index 4365d55443..8d850f2aca 100644
--- a/src/modules/config.js
+++ b/src/modules/config.js
@@ -13,11 +13,14 @@ const config = {
     }
   },
   actions: {
-    setOption ({ commit }, { name, value }) {
+    setPageTitle ({state}, option = '') {
+      document.title = `${state.name} ${option}`
+    },
+    setOption ({ commit, dispatch }, { name, value }) {
       commit('setOption', {name, value})
       switch (name) {
         case 'name':
-          document.title = value
+          dispatch('setPageTitle')
           break
         case 'theme':
           const fullPath = `/static/css/${value}`
diff --git a/src/modules/statuses.js b/src/modules/statuses.js
index 871172b5bc..0967f77a34 100644
--- a/src/modules/statuses.js
+++ b/src/modules/statuses.js
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ const addNewStatuses = (state, { statuses, showImmediately = false, timeline, us
   }
 
   const addNotification = ({type, status, action}) => {
-    state.notifications.push({type, status, action})
+    state.notifications.push({type, status, action, seen: false})
   }
 
   const favoriteStatus = (favorite) => {
@@ -276,6 +276,11 @@ export const mutations = {
   setNsfw (state, { id, nsfw }) {
     const newStatus = find(state.allStatuses, { id })
     newStatus.nsfw = nsfw
+  },
+  markNotificationsAsSeen (state, notifications) {
+    each(notifications, (notification) => {
+      notification.seen = true
+    })
   }
 }