diff --git a/public/assets/js/notification.js b/public/assets/js/notification.js
index 1758ade3..9a4b169c 100644
--- a/public/assets/js/notification.js
+++ b/public/assets/js/notification.js
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ class NotificationHandler {
                 var data = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
                 var notifs = data.notifications;
 
-                // update notification count
-                // TODO: notification count is total count or total unread count?
-                var count_html = data.count;
+                // update notification unread count
+                var count_html = data.unread_count;
                 document.getElementById('notif-count').innerHTML = count_html;
 
                 // do we have any notifications?
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ class NotificationHandler {
                     var notif_html = '<div class="m-list-timeline__item">';
                     notif_html += '<span class="m-list-timeline__badge -m-list-timeline__badge--state-success"></span>';
                     notif_html += '<span class="m-list-timeline__text">';
-                    //notif_html += '<a href="' + notif.link + '">' + notif.text + '</a>';
                     notif_html += '<a href="">' + notif.text + '</a>'
                     notif_html += '</span>';
                     notif_html += '<span class="m-list-timeline__time">';
@@ -61,6 +59,7 @@ class NotificationHandler {
                             window.location.href = notif.link;
                         });
                     });
+
                     notif_index++;
                 });
             }
diff --git a/src/Controller/NotificationController.php b/src/Controller/NotificationController.php
index 6414ce55..64150c51 100644
--- a/src/Controller/NotificationController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/NotificationController.php
@@ -56,10 +56,12 @@ class NotificationController extends AbstractController
         $notifs = $em->getRepository(Notification::class)->findBy(['user_id' => 0]);
         $notif_data = [];
 
-        // TODO: count how many notifs are unread and return the count
-
+        $unread_count = 0;
         foreach ($notifs as $notif)
         {
+            if (!($notif->isRead()))
+                $unread_count++;
+
             $notif_data[] = [
                 'id' => $notif->getID(),
                 'type' => 'jo_new',
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ class NotificationController extends AbstractController
 
         $sample_data = [
             'count' => count($notif_data),
+            'unread_count' => $unread_count,
             'notifications' => $notif_data,
         ];