diff --git a/sw_scripts/safari-notifications.js b/sw_scripts/safari-notifications.js
index b9fa4e0..f8c5369 100644
--- a/sw_scripts/safari-notifications.js
+++ b/sw_scripts/safari-notifications.js
@@ -392,9 +392,9 @@ async function setMostRecentNotified(id) {
 
 	const dbName = "TimeSafari";
 	const storeName = "settings";
-	const key = 1; // The ID of the record you want to update
-	const propertyToUpdate = "lastNotifiedClaimId"; // The property you want to update
-	const newValue = id; // The new value for the property
+	const key = 1; 
+	const propertyToUpdate = "lastNotifiedClaimId"; 
+	const newValue = id; 
 
 	let request = indexedDB.open(dbName);
 
@@ -527,8 +527,25 @@ async function getNotificationCount() {
 		);
 		console.error(did, response.status);
 		const claims = await response.json();
+		// formulate a message back for notifications
+		let lastNotifiedClaimId = null;
+		if ('lastNotifiedClaimId' in settings) {
+		    lastNotifiedClaimId = settings['lastNotifiedClaimId'];
+		}
+		let newClaims = 0;
+		// search for id recent notified -- if it exists if not return everything count
+		for (var i=0; i< response.json()['data'].length; i++) {
+		    let claim = response.json()['data'];
+		    if (claim['id'] == lastNotifiedClaimId) {
+			break;
+		    }
+		    newClaims++;
+		}
+		// make the notification message here
+		
 		// first claim is the most recent (?)
-		const most_recent_notified = claims[0]['id']
+		const most_recent_notified = claims[0]['id'];
+		await setMostRecentNotified(most_recent_notified);
 
 
 		break;