diff --git a/src/notifications.js b/src/notifications.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee361a05f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/notifications.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+var	config = require('../config.js'),
+	RDB = require('./redis.js');
+
+(function(Notifications) {
+	Notifications.get = function(nid, callback) {
+		RDB.hmget('notifications:' + nid, 'text', 'score', 'path', function(err, notification) {
+			callback({
+				text: notification[0],
+				score: notification[1],
+				path: notification[2]
+			});
+		});
+	}
+
+	Notifications.create = function(text, score, path, callback) {
+		/*
+		 * Score guide:
+		 * 0	Low priority messages (probably unused)
+		 * 5	Normal messages
+		 * 10	High priority messages
+		 */
+		RDB.incr('notifications:next_nid', function(err, nid) {
+			RDB.hmset(
+				'notifications:' + nid,
+				'text', text || '',
+				'score', score || 5,
+				'path', path || null,
+				'datetime', new Date().getTime(),
+			function(err, status) {
+				if (status === 'OK') callback(nid);
+			});
+		});
+	}
+
+	Notifications.push = function(nid, uids, callback) {
+		if (!Array.isArray(uids)) uids = [uids];
+
+		var	numUids = uids.length,
+			x;
+
+		Notifications.get(nid, function(notif_data) {
+			for(x=0;x<numUids;x++) {
+				if (parseInt(uids[x]) > 0) {
+					RDB.zadd('uid:' + uids[x] + ':notifications:unread', notif_data.score, nid);
+					if (callback) callback(true);
+				}
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	Notifications.mark_read = function(nid, uid, callback) {
+		if (parseInt(uid) > 0) {
+			Notifications.get(nid, function(notif_data) {
+				RDB.zrem('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', nid);
+				RDB.zadd('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read', notif_data.score, nid);
+				if (callback) callback(true);
+			});
+		}
+	}
+}(exports));
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diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index 869b75e95c..12c338512c 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-
 var config = require('../config.js'),
 	utils = require('./utils.js'),
 	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
@@ -7,12 +5,11 @@ var config = require('../config.js'),
 	emailjs = require('emailjs'),
 	emailjsServer = emailjs.server.connect(config.mailer),
 	bcrypt = require('bcrypt'),
-	marked = require('marked');
-
+	marked = require('marked'),
+	notifications = require('./notifications.js'),
+	async = require('async');
 
 (function(User) {
-
-
 	User.getUserField = function(uid, field, callback) {
 		RDB.hget('user:'+uid, field, function(err, data){
 			if(err === null)
@@ -750,4 +747,44 @@ var config = require('../config.js'),
 			this.get();
 		}
 	}
+
+	User.notifications = {
+		get: function(uid, callback) {
+			async.parallel({
+				unread: function(next) {
+					RDB.zrangebyscore('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:unread', 0, 10, function(err, nids) {
+						var unread = [];
+						if (nids && nids.length > 0) {
+							async.eachSeries(nids, function(nid, next) {
+								notifications.get(nid, function(notif_data) {
+									unread.push(notif_data);
+									next();
+								});
+							}, function(err) {
+								next(null, unread);
+							});
+						} else next(null, unread);
+					});
+				},
+				read: function(next) {
+					RDB.zrangebyscore('uid:' + uid + ':notifications:read', 0, 10, function(err, nids) {
+						var read = [];
+						if (nids && nids.length > 0) {
+							async.eachSeries(nids, function(nid, next) {
+								notifications.get(nid, function(notif_data) {
+									read.push(notif_data);
+									next();
+								});
+							}, function(err) {
+								console.log(read);
+								next(null, read);
+							});
+						} else next(null, read);
+					});
+				}
+			}, function(err, notifications) {
+				callback(notifications);
+			});
+		}
+	}
 }(exports));
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diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index 47901413fc..881ed45b9c 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ var express = require('express'),
     redis = require('redis'),
 	redisServer = redis.createClient(config.redis.port, config.redis.host, config.redis.options),
 	marked = require('marked'),
+	fs = require('fs'),
 	
 	user = require('./user.js'),
 	categories = require('./categories.js'),
 	posts = require('./posts.js'),
 	topics = require('./topics.js'),
+	notifications = require('./notifications.js'),
 	utils = require('./utils.js'),
-	fs = require('fs'),
 	admin = require('./routes/admin.js'),
 	userRoute = require('./routes/user.js'),
 	auth = require('./routes/authentication.js');
@@ -239,9 +240,9 @@ var express = require('express'),
 	app.get('/api/:method/:id*', api_method);
 
 	app.get('/test', function(req, res) {
-		categories.get(function(category) {
-			res.send(JSON.stringify(category, null, 4));
-		}, null, 2, null, null);
+		user.notifications.get(2, function(notifs) {
+			res.send(JSON.stringify(notifs, null, 4));
+		});
 	});
 
 
diff --git a/src/websockets.js b/src/websockets.js
index 502bea880a..f82ff4dd98 100644
--- a/src/websockets.js
+++ b/src/websockets.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ var SocketIO = require('socket.io').listen(global.server,{log:false}),
 	user = require('./user.js'),
 	posts = require('./posts.js'),
 	topics = require('./topics.js'),
-	categories = require('./categories.js');
+	categories = require('./categories.js'),
+	notifications = require('./notifications.js');
 	
 (function(io) {
 	var	users = {},
@@ -233,6 +234,12 @@ var SocketIO = require('socket.io').listen(global.server,{log:false}),
 		socket.on('api:posts.restore', function(data) {
 			posts.restore(uid, data.pid);
 		});
+
+		socket.on('api:notifications.get', function(data) {
+			notifications.get(uid, function(notifs) {
+				socket.emit('api:notifications.get', notifs);
+			});
+		});
 	});
 	
 }(SocketIO));