diff --git a/app/views/notifications/index.html.haml b/app/views/notifications/index.html.haml
index 4cc038c02..bc4de8fae 100644
--- a/app/views/notifications/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/notifications/index.html.haml
@@ -1,33 +1,5 @@
-:javascript
-  $('.stream_element').live('mousedown', function(evt){
-    var note = $(this).closest('.stream_element'),
-        note_id = note.attr('data-guid'),
-        nBadge = $("#notification_badge_number");
-
-    if(note.hasClass('unread') ){
-      note.removeClass('unread');
-      $.ajax({
-        url: 'notifications/' + note_id,
-        type: 'PUT'
-      });
-    }
-      if(nBadge.html() != null) {
-      nBadge.html().replace(/\d+/, function(num){
-        num = parseInt(num);
-        nBadge.html(parseInt(num)-1);
-        if(num == 1) {
-          nBadge.addClass("hidden");
-        }
-    });
-
-    }
-  });
-
-  $('a.more').live('click', function(){
-    $(this).hide();
-    $(this).next('span').removeClass('hidden');
-  });
-
+- content_for :head do
+  = include_javascripts :notifications
 .span-1
   = image_tag 'icons/mail_big.png', :height => 30, :width => 30, :style=>"margin-top:3px;"
 .span-10
diff --git a/config/assets.yml b/config/assets.yml
index ad1df666f..34d5db119 100644
--- a/config/assets.yml
+++ b/config/assets.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ javascripts:
     - public/javascripts/inbox.js
   profile:
     - public/javascripts/vendor/jquery.autoSuggest.custom.js
+  notifications:
+    - public/javascripts/notifications.js
 
 stylesheets:
   default:
diff --git a/public/javascripts/notifications.js b/public/javascripts/notifications.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12aa5263b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/javascripts/notifications.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+$('.stream_element').live('mousedown', function(evt){
+  var note = $(this).closest('.stream_element'),
+      note_id = note.attr('data-guid'),
+      nBadge = $("#notification_badge .badge_count")
+
+  if(note.hasClass('unread') ){
+    note.removeClass('unread');
+    $.ajax({
+      url: 'notifications/' + note_id,
+      type: 'PUT'
+    });
+  }
+    if(nBadge.html() != null) {
+    nBadge.html().replace(/\d+/, function(num){
+      num = parseInt(num);
+      nBadge.html(parseInt(num)-1);
+      if(num == 1) {
+        nBadge.addClass("hidden");
+      }
+  });
+
+  }
+});
+
+$('a.more').live('click', function(){
+  $(this).hide();
+  $(this).next('span').removeClass('hidden');
+});