diff --git a/ayanova/src/App.vue b/ayanova/src/App.vue
index f23e7507..f47aa843 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/App.vue
+++ b/ayanova/src/App.vue
@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@
       <v-spacer></v-spacer>
       <v-btn text icon :data-cy="!!$ay.dev ? 'notification' : false">
         <!-- :value="unreadMsgs.length > 1" -->
-        <v-badge color="red" overlap left :value="true">
+        <v-badge color="red" overlap left :value="newNotificationCount() > 0">
           <template v-slot:badge>
-            4
+            {{ newNotificationCount() }}
           </template>
           <v-icon>fa-bell</v-icon>
         </v-badge>
@@ -376,6 +376,9 @@ export default {
     },
     clickMenuItem(item) {
       window.$gz.eventBus.$emit("menu-click", item);
+    },
+    newNotificationCount() {
+      return this.$store.state.newNotificationCount;
     }
   }
 };
diff --git a/ayanova/src/api/notifypoll.js b/ayanova/src/api/notifypoll.js
index 7616d508..db544188 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/api/notifypoll.js
+++ b/ayanova/src/api/notifypoll.js
@@ -1,23 +1,29 @@
 /* xeslint-disable */
 
 let keepPolling = false;
+const DEFAULT_POLLING_INTERVAL = 10000;
+const MAX_POLLING_INTERVAL = 15 * 60 * 1000; //15 minutes maximum wait time
 
 export default {
   async startPolling() {
-    console.log("notifypoll::starting polling");
     keepPolling = true;
+    let pollingInterval = DEFAULT_POLLING_INTERVAL;
     try {
       while (keepPolling == true) {
         let status = await window.$gz.api.get("notify/new-count");
         if (status.error) {
           throw status.error;
         }
-        console.log("notifypoll::new count ", status);
-        // window.$gz.store.commit("setNotifyNewCount", status.data);
-        await window.$gz.util.sleepAsync(10000);
+        window.$gz.store.commit("setNewNotificationCount", status.data);
+        //success so go to default in case it was changed by an error
+        pollingInterval = DEFAULT_POLLING_INTERVAL;
+        await window.$gz.util.sleepAsync(pollingInterval);
       }
     } catch (error) {
-      keepPolling = false;
+      pollingInterval *= 1.5;
+      if (pollingInterval > MAX_POLLING_INTERVAL) {
+        pollingInterval = MAX_POLLING_INTERVAL;
+      }
       window.$gz.errorHandler.handleGeneralError(
         "Error checking for notifications",
         "notifypoll",
@@ -33,6 +39,5 @@ export default {
   },
   stopPolling() {
     keepPolling = false;
-    console.log("notifypoll::stopping polling");
   }
 };
diff --git a/ayanova/src/store.js b/ayanova/src/store.js
index 3d1ec878..fcc5d2bd 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/store.js
+++ b/ayanova/src/store.js
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ export default new Vuex.Store({
     formSettings: {}, //this is the settings on forms that survive a refresh like grid number of items to show etc
     formCustomTemplate: {}, //this is the custom fields settings for forms,
     darkMode: false,
-    knownPassword: false
+    knownPassword: false,
+    newNotificationCount: 0
   },
   mutations: {
     setLastClientVersion(state, data) {
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ export default new Vuex.Store({
       state.locale.hour12 = true;
       state.globalSettings = {};
       state.knownPassword = false;
+      state.newNotificationCount = 0;
     },
     addNavItem(state, data) {
       state.navItems.push(data);
@@ -149,6 +151,9 @@ export default new Vuex.Store({
     },
     setKnownPassword(state, data) {
       state.knownPassword = data;
+    },
+    setNewNotificationCount(state, data) {
+      state.newNotificationCount = data;
     }
   },
   actions: {}