diff --git a/ui/app/components/NotifyDropdown.vue b/ui/app/components/NotifyDropdown.vue
index 8ff79681..ed3df1c2 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/NotifyDropdown.vue
+++ b/ui/app/components/NotifyDropdown.vue
@@ -45,11 +45,12 @@
   <div class="navbar-item has-dropdown is-hoverable">
     <a class="navbar-link">
       <span class="icon"><i class="fas fa-bell" /></span>
-      <span class="tag ml-2">
-        <span class="is-underlined">{{ store.unreadCount }}</span>
+      <span class="tag ml-2" :class="store.severityColor">
+        <span :class="{ 'is-bold': store.unreadCount }">{{ store.unreadCount }}</span>
         <span>&nbsp;/&nbsp;</span>
         <span class="is-underlined">{{ store.notifications.length }}</span>
       </span>
+      <span class="icon ml-2" v-if="store.severityIcon"><i :class="store.severityIcon" /></span>
     </a>
     <div class="navbar-dropdown is-right" style="width: 400px;">
       <template v-if="store.notifications.length > 0">
diff --git a/ui/app/pages/index.vue b/ui/app/pages/index.vue
index fb91ba69..727512af 100644
--- a/ui/app/pages/index.vue
+++ b/ui/app/pages/index.vue
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ const pauseDownload = () => {
   dialog_confirm.value.visible = true
   dialog_confirm.value.html_message = `
   <span class="icon-text">
-    <span class="icon"><i class="fa-solid fa-exclamation-triangle"/></span>
+    <span class="icon"><i class="fa-solid fa-exclamation-triangle"></i></span>
     <span class="is-bold">Pause All non-active downloads?</span>
   </span>
   <br>
diff --git a/ui/app/stores/NotificationStore.ts b/ui/app/stores/NotificationStore.ts
index 3a8bef71..3bbc2225 100644
--- a/ui/app/stores/NotificationStore.ts
+++ b/ui/app/stores/NotificationStore.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,46 @@ import { defineStore } from 'pinia'
 import { useStorage } from '@vueuse/core'
 import type { notification, notificationType } from '~/composables/useNotification'
 
+const _map: Record<notificationType, { level: number; color: string; icon: string }> = {
+  'error': { level: 3, color: 'is-danger', icon: 'fas fa-circle-exclamation' },
+  'warning': { level: 2, color: 'is-warning', icon: 'fas fa-triangle-exclamation' },
+  'success': { level: 1, color: 'is-primary', icon: 'fas fa-circle-check' },
+  'info': { level: 0, color: 'is-info', icon: 'fas fa-circle-info' }
+}
+
 export const useNotificationStore = defineStore('notifications', () => {
   const notifications = useStorage<notification[]>('notifications', [])
   const unreadCount = computed<number>(() => notifications.value.filter(n => !n.seen).length)
 
+  const severityLevel = computed<notificationType | null>(() => {
+    const unread = notifications.value.filter(n => !n.seen)
+    if (0 === unread.length) {
+      return null
+    }
+
+    return unread.reduce((h, n) => _map[n.level].level > _map[h.level].level ? n : h).level
+  })
+
+  const severityColor = computed<string>(() => {
+    const level = severityLevel.value
+    return level ? _map[level].color : ''
+  })
+
+  const severityIcon = computed<string>(() => {
+    const level = severityLevel.value
+    return level ? _map[level].icon : ''
+  })
+
+  const sortedNotifications = computed<notification[]>(() => {
+    return [...notifications.value].sort((a, b) => {
+      const severityDiff = _map[b.level].level - _map[a.level].level
+      if (0 !== severityDiff) {
+        return severityDiff
+      }
+      return (new Date(b.created).getTime()) - (new Date(a.created).getTime())
+    })
+  })
+
   const add = (level: notificationType, message: string, seen: boolean = false): string => {
     const id = Array.from(
       window.crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(14 / 2)),
@@ -43,5 +79,18 @@ export const useNotificationStore = defineStore('notifications', () => {
 
   const remove = (id: string) => notifications.value = notifications.value.filter(n => n.id !== id)
 
-  return { notifications, unreadCount, add, get, markAllRead, clear, markRead, remove }
+  return {
+    notifications,
+    unreadCount,
+    severityLevel,
+    severityColor,
+    severityIcon,
+    sortedNotifications,
+    add,
+    get,
+    markAllRead,
+    clear,
+    markRead,
+    remove
+  }
 })