diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 27d0cf6..6588e5b 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
     <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
     <meta name="mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
-    <title ng-bind-template="WeeChat {{ pageTitle}}"></title>
+    <title ng-bind-template="{{ notificationStatus }}WeeChat {{ pageTitle}}"></title>
     <link href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.3/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen">
     <link rel="shortcut icon" sizes="128x128" href="img/weechat_logo_128x128.png">
     <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="128x128" href="img/weechat_logo_128x128.png">
@@ -256,6 +256,16 @@ $ openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout relay.pem -x509 -days 365 -out rel
                   </div>
                 </form>
               </li>
+              <li>
+                <form class="form-inline" role="form">
+                  <div class="checkbox">
+                    <label>
+                      <input type="checkbox" ng-model="useFavico">
+                      Display unread count in favicon
+                    </label>
+                  </div>
+                </form>
+              </li>
               <li>
                 <form class="form-inline" role="form">
                   <div class="checkbox">
diff --git a/js/glowingbear.js b/js/glowingbear.js
index e05d36d..c007c6c 100644
--- a/js/glowingbear.js
+++ b/js/glowingbear.js
@@ -532,6 +532,56 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
         $scope.isinstalled = false;
     }
 
+    // Reduce buffers with "+" operation over a key. Mostly useful for unread/notification counts.
+    $rootScope.unreadCount = function(type) {
+        if (!type) {
+            type = "unread";
+        }
+
+        // Do this the old-fashioned way with iterating over the keys, as underscore proved to be error-prone
+        var keys = Object.keys(models.model.buffers);
+        var count = 0;
+        for (var key in keys) {
+            count += models.model.buffers[keys[key]][type];
+        }
+
+        return count;
+    };
+
+    $rootScope.updateTitle = function() {
+        var unreadFragment = '';
+        var notifications = $rootScope.unreadCount('notification');
+        if (notifications > 0) {
+            // New notifications deserve an exclamation mark
+            $rootScope.notificationStatus = '(' + notifications + ') ';
+        } else {
+            $rootScope.notificationStatus = '';
+        }
+
+        var activeBuffer = models.getActiveBuffer();
+        $rootScope.pageTitle = activeBuffer.shortName + ' | ' + activeBuffer.title;
+    };
+
+    $scope.updateFavico = function() {
+        var notifications = $rootScope.unreadCount('notification');
+        if (notifications > 0) {
+            $scope.favico.badge(notifications, {
+                    bgColor: '#d00',
+                    textColor: '#fff'
+            });
+        } else {
+            var unread = $rootScope.unreadCount('unread');
+            if (unread === 0) {
+                $scope.favico.reset();
+            } else {
+                $scope.favico.badge(unread, {
+                    bgColor: '#5CB85C',
+                    textColor: '#ff0'
+                });
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
     $rootScope.$on('activeBufferChanged', function() {
         $rootScope.scrollWithBuffer(true);
 
@@ -540,7 +590,7 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
             // buffer has not been loaded, but some lines may already be present if they arrived after we connected
             $scope.fetchMoreLines($scope.lines);
         }
-        $rootScope.pageTitle = ab.shortName + ' | ' + ab.title;
+        $rootScope.updateTitle(ab);
 
         // If user wants to sync hotlist with weechat
         // we will send a /buffer bufferName command every time
@@ -560,25 +610,10 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
     $scope.favico = new Favico({animation: 'none'});
 
     $rootScope.$on('notificationChanged', function() {
-        var notifications = _.reduce(models.model.buffers, function(memo, num) { return (parseInt(memo)||0) + num.notification;});
-        if (typeof notifications !== 'number') {
-            return;
-        }
-        if (notifications > 0) {
-            $scope.favico.badge(notifications, {
-                    bgColor: '#d00',
-                    textColor: '#fff'
-            });
-        } else {
-            var unread = _.reduce(models.model.buffers, function(memo, num) { return (parseInt(memo)||0) + num.unread;});
-            if (unread === 0) {
-                $scope.favico.reset();
-            } else {
-                $scope.favico.badge(unread, {
-                    bgColor: '#5CB85C',
-                    textColor: '#ff0'
-                });
-            }
+        $rootScope.updateTitle();
+
+        if ($scope.useFavico && $scope.favico) {
+            $scope.updateFavico();
         }
     });
 
@@ -621,6 +656,8 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
     $store.bind($scope, "noembed", false);
     // Save setting for channel ordering
     $store.bind($scope, "orderbyserver", false);
+    // Save setting for updating favicon
+    $store.bind($scope, "useFavico", true);
     // Save setting for displaying embeds in rootScope so it can be used from service
     $rootScope.visible = $scope.noembed === false;
 
@@ -662,6 +699,18 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
         $rootScope.predicate = $scope.orderbyserver ? 'serverSortKey' : 'number';
     });
 
+    $scope.$watch('useFavico', function() {
+        // this check is necessary as this is called on page load, too
+        if (!$rootScope.connected) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if ($scope.useFavico) {
+            $scope.updateFavico();
+        } else {
+            $scope.favico.reset();
+        }
+    });
+
     $rootScope.predicate = $scope.orderbyserver ? 'serverSortKey' : 'number';
 
     $scope.setActiveBuffer = function(bufferId, key) {
diff --git a/js/localstorage.js b/js/localstorage.js
index 971ac1d..cfcf1ce 100644
--- a/js/localstorage.js
+++ b/js/localstorage.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ ls.factory("$store",function($parse){
              */
             bind: function ($scope, key, def) {
                 def = def || '';
-                if (!publicMethods.get(key)) {
+                if (publicMethods.get(key) === undefined) {
                     publicMethods.set(key, def);
                 }
                 $parse(key).assign($scope, publicMethods.get(key));