diff --git a/src/static/js/chat.js b/src/static/js/chat.js
index 18904352f..9dfc9dc1f 100644
--- a/src/static/js/chat.js
+++ b/src/static/js/chat.js
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@
 var padutils = require('./pad_utils').padutils;
 var padcookie = require('./pad_cookie').padcookie;
 
+require('./tinycon');
+
 var chat = (function()
 {
   var isStuck = false;
   var chatMentions = 0;
-  var title = document.title;
   var self = {
     show: function () 
     {      
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ var chat = (function()
       $("#chatbox").show();
       self.scrollDown();
       chatMentions = 0;
-      document.title = title;
+      Tinycon.setBubble(0);
     },
     stickToScreen: function(fromInitialCall) // Make chat stick to right hand side of screen
     {
@@ -126,12 +127,9 @@ var chat = (function()
         // chat throb stuff -- Just make it throw for twice as long
         if(wasMentioned && !alreadyFocused)
         { // If the user was mentioned show for twice as long and flash the browser window
-          if (chatMentions == 0){
-            title = document.title;
-          }
           $('#chatthrob').html("<b>"+authorName+"</b>" + ": " + text).show().delay(4000).hide(400);
           chatMentions++;
-          document.title = "("+chatMentions+") " + title;
+          Tinycon.setBubble(chatMentions);
         }
         else
         {
@@ -141,7 +139,7 @@ var chat = (function()
        // Clear the chat mentions when the user clicks on the chat input box
       $('#chatinput').click(function(){
         chatMentions = 0;
-        document.title = title;
+        Tinycon.setBubble(0);
       });
       self.scrollDown();
 
diff --git a/src/static/js/tinycon.js b/src/static/js/tinycon.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e6a10a10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/static/js/tinycon.js
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+/*!
+ * Tinycon - A small library for manipulating the Favicon
+ * Tom Moor, http://tommoor.com
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Tom Moor
+ * MIT Licensed
+ * @version 0.2.6
+*/
+
+(function(){
+	
+	var Tinycon = {};
+	var currentFavicon = null;
+	var originalFavicon = null;
+	var originalTitle = document.title;
+	var faviconImage = null;
+	var canvas = null;
+	var options = {};
+	var defaults = {
+		width: 7,
+		height: 9,
+		font: '10px arial',
+		colour: '#ffffff',
+		background: '#F03D25',
+		fallback: true
+	};
+	
+	var ua = (function () {
+		var agent = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
+		// New function has access to 'agent' via closure
+		return function (browser) {
+			return agent.indexOf(browser) !== -1;
+		};
+	}());
+
+	var browser = {
+		ie: ua('msie'),
+		chrome: ua('chrome'),
+		webkit: ua('chrome') || ua('safari'),
+		safari: ua('safari') && !ua('chrome'),
+		mozilla: ua('mozilla') && !ua('chrome') && !ua('safari')
+	};
+	
+	// private methods
+	var getFaviconTag = function(){
+		
+		var links = document.getElementsByTagName('link');
+		
+		for(var i=0, len=links.length; i < len; i++) {
+			if ((links[i].getAttribute('rel') || '').match(/\bicon\b/)) {
+				return links[i];
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return false;
+	};
+	
+	var removeFaviconTag = function(){
+	
+		var links = document.getElementsByTagName('link');
+		var head = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
+		
+		for(var i=0, len=links.length; i < len; i++) {
+			var exists = (typeof(links[i]) !== 'undefined');
+			if (exists && links[i].getAttribute('rel') === 'icon') {
+				head.removeChild(links[i]);
+			}
+		}
+	};
+	
+	var getCurrentFavicon = function(){
+		
+		if (!originalFavicon || !currentFavicon) {
+			var tag = getFaviconTag();
+			originalFavicon = currentFavicon = tag ? tag.getAttribute('href') : '/favicon.ico';
+		}
+
+		return currentFavicon;
+	};
+	
+	var getCanvas = function (){
+		
+		if (!canvas) {
+			canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
+			canvas.width = 16;
+			canvas.height = 16;
+		}
+		
+		return canvas;
+	};
+	
+	var setFaviconTag = function(url){
+		removeFaviconTag();
+		
+		var link = document.createElement('link');
+		link.type = 'image/x-icon';
+		link.rel = 'icon';
+		link.href = url;
+		document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(link);
+	};
+	
+	var log = function(message){
+		if (window.console) window.console.log(message);
+	};
+	
+	var drawFavicon = function(num, colour) {
+
+		// fallback to updating the browser title if unsupported
+		if (!getCanvas().getContext || browser.ie || browser.safari || options.fallback === 'force') {
+			return updateTitle(num);
+		}
+		
+		var context = getCanvas().getContext("2d");
+		var colour = colour || '#000000';
+		var num = num || 0;
+		var src = getCurrentFavicon();
+		
+		faviconImage = new Image();
+		faviconImage.onload = function() {
+			
+			// clear canvas  
+			context.clearRect(0, 0, 16, 16);
+
+			// draw original favicon
+			context.drawImage(faviconImage, 0, 0, faviconImage.width, faviconImage.height, 0, 0, 16, 16);
+			
+			// draw bubble over the top
+			if (num > 0) drawBubble(context, num, colour);
+			
+			// refresh tag in page
+			refreshFavicon();
+		};
+		
+		// allow cross origin resource requests if the image is not a data:uri
+		// as detailed here: https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/issues/1305
+		if (!src.match(/^data/)) {
+			faviconImage.crossOrigin = 'anonymous';
+		}
+		
+		faviconImage.src = src;
+	};
+	
+	var updateTitle = function(num) {
+		
+		if (options.fallback) {
+			if (num > 0) {
+				document.title = '('+num+') ' + originalTitle;
+			} else {
+				document.title = originalTitle;
+			}
+		}
+	};
+	
+	var drawBubble = function(context, num, colour) {
+		
+		// bubble needs to be larger for double digits
+		var len = (num+"").length-1;
+		var width = options.width + (6*len);
+		var w = 16-width;
+		var h = 16-options.height;
+
+		// webkit seems to render fonts lighter than firefox
+		context.font = (browser.webkit ? 'bold ' : '') + options.font;
+		context.fillStyle = options.background;
+		context.strokeStyle = options.background;
+		context.lineWidth = 1;
+		
+		// bubble
+		context.fillRect(w,h,width-1,options.height);
+		
+		// rounded left
+		context.beginPath();
+		context.moveTo(w-0.5,h+1);
+		context.lineTo(w-0.5,15);
+		context.stroke();
+		
+		// rounded right
+		context.beginPath();
+		context.moveTo(15.5,h+1);
+		context.lineTo(15.5,15);
+		context.stroke();
+		
+		// bottom shadow
+		context.beginPath();
+		context.strokeStyle = "rgba(0,0,0,0.3)";
+		context.moveTo(w,16);
+		context.lineTo(15,16);
+		context.stroke();
+		
+		// number
+		context.fillStyle = options.colour;
+		context.textAlign = "right";
+		context.textBaseline = "top";
+		
+		// unfortunately webkit/mozilla are a pixel different in text positioning
+		context.fillText(num, 15, browser.mozilla ? 7 : 6);  
+	};
+	
+	var refreshFavicon = function(){
+		// check support
+		if (!getCanvas().getContext) return;
+		
+		setFaviconTag(getCanvas().toDataURL());
+	};
+	
+	
+	// public methods
+	Tinycon.setOptions = function(custom){
+		options = {};
+		
+		for(var key in defaults){
+			options[key] = custom.hasOwnProperty(key) ? custom[key] : defaults[key];
+		}
+		return this;
+	};
+	
+	Tinycon.setImage = function(url){
+		currentFavicon = url;
+		refreshFavicon();
+		return this;
+	};
+	
+	Tinycon.setBubble = function(num, colour){
+		
+		// validate
+		if(isNaN(parseFloat(num)) || !isFinite(num)) return log('Bubble must be a number');
+		
+		drawFavicon(num, colour);
+		return this;
+	};
+	
+	Tinycon.reset = function(){
+		Tinycon.setImage(originalFavicon);
+	};
+	
+	Tinycon.setOptions(defaults);
+	window.Tinycon = Tinycon;
+})();