diff --git a/homepage/style.css b/homepage/style.css
index 88ac29e..f54d98d 100644
--- a/homepage/style.css
+++ b/homepage/style.css
@@ -687,4 +687,16 @@ dialog::backdrop {
 
 #gain.centered {
   margin-bottom:10px;
+}
+
+.updatenumber {
+  margin-left:5px;
+  position:absolute;
+  display:inline-block;
+  background-color:#c8191a;
+  color:white;
+  width:20px;
+  line-height:20px;
+  border-radius:12px;
+  text-align:center;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/system_controls.php b/scripts/system_controls.php
index 35e5072..6abc714 100644
--- a/scripts/system_controls.php
+++ b/scripts/system_controls.php
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+<?php
+$user = shell_exec("awk -F: '/1000/{print $1}' /etc/passwd");
+$home = shell_exec("awk -F: '/1000/{print $6}' /etc/passwd");
+$home = trim($home);
+$behind = trim(shell_exec("sudo git -C ".$home."/BirdNET-Pi fetch > /dev/null 2>&1 && git -C ".$home."/BirdNET-Pi status | sed -n '2 p' | cut -d ' ' -f 7"));
+?>
 <html>
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
 <br>
@@ -7,12 +13,12 @@
     <button type="submit" name="submit" value="sudo reboot" onclick="return confirm('Are you sure you want to reboot?')">Reboot</button>
   </form>
   <form action="" method="GET">
-    <button type="submit" name="submit" value="update_birdnet.sh" onclick="return confirm('Are you sure you want to update?')">Update</button>
+    <button type="submit" name="submit" value="update_birdnet.sh" onclick="return confirm('Are you sure you want to update?')">Update <?php if($behind != "0" && $behind != "with"){?><div class="updatenumber"><?php echo $behind; ?></div><?php } ?></button>
   </form>
   <form action="" method="GET">
     <button type="submit" name="submit" value="sudo shutdown now" onclick="return confirm('Are you sure you want to shutdown?')">Shutdown</button>
   </form>
   <form action="" method="GET">
     <button type="submit" name="submit" value="sudo clear_all_data.sh" onclick="return confirm('Clear ALL Data? Note that this cannot be undone and will take up to 90 seconds.')">Clear ALL data</button>
-  </form>	
+  </form> 
 </div>
