diff --git a/app/views/dashboard/index.html.erb b/app/views/dashboard/index.html.erb
index 28dd6286..e99f1544 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboard/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/dashboard/index.html.erb
@@ -16,17 +16,49 @@
         margin-top: 15px;
     }
 
-    .box {
-        width: 350px;
-        border: 1px solid black;
-        padding: 5px;
-        margin: 5px;
-        margin-bottom: 15px;
+    .subtitle {
+        font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;
+        font-weight: bold;
+        font-size: 20px;
+        spacing: auto spacing;
+        color: #b8043c;
+        margin-bottom: 7px;
+    }
+
+    .button {
+        width: 100%;
+        border: none;
+        color: white;
+        padding: 10px 20px;
+        text-align: center;
+        text-decoration: none;
+        display: inline-block;
+        margin: 4px 2px;
+        cursor: pointer;
+        font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;
+        font-weight: bold;
+        font-size: 16px;
+        spacing: auto spacing;
+        margin-bottom: 18px;
+        <% if user_signed_in? && @user.notifications.where(unread: true).size > 0 %>
+            background-color: #2596be;
+        <% else %>
+            background-color: #7cc0d8;
+        <% end %>
+    }
+
+    .button:hover {
+        color: white;
     }
+
 </style>
-<p class="title"><%= t('views.dashboard.greeting', name: @user.first_name)%></p>
 
-<h3 class="subtitle box"><%= t 'views.dashboard.unread_messages' %></h3>
+<% if user_signed_in? %>
+  <p class="title"><%= t('views.dashboard.greeting', name: @user.first_name)%></p>
+
+  <a href="/notifications" class="button" id="notifications-button"><%= t('views.dashboard.unread_messages', num: @user.notifications.where(unread: true).size) %></a>
+
+  <h3 class="subtitle"><%= t 'views.dashboard.lent_items.title' %></h3>
 
 <h3 class="subtitle"><%= t 'views.dashboard.lent_items.title' %></h3>
     <%= render "lent_items"%>
@@ -36,3 +68,4 @@
 
 <h3 class=" subtitle place-holder-nav"><%= t 'views.dashboard.wishlist.title' %></h3>
   <%= render "wishlist"%>
+<% end %>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/locales/de.yml b/config/locales/de.yml
index 2a3134d9..a6fde8aa 100644
--- a/config/locales/de.yml
+++ b/config/locales/de.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ de:
       title: "Übersicht"
       no_lent_items: "Aktuell hast du keine ausgeliehenen Artikel."
       greeting: "Hallo, %{name}!"
-      unread_messages: "Du hast ... ungelesene Nachrichten"
+      not_signed_in: "Du bist nicht angemeldet."
+      unread_messages: "Du hast %{num} ungelesene Nachrichten"
       lent_items:
         title: "AUSGELIEHENE ARTIKEL"
         expired: "abgelaufen am %{date}"
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 5db6e0c3..440d4364 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ en:
       title: "Dashboard"
       no_lent_items: "Currently you have no lent items."
       greeting: "Hello, %{name}!"
-      unread_messages: "You have ... unread messages"
+      not_signed_in: "You are not signed in."
+      unread_messages: "You have %{num} unread messages"
       lent_items:
         title: "LENT ITEMS"
         expired: "expired on %{date}"
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index f39cf66a..4945e4b2 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
   create_table "active_storage_attachments", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "name", null: false
     t.string "record_type", null: false
-    t.bigint "record_id", null: false
-    t.bigint "blob_id", null: false
+    t.integer "record_id", null: false
+    t.integer "blob_id", null: false
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.index ["blob_id"], name: "index_active_storage_attachments_on_blob_id"
     t.index ["record_type", "record_id", "name", "blob_id"], name: "index_active_storage_attachments_uniqueness", unique: true
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   end
 
   create_table "active_storage_variant_records", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.bigint "blob_id", null: false
+    t.integer "blob_id", null: false
     t.string "variation_digest", null: false
     t.index ["blob_id", "variation_digest"], name: "index_active_storage_variant_records_uniqueness", unique: true
   end
diff --git a/spec/features/dashboard/dashboard_spec.rb b/spec/features/dashboard/dashboard_spec.rb
index 46cb6883..dbb2ed41 100644
--- a/spec/features/dashboard/dashboard_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/dashboard/dashboard_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 require "rails_helper"
 
 RSpec.describe "Dashboard", type: :feature do
-  let(:user) { build(:user) }
+
+  let(:password) { 'password' }
+  let(:user) { create(:user, password: password) }
+  let(:borrower) { create(:max, password: password) }
+  let(:item) { create(:item, owner: user.id) }
 
   it "redirects to login without user signed in" do
     visit dashboard_path
@@ -15,10 +19,15 @@
     expect(page).to have_content(@user.first_name)
   end
 
-  it "shows unread messages" do
+  it "shows unread messages and links to notifications" do
     sign_in user
     visit dashboard_path
-    expect(page).to have_content I18n.t('views.dashboard.unread_messages')
+    expect(page).to have_link(href: '/notifications')
+    expect(page).to have_content I18n.t('views.dashboard.unread_messages', num: 0)
+    @notifications = create_list(:lend_request_notification, 2, user: user, item: item, borrower: borrower)
+    @notifications.each(&:save)
+    page.refresh
+    expect(page).to have_content I18n.t('views.dashboard.unread_messages', num: 2)
   end
 
   it "shows lent items" do