diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/messages.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/messages.js.coffee
index 7615679..4d56b6d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/messages.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/messages.js.coffee
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 # Place all the behaviors and hooks related to the matching controller here.
 # All this logic will automatically be available in application.js.
 # You can use CoffeeScript in this file: http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/
+
+$ ->
+  window.broadcast_channel.bind 'total_messages_changed', (event) ->
+    $('#total_messages').html(event.value)
diff --git a/app/models/message_observer.rb b/app/models/message_observer.rb
index f6c1277..c698dd6 100644
--- a/app/models/message_observer.rb
+++ b/app/models/message_observer.rb
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ class MessageObserver < ActiveRecord::Observer
   include ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper
 
   def after_create(message)
+    Pusher['broadcast'].trigger!('total_messages_changed', {:value => pluralize(Message.count, 'message', 'messages')})
   end
 end