diff --git a/notifications/migrations/0006_auto__add_field_notification_level.py b/notifications/migrations/0006_auto__add_field_notification_level.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91b8959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notifications/migrations/0006_auto__add_field_notification_level.py
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        # Adding field 'Notification.level'
+        db.add_column('notifications_notification', 'level',
+                      self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(default='info', max_length=20),
+                      keep_default=False)
+
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        # Deleting field 'Notification.level'
+        db.delete_column('notifications_notification', 'level')
+
+
+    models = {
+        'auth.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
+            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'auth.permission': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('content_type__app_label', 'content_type__model', 'codename')", 'unique_together': "(('content_type', 'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
+            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        },
+        'auth.user': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
+        },
+        'contenttypes.contenttype': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
+            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        'notifications.notification': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('-timestamp',)", 'object_name': 'Notification'},
+            'action_object_content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'notify_action_object'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'action_object_object_id': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'actor_content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'notify_actor'", 'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'actor_object_id': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255'}),
+            'data': ('jsonfield.fields.JSONField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'level': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'info'", 'max_length': '20'}),
+            'public': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'recipient': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'notifications'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'target_content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'notify_target'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'target_object_id': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'timestamp': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'unread': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'verb': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255'})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['notifications']
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diff --git a/notifications/models.py b/notifications/models.py
index f05cab1..67ff440 100644
--- a/notifications/models.py
+++ b/notifications/models.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from .utils import id2slug
 
 from notifications.signals import notify
 
-from model_utils import managers
+from model_utils import managers, Choices
 
 try:
     from django.utils import timezone
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ class Notification(models.Model):
 
         <a href="http://oebfare.com/">brosner</a> commented on <a href="http://github.com/pinax/pinax">pinax/pinax</a> 2 hours ago
 
-    """    
+    """
+    LEVELS = Choices('success', 'info', 'warning', 'error')
+    level = models.CharField(choices=LEVELS, default='info', max_length=20)
+    
     recipient = models.ForeignKey(User, blank=False, related_name='notifications')
     unread = models.BooleanField(default=True, blank=False)
 
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ class Notification(models.Model):
     timestamp = models.DateTimeField(default=now)
 
     public = models.BooleanField(default=True)
-
+    
     objects = managers.PassThroughManager.for_queryset_class(NotificationQuerySet)()
 
     class Meta: