diff --git a/notifications/managers.py b/notifications/managers.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c4a85d3..0000000
--- a/notifications/managers.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-from django.db import models
-
-
-class NotificationManager(models.Manager):
-    def unread_count(self, user):
-        return self.filter(recipient=user, readed=False).count()
-
-    def mark_all_as_read(self, recipient):
-        return self.filter(recipient=recipient, readed=False).update(readed=True)
diff --git a/notifications/models.py b/notifications/models.py
index 4fd5bff..d4dedfb 100644
--- a/notifications/models.py
+++ b/notifications/models.py
@@ -6,15 +6,28 @@ from django.contrib.contenttypes import generic
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils.timezone import utc
 from .utils import id2slug
-from notifications.managers import NotificationManager
+
 from notifications.signals import notify
 
+from model_utils import managers
+
 try:
     from django.utils import timezone
     now = timezone.now
 except ImportError:
     now = datetime.datetime.now
 
+class NotificationQuerySet(models.query.QuerySet):
+    def unread(self):
+        return self.filter(unread=True)
+    
+    # Should we return self on these?    
+    def mark_all_as_read(self):
+        self.update(unread=False)
+    
+    def mark_all_as_unread(self):
+        self.update(unread=True)
+
 class Notification(models.Model):
     """
     Action model describing the actor acting out a verb (on an optional
@@ -43,9 +56,9 @@ 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
 
-    """
+    """    
     recipient = models.ForeignKey(User, blank=False, related_name='notifications')
-    readed = models.BooleanField(default=False, blank=False)
+    unread = models.BooleanField(default=True, blank=False)
 
     actor_content_type = models.ForeignKey(ContentType, related_name='notify_actor')
     actor_object_id = models.CharField(max_length=255)
@@ -71,7 +84,7 @@ class Notification(models.Model):
 
     public = models.BooleanField(default=True)
 
-    objects = NotificationManager()
+    objects = managers.PassThroughManager.for_queryset_class(NotificationQuerySet)()
 
     class Meta:
         ordering = ('-timestamp', )
diff --git a/notifications/templates/notifications/list.html b/notifications/templates/notifications/list.html
index 910243a..21b895f 100644
--- a/notifications/templates/notifications/list.html
+++ b/notifications/templates/notifications/list.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
                 <div class="act">
                     <div class="body">
                         <div class="title">
-                                <i class="{% if action.readed %}icon-mail{% else %}icon-mail-alt{% endif %}"></i>
+                                <i class="{% if action.unread %}icon-mail-alt{% else %}icon-mail{% endif %}"></i>
                                 {% if action.actor.get_absolute_url %}
                                     <a href="{{ action.actor.get_absolute_url }}">{{ action.actor }}</a>
                                 {% endif %}
diff --git a/notifications/templatetags/notifications_tags.py b/notifications/templatetags/notifications_tags.py
index 7ea54e4..31de030 100644
--- a/notifications/templatetags/notifications_tags.py
+++ b/notifications/templatetags/notifications_tags.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ from django.template import Node
 
 register = Library()
 
+# TODO: Simplify this: it's a really simple tag!
+
 class InboxCountNode(Node):
     "For use in the notifications_unread tag"
     def __init__(self, asvar=None):
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ class InboxCountNode(Node):
             if user.is_anonymous():
                 count = ''
             else:
-                count = Notification.objects.unread_count(user)
+                count = user.notifications.unread().count()
         except (KeyError, AttributeError):
             count = ''
         if self.asvar:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 764de9d..0f6e380 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
 from notifications import __version__
 
-setup(name='django-notifications-hq',
+setup(name='django-notifications',
       version=__version__,
       description='GitHub notifications alike app for Django.',
       long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
       author='Brant Young',
       author_email='brant.young@gmail.com',
       url='http://github.com/brantyoung/django-notifications',
+      install_requires=[
+          'django-model-utils>=1.1.0'
+      ],
       packages=['notifications',
                 'notifications.templatetags'],
       package_data={'notifications': [