diff --git a/resources/assets/javascripts/lib/personal_notifications.js b/resources/assets/javascripts/lib/personal_notifications.js
index 392e8b0615b5c7c314f37b224bb700f85e1b5295..d05fbaa08bb547ced474b6709bd6bc787ed6b635 100644
--- a/resources/assets/javascripts/lib/personal_notifications.js
+++ b/resources/assets/javascripts/lib/personal_notifications.js
@@ -169,11 +169,12 @@ const PersonalNotifications = {
         });
         if (really_new > 0) {
             $('#notification_marker')
-                .data('seen', false)
+                .data('seen', false);
+            $('#avatar-menu-container')
                 .addClass('alert');
             PageLayout.title_prefix = '(!) ';
         } else {
-            $('#notification_marker').removeClass('alert');
+            $('#avatar-menu-container').removeClass('alert');
             PageLayout.title_prefix = '';
         }
         if (count) {
@@ -220,8 +221,10 @@ const PersonalNotifications = {
 
         $.get(STUDIP.URLHelper.getURL('dispatch.php/jsupdater/notifications_seen')).then(time => {
             $('#notification_marker')
-                .removeClass('alert')
                 .data('lastvisit', time);
+            $('#avatar-menu-container')
+                .removeClass('alert');
+                
         });
     }
 };
diff --git a/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/header.scss b/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/header.scss
index 1f93d86feef3cb65b5fc73270f575f571de3c9a0..dc904b1efa0d95480ab8c4599f94036172327f12 100644
--- a/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/header.scss
+++ b/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/header.scss
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
             gap: 20px;
 
             > li {
-                margin: 2px;
 
                 > a {
                     color: var(--white);
@@ -195,42 +194,36 @@
     &.header_avatar_container {
         align-items: end;
         flex: 0;
+        border-radius: var(--border-radius-avatar-menu);
+        background-color: var(--color--global-background);
+
+        &.alert,
+        &.alert #notification_marker {
+            background-color: var(--color--warning);
+            color: var(--color--font-inverted);
+        }
     }
 
     #avatar-menu {
-        height: 30px;
+        height: 26px;
         margin: 0;
-        vertical-align: text-bottom;
         z-index: 1003;
 
         .action-menu.avatar-menu {
             z-index: 1002;
+            padding: 1px 1px 1px 0;
 
             .action-menu-icon {
-                border: 1px solid var(--dark-gray-color-40);
-                border-left: none;
-                background-color: var(--dark-gray-color-5);
-                height: 28px;
-                margin: 0 22px 0 0;
+                height: 24px;
                 position: relative;
-                width: 28px;
+                width: 24px;
                 z-index: 1;
 
                 img {
-                    height: 100%;
-                    width: 100%;
-                }
-
-                // Add arrow on the right
-                @include icon(after, arr_1down, info_alt);
-
-                &::after {
-                    background-position: center;
-                    background-repeat: no-repeat;
-                    padding: 4px 6px;
-                    position: absolute;
-                    left: 100%;
-                    top: 0;
+                    height: 24px;
+                    width: 24px;
+                    border-top-right-radius: var(--border-radius-avatar-menu);
+                    border-bottom-right-radius: var(--border-radius-avatar-menu);
                 }
 
                 #notification-container + & {
diff --git a/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/personal-notifications.scss b/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/personal-notifications.scss
index cdad081fb77decf2b7e21d7f625eb7fb795e8b62..610d6260a630be28f6effde67f53f94ae43553e2 100644
--- a/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/personal-notifications.scss
+++ b/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/personal-notifications.scss
@@ -5,29 +5,24 @@
     padding-right: 0px;
     width: 100%;
     height: 100%;
-    font-size: 0.8em;
-    color: var(--base-color);
+    font-size: 12px;
+    color: var(--color--font-primary);
     text-align: center;
-    line-height: 24px;
-    background-color: var(--dark-gray-color-10);
-    border: 1px solid var(--dark-gray-color-40);
-
-    &.alert {
-        background-color: var(--red);
-        color: var(--white);
-    }
+    line-height: 26px;
+    border: none;
+    border-radius: var(--border-radius-avatar-menu);
+    background-color: var(--color--global-background);
 }
 
 #notification-container {
     $arrow-height: 10px;
-
+    border-radius: var(--border-radius-avatar-menu);
     $list-width: 400px;
 
-    width: 49px;
-    height: 30px;
+    width: 26px;
+    height: 26px;
     color: var(--base-color);
     vertical-align: text-bottom;
-    background-color: var(--base-color);
     position: relative;
 
     // Insert invisible padding on top of the arrow in order to try to
@@ -104,6 +99,8 @@
         width: $list-width;
         max-width: $list-width;
         box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px var(--light-gray-color-80);
+        padding: 5px;
+        border-radius: var(--border-radius-default);
 
         // Without this, buttons or message boxes would appear on top of the list
         z-index: 2;
@@ -112,9 +109,14 @@
             left: ($list-width - 30px);
         }
 
+        &::after {
+            border-width: 10px;
+            bottom: calc(100% - 1px);
+        }
+
         // Positions: below or left'ish or right'ish to the triggering element
         &.below {
-            left: (-$list-width + 44px);
+            left: (-$list-width + 33px);
         }
         &.left {
             right: 0;
@@ -130,24 +132,15 @@
 
         // List item
         .item {
-            $padding: 5px;
-            border-top: thin solid var(--light-gray-color-60);
+            $padding: 7px 5px;
+            border-top: thin solid var(--color--action-menu-divider);
             line-height: 20px;
             height: auto;
             padding: $padding;
             white-space: normal;
 
             &:hover {
-                background-color: var(--light-gray-color-20)
-            }
-
-            &:only-child:hover {
-                @include arrow-top(10px, $light-gray-color-20);
-                margin-top: 0;
-                &::before {
-                    left: ($list-width - 30px);
-                    z-index: 2;
-                }
+                background-color: var(--color--action-menu-hover)
             }
 
             // First child: no top-border
@@ -166,7 +159,7 @@
                     flex-grow: 1;
 
                     .avatar {
-                        $avatar-size: 40px;
+                        $avatar-size: 36px;
                         margin-right: 10px;
                         margin-left: 0;
                         background-position: center center;
@@ -187,11 +180,43 @@
             &:hover { color: var(--active-color); }
         }
 
+        a.mark-all-as-read:not(.invisible),
+        a.enable-desktop-notifications {
+            border-bottom: thin solid var(--color--action-menu-divider);
+            display: block;
+            max-height: 31px;
+            padding: 7px 7px 7px 9px;
+            z-index: 3;
+        }
+
+        a.mark-all-as-read {
+            @include background-icon('accept', 'clickable');
+            background-repeat: no-repeat;
+            background-position: right 8px center;
+    
+            &:hover {
+                @include background-icon('accept', 'attention');
+            }
+    
+            margin: 0;
+    
+            // Create blind effect to hide/display this links smoothly
+            transition: all var(--transition-duration);
+        }
+        a.enable-desktop-notifications {
+            @include background-icon('notification', 'clickable');
+            background-repeat: no-repeat;
+            background-position: right 8px center;
+    
+            &:hover {
+                @include background-icon('notification', 'attention');
+            }
+        }
+
         .options {
             border: 0;
             background: none;
             cursor: pointer;
-            padding-top: 4px;
             height: 24px;
             > img {
                 vertical-align: top;
@@ -201,46 +226,4 @@
         }
         .item:hover .options.hidden { visibility: visible; }
     }
-
-    a.mark-all-as-read:not(.invisible),
-    a.enable-desktop-notifications {
-        background-color: var(--dark-gray-color-15);
-        border-bottom: thin solid var(--dark-gray-color-45);
-        display: block;
-        max-height: 31px;
-        padding: 5px 5px 5px 14px;
-        z-index: 3;
-    }
-
-    a.mark-all-as-read {
-        // Creates an arrow pointing from the list to the triggering element
-        @include arrow-top-border(10px, $light-gray-color-20, 1px, $light-gray-color-80);
-        &::before,
-        &::after {
-            left: ($list-width - 30px);
-            z-index: 2;
-        }
-
-        @include background-icon('accept', 'clickable');
-        background-repeat: no-repeat;
-        background-position: right 8px center;
-
-        &:hover {
-            @include background-icon('accept', 'attention');
-        }
-
-        margin: 0;
-
-        // Create blind effect to hide/display this links smoothly
-        transition: all var(--transition-duration);
-    }
-    a.enable-desktop-notifications {
-        @include background-icon('notification', 'clickable');
-        background-repeat: no-repeat;
-        background-position: right 8px center;
-
-        &:hover {
-            @include background-icon('notification', 'attention');
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/variables.scss b/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/variables.scss
index 63643ab114166aa833f532aa11dee9e2c300b0a9..09675196ad6f7c3b10b9c9aedb6909bb120f84b3 100644
--- a/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/variables.scss
+++ b/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/variables.scss
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ $transition-duration-superslow: 1s;
 
 // Border radius:
 $border-radius: 4px;
+$border-radius-avatar-menu: 7px;
 
 // Layout
 $page-margin: 15px;
@@ -298,6 +299,7 @@ $grid-gap: 0;
     --color-image-placeholder-background: #{$color-image-placeholder-background};
 
     --border-radius-default: #{$border-radius};
+    --border-radius-avatar-menu: #{$border-radius-avatar-menu};
 
     @media (prefers-reduced-motion) {
         #{"--"}transition-duration: 0s;
diff --git a/templates/header.php b/templates/header.php
index 7cb271c19a7db70d252564a4c18ac5dad2af4750..64d1c3cd6f6e12d1fbd29b7d6334ce0ea7f86962 100644
--- a/templates/header.php
+++ b/templates/header.php
@@ -123,18 +123,21 @@ if ($navigation) {
                           && Navigation::getItem('/profile')->isActive();
                 ?>
 
-                <!-- User-Avatar -->
-                <li class="header_avatar_container <? if ($active) echo 'active'; ?>" id="avatar-menu-container">
+                
 
                 <? if (is_object($GLOBALS['perm']) && PersonalNotifications::isActivated() && $GLOBALS['perm']->have_perm('autor')) : ?>
+                
                     <? $notifications = PersonalNotifications::getMyNotifications() ?>
                     <? $lastvisit = (int)UserConfig::get($GLOBALS['user']->id)->getValue('NOTIFICATIONS_SEEN_LAST_DATE') ?>
-                    <div id="notification-container"<?= count($notifications) > 0 ? ' class="hoverable"' : '' ?>>
-                        <? foreach ($notifications as $notification) {
-                            if ($notification['mkdate'] > $lastvisit) {
-                                $alert = true;
-                            }
-                        } ?>
+                    <? foreach ($notifications as $notification) {
+                        if ($notification['mkdate'] > $lastvisit) {
+                            $alert = true;
+                        }
+                    } ?>
+                <!-- User-Avatar -->
+                <li class="header_avatar_container <?= !empty($alert) ? 'alert' : '' ?> <? if ($active) echo 'active'; ?>" id="avatar-menu-container">
+                    <div id="notification-container"  <?= count($notifications) > 0 ? ' class="hoverable"' : '' ?>>
+                        
                         <button id="notification_marker" data-toggles="#notification_checkbox" <?= !empty($alert) ? ' class="alert"' : "" ?>
                                 title="<?= sprintf(
                                     ngettext('%u Benachrichtigung', '%u Benachrichtigungen', count($notifications)),
diff --git a/templates/personal_notifications/notification.php b/templates/personal_notifications/notification.php
index 8a10ae91a9e842ea783b297546bd74fff8f4c995..2f86a50371b1a9eddae8ea48aa51a2bb20e93758 100644
--- a/templates/personal_notifications/notification.php
+++ b/templates/personal_notifications/notification.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
             <?= htmlReady($notification['text']) ?>
         </a>
         <button class="options mark_as_read">
-            <?= Icon::create('decline')->asImg(12, ['title' => _('Als gelesen markieren')]) ?>
+            <?= Icon::create('decline')->asImg(14, ['title' => _('Als gelesen markieren')]) ?>
         </button>
     </div>
     <? if ($notification->more_unseen > 0): ?>