diff --git a/bumblebee_status/modules/contrib/github.py b/bumblebee_status/modules/contrib/github.py
index 8c01afd..5422ee6 100644
--- a/bumblebee_status/modules/contrib/github.py
+++ b/bumblebee_status/modules/contrib/github.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # pylint: disable=C0111,R0903
 
-"""Displays the unread GitHub notifications for a GitHub user
+"""
+Displays the unread GitHub notifications count for a GitHub user using the following reasons:
+
+    * https://developer.github.com/v3/activity/notifications/#notification-reasons
 
 Requires the following library:
     * requests
@@ -8,8 +11,11 @@ Requires the following library:
 Parameters:
     * github.token: GitHub user access token, the token needs to have the 'notifications' scope.
     * github.interval: Interval in minutes between updates, default is 5.
+    * github.reasons: Comma separated reasons to be parsed (e.g.: github.reasons=mention,team_mention,review_requested)
 
-contributed by `yvesh <https://github.com/yvesh>`_ - many thanks!
+contributed by:
+    * v1 - `yvesh <https://github.com/yvesh>`_ - many thanks!
+    * v2 - `cristianmiranda <https://github.com/cristianmiranda>`_ - many thanks!
 """
 
 import shutil
@@ -20,6 +26,8 @@ import core.widget
 import core.decorators
 import core.input
 
+import util.format
+
 
 class Module(core.module.Module):
     @core.decorators.every(minutes=5)
@@ -27,11 +35,17 @@ class Module(core.module.Module):
         super().__init__(config, theme, core.widget.Widget(self.github))
 
         self.__count = 0
+        self.__label = ""
         self.__requests = requests.Session()
         self.__requests.headers.update(
             {"Authorization": "token {}".format(self.parameter("token", ""))}
         )
 
+        self.__reasons = []
+        reasons = self.parameter("reasons", "")
+        if reasons:
+            self.__reasons = util.format.aslist(reasons)
+
         cmd = "xdg-open"
         if not shutil.which(cmd):
             cmd = "x-www-browser"
@@ -41,33 +55,61 @@ class Module(core.module.Module):
             button=core.input.LEFT_MOUSE,
             cmd="{} https://github.com/notifications".format(cmd),
         )
-        core.input.register(self, button=core.input.RIGHT_MOUSE, cmd=self.update)
 
     def github(self, _):
-        return str(self.__count)
+        return str(self.__label)
 
     def update(self):
         try:
-            self.__count = 0
             url = "https://api.github.com/notifications"
-            while True:
-                notifications = self.__requests.get(url)
-                self.__count += len(
-                    list(
-                        filter(
-                            lambda notification: notification["unread"],
-                            notifications.json(),
-                        )
-                    )
-                )
-                next_link = notifications.links.get("next")
-                if next_link is not None:
-                    url = next_link.get("url")
-                else:
-                    break
+            notifications = self.__requests.get(url)
 
-        except Exception:
-            self.__count = "n/a"
+            total = self.__getTotalUnreadNotificationsCount(notifications)
+            self.__count = total
+            self.__label = str(total)
+
+            counts = []
+            if len(self.__reasons) > 0:
+                for reason in self.__reasons:
+                    unread = self.__getUnreadNotificationsCountByReason(
+                        notifications, reason
+                    )
+                    counts.append(str(unread))
+
+                self.__label += " - "
+                self.__label += "/".join(counts)
+
+        except Exception as err:
+            print(err)
+            self.__label = "n/a"
+
+    def __getUnreadNotificationsCountByReason(self, notifications, reason):
+        return len(
+            list(
+                filter(
+                    lambda notification: notification["unread"]
+                    and notification["reason"] == reason,
+                    notifications.json(),
+                )
+            )
+        )
+
+    def __getTotalUnreadNotificationsCount(self, notifications):
+        return len(
+            list(
+                filter(
+                    lambda notification: notification["unread"], notifications.json()
+                )
+            )
+        )
+
+    def state(self, widget):
+        state = []
+
+        if self.__count > 0:
+            state.append("warning")
+
+        return state
 
 
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