diff --git a/GitStreak/ContentView.swift b/GitStreak/ContentView.swift
index 6defb88..996d66c 100644
--- a/GitStreak/ContentView.swift
+++ b/GitStreak/ContentView.swift
@@ -47,12 +47,6 @@ struct HomeView: View {
                     Spacer()
                     
                     HStack(spacing: 12) {
-                        Button(action: {}) {
-                            Image(systemName: "bell")
-                                .font(.title3)
-                                .foregroundColor(.gray)
-                        }
-                        
                         Button(action: {
                             showSettings = true
                         }) {
@@ -262,7 +256,7 @@ struct StatsView: View {
                             // Invisible spacer card to maintain alignment
                             StatCardView(
                                 title: "Total Commits", 
-                                value: "\(dataModel.recentCommits.count)",
+                                value: "\(dataModel.totalLifetimeCommits)",
                                 color: .orange
                             )
                         }
diff --git a/GitStreak/Models/GitStreakData.swift b/GitStreak/Models/GitStreakData.swift
index de3c06c..58bf929 100644
--- a/GitStreak/Models/GitStreakData.swift
+++ b/GitStreak/Models/GitStreakData.swift
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class GitHubService: ObservableObject {
             return date1 > date2
         }
         
-        return Array(allCommits.prefix(150)) // Allow more commits since we're filtering by date
+        return Array(allCommits.prefix(500)) // Allow more commits since we're filtering by date
     }
     
     private func fetchRepositoryCommits(owner: String, repo: String) async throws -> [GitHubCommit]? {
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class GitHubService: ObservableObject {
         let thirtyDaysAgo = Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .day, value: -30, to: Date()) ?? Date()
         let sinceDate = ISO8601DateFormatter().string(from: thirtyDaysAgo)
         
-        guard let url = URL(string: "\(baseURL)/repos/\(owner)/\(repo)/commits?since=\(sinceDate)&per_page=30") else {
+        guard let url = URL(string: "\(baseURL)/repos/\(owner)/\(repo)/commits?since=\(sinceDate)&per_page=100") else {
             return nil
         }
         
@@ -409,6 +409,34 @@ class GitHubService: ObservableObject {
         )
     }
     
+    func fetchTotalCommitCount() async throws -> Int {
+        guard let token = accessToken, let username = username else {
+            throw GitHubError.notAuthenticated
+        }
+        
+        guard let url = URL(string: "\(baseURL)/search/commits?q=author:\(username)") else {
+            throw GitHubError.invalidURL
+        }
+        
+        var request = URLRequest(url: url)
+        request.setValue("Bearer \(token)", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")
+        request.setValue("application/vnd.github.v3+json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept")
+        
+        let (data, response) = try await URLSession.shared.data(for: request)
+        
+        guard let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse,
+              httpResponse.statusCode == 200 else {
+            throw GitHubError.requestFailed((response as? HTTPURLResponse)?.statusCode ?? 0)
+        }
+        
+        struct SearchResponse: Codable {
+            let total_count: Int
+        }
+        
+        let searchResponse = try JSONDecoder().decode(SearchResponse.self, from: data)
+        return searchResponse.total_count
+    }
+    
     private func calculateCurrentStreak(commits: [GitHubCommit]) -> Int {
         guard !commits.isEmpty else { return 0 }
         
@@ -708,6 +736,7 @@ class GitStreakDataModel: ObservableObject {
     @Published var progress: Double = 0.0
     @Published var xpToNext: Int = 100
     @Published var totalCommitsThisWeek: Int = 0
+    @Published var totalLifetimeCommits: Int = 0
     @Published var isLoading = false
     @Published var errorMessage: String?
     
@@ -811,12 +840,14 @@ class GitStreakDataModel: ObservableObject {
             
             do {
                 let stats = try await gitHubService.fetchContributionStats()
+                let totalCommits = try await gitHubService.fetchTotalCommitCount()
                 
                 await MainActor.run {
                     self.currentStreak = stats.currentStreak
                     self.bestStreak = stats.bestStreak
                     self.recentCommits = Array(stats.recentCommits)
                     self.monthlyCommits = stats.monthlyCommits
+                    self.totalLifetimeCommits = totalCommits
                     self.updateWeeklyData(from: stats.weeklyCommits)
                     self.calculateLevel()
                     self.updateAchievements()
@@ -842,6 +873,7 @@ class GitStreakDataModel: ObservableObject {
         progress = 0.85
         xpToNext = 353
         totalCommitsThisWeek = 21
+        totalLifetimeCommits = 1247
         
         recentCommits = [
             CommitData(repo: "my-portfolio", message: "Update homepage design", time: "2h ago", commits: 3),
diff --git a/GitStreak/Views/AwardsTabView.swift b/GitStreak/Views/AwardsTabView.swift
index f973433..91d1629 100644
--- a/GitStreak/Views/AwardsTabView.swift
+++ b/GitStreak/Views/AwardsTabView.swift
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ struct AwardsTabView: View {
                             Spacer()
                         }
                         .padding(16)
-                        .background(Color(.systemBackground))
-                        .cornerRadius(12)
                         
                         // Recent Achievement Cards (matching expanded category structure)
                         VStack(spacing: 8) {
@@ -72,7 +70,11 @@ struct AwardsTabView: View {
                             }
                         }
                         .padding(.top, 8)
+                        .padding(.horizontal, 16)
                     }
+                    .background(Color(.systemBackground))
+                    .cornerRadius(12)
+                    .shadow(color: .black.opacity(0.1), radius: 5, x: 0, y: 2)
                 }
             }
             .padding(.horizontal, 24)