diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index a5b735e..b829205 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -5,6 +5,36 @@ vim.g.maplocalleader = ","
 -- Lazy
 require("config.lazy")
 
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("VimEnter", {
+	callback = function()
+		-- Verify if the current directory is a git repo
+		local is_git = os.execute("git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree > /dev/null 2>&1")
+		if is_git ~= 0 then
+			return
+		end
+
+		-- Perform an async fetch to avoid startup lag
+		vim.fn.jobstart("git fetch", {
+			on_exit = function()
+				-- Get the number of commits the remote is ahead of local HEAD
+				local count = vim.fn.system("git rev-list --count HEAD..@{u} 2>/dev/null"):gsub("%s+", "")
+
+				if count ~= "" and tonumber(count) > 0 then
+					vim.schedule(function()
+						vim.notify(
+							"󰊢 " .. count .. " new commit(s) available on remote.",
+							vim.log.levels.INFO,
+							{ title = "Git Status", icon = "󰊢" }
+						)
+					end)
+				else
+					vim.notify("all good")
+				end
+			end,
+		})
+	end,
+})
+
 -- Line numbers
 vim.opt.cursorline = true
 vim.wo.relativenumber = true
diff --git a/lua/plugins/ui/noice.lua b/lua/plugins/ui/noice.lua
index 1b860e6..a5178ca 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/ui/noice.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/ui/noice.lua
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ return {
 	"folke/noice.nvim",
 	event = "VeryLazy",
 	config = function()
+		vim.notify = require("notify").setup({
+			background_colour = "#000000",
+			render = "compact",
+			stages = "slide",
+		})
 		require("noice").setup({
 			messages = {
 				enabled = true,
@@ -32,11 +37,6 @@ return {
 				lsp_doc_border = false, -- add a border to hover docs and signature help
 			},
 		})
-		require("notify").setup({
-			background_colour = "#000000",
-			render = "compact",
-			stages = "slide",
-		})
 	end,
 	dependencies = {
 		-- if you lazy-load any plugin below, make sure to add proper `module="..."` entries