diff --git a/include/sidebar_admin.php b/include/sidebar_admin.php
index 6915859..b8034ad 100644
--- a/include/sidebar_admin.php
+++ b/include/sidebar_admin.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function global_admin_menu() {
     
     $g->addmisc(" ");
     $g->add("List Users", $apidb_root."admin/");
-    $g->add("View App Queue", $apidb_root."admin/adminAppQueue.php");
+    $g->add("View App Queue (".getQueuedAppCount().")", $apidb_root."admin/adminAppQueue.php");
 
     $g->done();
 
diff --git a/include/util.php b/include/util.php
index 582f266..7fb03e5 100644
--- a/include/util.php
+++ b/include/util.php
@@ -171,4 +171,13 @@ function get_xml_tag ($file, $mode = null)
     }
 }
 
+/* get the number of applications in the appQueue table */
+function getQueuedAppCount()
+{
+    $qstring = "SELECT count(*) as queued_apps FROM appQueue";
+    $result = mysql_query($qstring);
+    $ob = mysql_fetch_object($result);
+    return $ob->queued_apps;
+}
+
 ?>