diff --git a/app/views/news/index.html.erb b/app/views/news/index.html.erb
index 3f9708b..64aafdd 100644
--- a/app/views/news/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/news/index.html.erb
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@
       <%= tuxconfig[:related_links].join('<br />') %>
     </p>
   </div>
+  
+  <% unless tuxconfig[:github_badge_id].to_s.empty? -%>
+  <div id="github-badge"></div>
+  <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
+    GITHUB_USERNAME="<%= tuxconfig[:github_badge_id] -%>";
+  </script>
+  <script src="http://drnic.github.com/github-badges/dist/github-badge-launcher.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+  <% end -%>
 <% end -%>
 
 <% if @news.empty? -%>
diff --git a/config/plugins.yml.template b/config/plugins.yml.template
index 39f6c66..f9071a8 100644
--- a/config/plugins.yml.template
+++ b/config/plugins.yml.template
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   :motto: Demolishing innocence for
   :motto_with_date: true
   :logo: penguincoder-logo.png
+  :github_badge_id: penguincoder
   :related_links_title: Things I Do
   :related_links:
   - <a href="http://github.com/penguincoder"><img src="/images/utilities-terminal.png" /> Github</a>