diff --git a/adminforth/documentation/docs/tutorial/03-Customization/10-menuConfiguration.md b/adminforth/documentation/docs/tutorial/03-Customization/10-menuConfiguration.md
index 8817e59a..e8686d66 100644
--- a/adminforth/documentation/docs/tutorial/03-Customization/10-menuConfiguration.md
+++ b/adminforth/documentation/docs/tutorial/03-Customization/10-menuConfiguration.md
@@ -207,8 +207,12 @@ Most times you need to refresh the badge from some backend API or hook. To do th
       resourceId: 'posts',
 //diff-add
       itemId: 'postsMenuItem',
-      badge: async (adminUser: AdminUser) => {
-        return 10
+      //diff-add
+      badge: async (adminUser: AdminUser, adminForth: IAdminForth) => {
+        //diff-add
+        const newCount = await adminforth.resource('posts').count(Filters.EQ('verified', false));
+        //diff-add
+        return newCount;
       },
       badgeTooltip: 'Unverified posts',  // explain user what this badge means
       ...
@@ -226,15 +230,13 @@ Most times you need to refresh the badge from some backend API or hook. To do th
   table: 'posts',
   hooks: {
     edit: {
-//diff-add
+      //diff-add
       afterSave: async ({ record, adminUser, resource, adminforth }) => {
-//diff-add
-        const newCount = await adminforth.resource('posts').count(Filters.EQ('verified', false));
-//diff-add
-        adminforth.websocket.publish(`/opentopic/update-menu-badge/postsMenuItem`, { badge: newCount });
-//diff-add
+        //diff-add
+        adminforth.refreshMenuBadge('postsMenuItem', adminUser);
+        //diff-add
         return { ok: true }
-//diff-add
+        //diff-add
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/adminforth/index.ts b/adminforth/index.ts
index 1a7da702..6248fddb 100644
--- a/adminforth/index.ts
+++ b/adminforth/index.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,20 @@ class AdminForth implements IAdminForth {
 
   websocket: IWebSocketBroker;
 
+  async refreshMenuBadge(menuItemId: string, adminUser: AdminUser) {
+    const menuItem = this.config.menu.find((item) => item.itemId === menuItemId);
+    if (!menuItem) {
+      afLogger.error(`Cannot refresh badge for menu item with id "${menuItemId}" because it was not found in config.menu`);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!menuItem.badge) {
+      afLogger.error(`Cannot refresh badge for menu item with id "${menuItemId}" because it does not have badge function in config.menu`);
+      return;
+    }
+    const badgeValue = typeof menuItem.badge === 'function' ? await menuItem.badge(adminUser, this) : menuItem.badge;
+    this.websocket.publish(`/opentopic/update-menu-badge/${menuItemId}`, { badge: badgeValue });
+  }
+
   operationalResources: {
     [resourceId: string]: IOperationalResource,
   }
diff --git a/adminforth/modules/restApi.ts b/adminforth/modules/restApi.ts
index 6fc2f499..7a2ae67b 100644
--- a/adminforth/modules/restApi.ts
+++ b/adminforth/modules/restApi.ts
@@ -504,11 +504,13 @@ export default class AdminForthRestAPI implements IAdminForthRestAPI {
 
         const badgeFunctions = [];
 
+        const adminforth = this.adminforth;
+
         function processMenuItem(menuItem) {
           if (menuItem.badge) {
             if (typeof menuItem.badge === 'function') {
               badgeFunctions.push(async () => {
-                badges[menuItem.itemId] = await menuItem.badge(adminUser);
+                badges[menuItem.itemId] = await menuItem.badge(adminUser, adminforth);
               });
             } else {
               badges[menuItem.itemId] = menuItem.badge;
diff --git a/adminforth/types/Back.ts b/adminforth/types/Back.ts
index e7010020..3079439e 100644
--- a/adminforth/types/Back.ts
+++ b/adminforth/types/Back.ts
@@ -456,6 +456,8 @@ export interface IAdminForth {
    * ```
    */
   getPluginById<T>(id: string): T;
+
+  refreshMenuBadge(menuItemId: string, adminUser: AdminUser): Promise<void>;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/adminforth/types/Common.ts b/adminforth/types/Common.ts
index 0df6cd07..ce8b3989 100644
--- a/adminforth/types/Common.ts
+++ b/adminforth/types/Common.ts
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ export interface AdminForthConfigMenuItem {
    * Optional callback which will be called before rendering the menu for each item.
    * Result of callback if not null will be used as a small badge near the menu item.
    */
-  badge?: string | ((user: AdminUser) => Promise<string>),
+  badge?: string | number | ((user: AdminUser, adminForth: IAdminForth) => Promise<string | number> | string | number),
 
   /**
    * Tooltip shown on hover for badge
diff --git a/dev-demo/api.ts b/dev-demo/api.ts
index 68d43806..a5bc1a3a 100644
--- a/dev-demo/api.ts
+++ b/dev-demo/api.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { Express } from "express";
-import { IAdminForth } from "adminforth";
+import { IAdminForth, IAdminUserExpressRequest } from "adminforth";
 
 export function initApi(app: Express, admin: IAdminForth) {
   app.get(`${admin.config.baseUrl}/api/hello/`,
-    (req, res) => {
+    admin.express.authorize(
+    async (req:IAdminUserExpressRequest, res: any) => {
+      admin.refreshMenuBadge('menuTimestamp', req.adminUser);
       res.json({ message: "Hello from AdminForth API!" });
     }
-  );
+  ));
 }
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diff --git a/dev-demo/custom/AfComponents.vue b/dev-demo/custom/AfComponents.vue
index 26e0ec5e..426a4af4 100644
--- a/dev-demo/custom/AfComponents.vue
+++ b/dev-demo/custom/AfComponents.vue
@@ -377,6 +377,18 @@
       :expandDepth="2" 
     />
 
+    <Button @click="createJob">
+      Create Job
+    </Button>
+
+    <Button @click="callHelloWorldApi">
+      Call API
+    </Button>
+
+    <Button @click="callHelloWorldApi">
+      Refresh badge
+    </Button>
+
   </div>
 
 
@@ -522,4 +534,13 @@ watch(numberInput, (newVal) => {
 watch(textInput, (newVal) => {
   console.log('Text input changed:', newVal, typeof newVal);
 });
+
+async function callHelloWorldApi() {
+  try {
+    const response = await callApi({ path: '/api/hello/', method: 'GET' });
+    console.log('API response:', response);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('API error:', error);
+  }
+}
 </script>
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diff --git a/dev-demo/index.ts b/dev-demo/index.ts
index 1a81f443..d9f2c96f 100644
--- a/dev-demo/index.ts
+++ b/dev-demo/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import express from 'express';
-import AdminForth, {  Filters } from '../adminforth/index.js';
+import AdminForth, {  AdminUser, Filters, IAdminForth } from '../adminforth/index.js';
 import usersResource from "./resources/adminuser.js";
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import path from 'path';
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ export const admin = new AdminForth({
       icon: 'flowbite:chart-pie-solid',
       component: '@@/AfComponents.vue',
       path: '/af-components',
+      itemId: 'menuTimestamp',
+      badge: async (adminUser: AdminUser, adminForth: IAdminForth) => {
+        const now = new Date();
+        return now.getSeconds();
+      },
+      badgeTooltip: 'Seconds in current minute',  
     },
     {
       type: 'divider'