diff --git a/mhackspace/requests/migrations/0013_auto_20180203_2019.py b/mhackspace/requests/migrations/0013_auto_20180203_2019.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18c8cc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mhackspace/requests/migrations/0013_auto_20180203_2019.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.11.4 on 2018-02-03 20:19
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations
+import martor.models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('requests', '0012_auto_20180115_1425'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='userrequest',
+            name='description',
+            field=martor.models.MartorField(help_text="detail of what's being requested and where it can be purchased"),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='userrequestscomment',
+            name='comment',
+            field=martor.models.MartorField(help_text='Your comments'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/mhackspace/requests/models.py b/mhackspace/requests/models.py
index 8f6734f..65e2e3e 100644
--- a/mhackspace/requests/models.py
+++ b/mhackspace/requests/models.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import models
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils import timezone
+from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
 from django.db.models.signals import post_save
 from martor.models import MartorField
 from mhackspace.base.tasks import matrix_message
@@ -53,7 +54,10 @@ class UserRequestsComment(models.Model):
 def send_topic_update_email(sender, instance, **kwargs):
     matrix_message.delay(
         prefix=' - REQUEST',
-        message='%s - %s' % (instance.title, instance.get_absolute_url()))
+        message='%s - https://%s%s' % (
+            Site.objects.get_current().domain,
+            instance.title,
+            instance.get_absolute_url()))
 
 
 post_save.connect(send_topic_update_email, sender=UserRequest)
diff --git a/mhackspace/requests/views.py b/mhackspace/requests/views.py
index bf8a414..240b7f4 100644
--- a/mhackspace/requests/views.py
+++ b/mhackspace/requests/views.py
@@ -67,4 +67,5 @@ class RequestsList(LoginRequiredMixin, ListView):
     def get_context_data(self, *args, **kwargs):
         context = super(RequestsList, self).get_context_data(*args, **kwargs)
         context['requests_history'] = UserRequest.objects.filter(acquired=True)[:50]
+        context['total'] = sum([r.cost for r in UserRequest.objects.filter(acquired=True)])
         return context
diff --git a/mhackspace/templates/pages/requests.html b/mhackspace/templates/pages/requests.html
index 8c03d01..7d92d6c 100644
--- a/mhackspace/templates/pages/requests.html
+++ b/mhackspace/templates/pages/requests.html
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
           <th>#</th>
           <th>Type</th>
           <th>Date</th>
+          <th>Cost</th>
           <th>Detail</th>
         </tr>
       </thead>
@@ -56,6 +57,9 @@
         <td>
           {{ request.created_date }}
         </td>
+        <td>
+          {{ request.cost }}
+        </td>
         <td>
           <a href="{% url 'requests_detail' request.id %}">{{ request.title }}</a>
         </td>
@@ -68,6 +72,13 @@
       </tr>
 
       {% endfor %}
+
+      <tr>
+        <th colspan="3">Total</th>
+        <td>{{ total }}</td>
+        <td></td>
+        <td></td>
+      </tr>
     </table>