diff --git a/web/handler/common.go b/web/handler/common.go
index 1e2a04a..42e7803 100644
--- a/web/handler/common.go
+++ b/web/handler/common.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ var TplCommonMap = map[string]string{
 </div>
 <div class="number">
 What's your current word count? 
-<input type="number" id="wordcount" name="word count" min="1" max="1000000000" required>
+<input type="number" name="number"        value="{{ .Number }}" min="1" max="1000000000" required>
 <br><div class="field">
     <textarea class="edit-status" name="content" maxlength="140" placeholder="What project are you working on?" required autofocus>{{ .Content }}</textarea>
 </div>
diff --git a/web/handler/form/status.go b/web/handler/form/status.go
index 627f7dd..45524f6 100644
--- a/web/handler/form/status.go
+++ b/web/handler/form/status.go
@@ -10,14 +10,16 @@ type StatusForm struct {
 	Content string
 	Face    string
 	Error   string
-}
+        Number int }
 
 func NewStatusForm(r *http.Request) *StatusForm {
 	var id int64
 	id, _ = strconv.ParseInt(r.FormValue("id"), 10, 64)
+        number, _ := strconv.Atoi(r.FormValue("number"))
 	return &StatusForm{
 		Id:      id,
 		Content: r.FormValue("content"),
 		Face:    r.FormValue("face"),
+                Number: number,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/web/handler/html/common/status_form.html b/web/handler/html/common/status_form.html
index f139685..2d43de0 100644
--- a/web/handler/html/common/status_form.html
+++ b/web/handler/html/common/status_form.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 </div>
 <div class="number">
 What's your current word count? 
-<input type="number" id="wordcount" name="word count" min="1" max="1000000000" required>
+<input type="number" name="number"        value="{{ .Number }}" min="1" max="1000000000" required>
 <br><div class="field">
     <textarea class="edit-status" name="content" maxlength="140" placeholder="What project are you working on?" required autofocus>{{ .Content }}</textarea>
 </div>
diff --git a/web/handler/status_save.go b/web/handler/status_save.go
index 2ccfd01..3993a49 100644
--- a/web/handler/status_save.go
+++ b/web/handler/status_save.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ func (h *Handler) saveStatus(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		User:    user,
 		Content: f.Content,
 		Face:    f.Face,
+                Number: f.Number,
 	}
 	if err := status.Validate(); err != nil {
 		f.Error = err.Error()