diff --git a/web/handler/user_show.go b/web/handler/user_show.go
index 4dd06fb..f0ff187 100644
--- a/web/handler/user_show.go
+++ b/web/handler/user_show.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ type statusjson struct {
 	Content string `json:"content"`
 	Face    string `json:"face"`
 	TimeAgo string `json:"timeAgo"`
-}
+        Number  int `json:"number"` }
 
 func (h *Handler) showUserStatusJSONView(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	user := mux.Vars(r)["user"]
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func (h *Handler) showUserStatusJSONView(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 		res.Content = statuses[0].ContentDisplay()
 		res.Face = statuses[0].Face
 		res.TimeAgo = statuses[0].TimeAgo()
-	}
+	        res.Number = statuses[0].Number } 
 	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(res)
 }
 
diff --git a/web/handler/widget_show.go b/web/handler/widget_show.go
index 22d9590..807333b 100644
--- a/web/handler/widget_show.go
+++ b/web/handler/widget_show.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ document.writeln('<div id="sillywordz"><div id="sillywordz-username"></div><div
 fetch("https://sillywordz.kissing.computer/users/` + escName + `/status.json")
   .then( r => r.json() )
   .then( r => {
-    if (!r.content.length || r.number <1) {
+    if (!r.number || !r.content.length || r.number <1) {
       document.getElementById("sillywordz-content").innerHTML = "No updates yet."
       return
     }
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ fetch("https://sillywordz.kissing.computer/users/` + escName + `/status.json")
     let safeContent = DOMPurify.sanitize(r.content);
     document.getElementById("sillywordz-username").innerHTML= '<a href="https://sillywordz.kissing.computer/users/` + escName + `status.json" target="_blank">' + safeAuthor  + '</a> ' + r.face + ' ' + r.timeAgo
     document.getElementById("sillywordz-number").innerHTML = "I wrote " + r.number + " words on my project!"
-     if (!r.number >= 1) {
+     if (r.number >= 1) {
       document.getElementById("sillywordz-content").innerHTML = "And I had this to say about it:" + safeContent
   }    })
 `))