diff --git a/src/Monitoring/ThreadStats.coffee b/src/Monitoring/ThreadStats.coffee
index 061d994e0..3a0aa3018 100755
--- a/src/Monitoring/ThreadStats.coffee
+++ b/src/Monitoring/ThreadStats.coffee
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ ThreadStats =
   init: ->
     return if g.VIEW isnt 'thread' or !Conf['Thread Stats']
 
-    countHTML = <%= html('<span id="post-count">0</span> / <span id="file-count">0</span>') %>
-    countHTML = <%= html('&{countHTML} / <span id="page-count">0</span>') %> if Conf['Page Count in Stats']
+    countHTML = <%= html('<span id="post-count">?</span> / <span id="file-count">?</span>') %>
+    countHTML = <%= html('&{countHTML} / <span id="page-count">?</span>') %> if Conf['Page Count in Stats']
 
     if Conf['Updater and Stats in Header']
       @dialog = sc = $.el 'span',