diff --git a/src/views/AccountViewView.vue b/src/views/AccountViewView.vue
index be4603c7..ef6f01dc 100644
--- a/src/views/AccountViewView.vue
+++ b/src/views/AccountViewView.vue
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ export default class AccountViewView extends Vue {
   limitsMessage = "";
   loadingLimits = true; // might as well now that we do it on mount, to avoid flashing the registration message
   showContactGives = false;
+  private accounts: AccountsSchema;
 
   showDidCopy = false;
   showDerCopy = false;
@@ -361,7 +362,16 @@ export default class AccountViewView extends Vue {
     return timeStr.substring(0, timeStr.indexOf("T"));
   }
 
-  // 'created' hook runs when the Vue instance is first created
+  async initializeCount() {
+    this.numAccounts = await this.accounts.count();
+  }
+
+  async mounted() {
+    accountsDB.open();
+    this.accounts = accountsDB.accounts;
+    await this.initializeCount();
+  }
+
   async created() {
     // Uncomment this to register this user on the test server.
     // To manage within the vue devtools browser extension https://devtools.vuejs.org/
@@ -380,6 +390,7 @@ export default class AccountViewView extends Vue {
       this.showContactGives = !!settings?.showContactGivesInline;
 
       const identity = await this.getIdentity(this.activeDid);
+
       this.publicHex = identity.keys[0].publicKeyHex;
       this.publicBase64 = Buffer.from(this.publicHex, "hex").toString("base64");
       this.derivationPath = identity.keys[0].meta.derivationPath;