diff --git a/backend/blueprints/spa_api/spa_api.py b/backend/blueprints/spa_api/spa_api.py
index e01a342e8..6e021fa14 100644
--- a/backend/blueprints/spa_api/spa_api.py
+++ b/backend/blueprints/spa_api/spa_api.py
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ def encode_bot_name(w):
 @bp.route('/global/replay_count')
 @with_session
 def api_get_replay_count(session=None):
-    count = session.query(Game.hash).count()
-    return jsonify(count)
+    result = session.execute(Game.count_query())
+    return jsonify(result.scalar())
 
 
 @bp.route('/global/queue/count')
diff --git a/backend/database/objects.py b/backend/database/objects.py
index 9e8465cf2..c4ab59563 100644
--- a/backend/database/objects.py
+++ b/backend/database/objects.py
@@ -312,6 +312,9 @@ def validate_code(self, key, value):
             return value[:max_len]
         return value
 
+    def count_query():
+        return "SELECT n_live_tup FROM pg_stat_all_tables WHERE relname = '%s'" % (Game.__table__.name)
+
 
 class Player(DBObjectBase):
     __tablename__ = 'players'