diff --git a/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/api/v2/server/GetCounter.java b/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/api/v2/server/GetCounter.java
index bccf597b..5c7fee97 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/api/v2/server/GetCounter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/api/v2/server/GetCounter.java
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ public class GetCounter extends BaseResource {
 	public Representation get() {
 
 		JSONObject jsonCounters = new JSONObject();
-		
+
 		// complete
 		Map<String, Long> counters = getWorkflowEngine().getCounters(
-				AbstractJob.STATE_SUCCESS);	
-		JSONObject jsonComplete = new JSONObject();	
+				AbstractJob.STATE_SUCCESS);
+		JSONObject jsonComplete = new JSONObject();
 		for (String key : counters.keySet()) {
 			jsonComplete.put(key, counters.get(key));
 		}
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public Representation get() {
 
 		// running
 		counters = getWorkflowEngine().getCounters(AbstractJob.STATE_RUNNING);
-		JSONObject jsonRunning = new JSONObject();	
+		JSONObject jsonRunning = new JSONObject();
 		for (String key : counters.keySet()) {
 			jsonRunning.put(key, counters.get(key));
 		}
@@ -38,19 +38,19 @@ public Representation get() {
 
 		// waiting
 		counters = getWorkflowEngine().getCounters(AbstractJob.STATE_WAITING);
-		JSONObject jsonWaiting= new JSONObject();	
+		JSONObject jsonWaiting= new JSONObject();
 		for (String key : counters.keySet()) {
 			jsonWaiting.put(key, counters.get(key));
 		}
-		JobDao jobDao = new JobDao(getDatabase());
-		int waitingJobs = jobDao.findAllByState(AbstractJob.STATE_WAITING).size();
-		jsonWaiting.put("runs", waitingJobs);
 		jsonCounters.put("waiting", jsonWaiting);
 
 		UserDao dao = new UserDao(getDatabase());
 		jsonCounters.put("users", dao.countAll());
-		
-		
+
+		JSONObject queue = new JSONObject();
+		queue.put("size", getWorkflowEngine().getSize());
+		jsonCounters.put("queue", queue);
+
 		return new StringRepresentation(jsonCounters.toString());
 
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/jobs/WorkflowEngine.java b/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/jobs/WorkflowEngine.java
index 8e8664c4..a21ac21a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/jobs/WorkflowEngine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/jobs/WorkflowEngine.java
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ public List<AbstractJob> getAllJobsInLongTimeQueue() {
 		return jobs;
 	}
 
+	public int getSize() {
+		return longTimeQueue.getSize() + shortTimeQueue.getSize();
+	}
+
 	class SetupThread extends PriorityRunnable {
 
 		private AbstractJob job;
diff --git a/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/jobs/queue/Queue.java b/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/jobs/queue/Queue.java
index 3a5386bf..20c7df49 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/jobs/queue/Queue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cloudgene/mapred/jobs/queue/Queue.java
@@ -305,6 +305,10 @@ public boolean isInQueue(AbstractJob job) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public int getSize() {
+		return queue.size();
+	}
+
 	protected class PriorityComparator implements Comparator<AbstractJob> {
 
 		@Override