diff --git a/tracks/app/controllers/contexts_controller.rb b/tracks/app/controllers/contexts_controller.rb
index bf3c4dce..8efcce47 100644
--- a/tracks/app/controllers/contexts_controller.rb
+++ b/tracks/app/controllers/contexts_controller.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class ContextsController < ApplicationController
   session :off, :only => :index, :if => Proc.new { |req| ['rss','atom','txt'].include?(req.parameters[:format]) }
 
   def index
-    @contexts = current_user.contexts
+    @contexts = current_user.contexts.reload #reload is called here to force an immediate load so that size and empty? checks later don't result in separate SQL queries
     init_not_done_counts(['context'])
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html &render_contexts_html