diff --git a/tracks/app/controllers/contexts_controller.rb b/tracks/app/controllers/contexts_controller.rb
index b0582cef..bf3c4dce 100644
--- a/tracks/app/controllers/contexts_controller.rb
+++ b/tracks/app/controllers/contexts_controller.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ class ContextsController < ApplicationController
     @saved = @context.save
     @context_not_done_counts = { @context.id => 0 }
     respond_to do |format|
-      format.js
+      format.js do
+        @down_count = current_user.contexts.size
+      end
       format.xml do
         if @context.new_record? && params_are_invalid
           render_failure "Expected post format is valid xml like so: <request><context><name>context name</name></context></request>.", 400
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ class ContextsController < ApplicationController
   def destroy
     @context.destroy
     respond_to do |format|
-      format.js
+      format.js { @down_count = current_user.contexts.size }
       format.xml { render :text => "Deleted context #{@context.name}" }
     end
   end
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@ class ContextsController < ApplicationController
       lambda do
         @page_title = "TRACKS::List Contexts"
         @no_contexts = @contexts.empty?
+        @count = @contexts.size
         render
       end
     end
diff --git a/tracks/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/tracks/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index ca344995..6efdfb50 100644
--- a/tracks/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/tracks/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
     @active_projects_count = current_user.projects.count(:conditions => "state = 'active'")
     @contexts = current_user.contexts
     respond_to do |format|
-      format.js
+      format.js { @down_count = current_user.projects.size }
       format.xml do
         if @project.new_record? && params_are_invalid
           render_failure "Expected post format is valid xml like so: <request><project><name>project name</name></project></request>."
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
     @hidden_projects_count = current_user.projects.count(:conditions => "state = 'hidden'")
     @completed_projects_count = current_user.projects.count(:conditions => "state = 'completed'")
     respond_to do |format|
-      format.js
+      format.js { @down_count = current_user.projects.size }
       format.xml { render :text => "Deleted project #{@project.name}" }
     end
   end
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
       lambda do
         init_project_hidden_todo_counts(['project'])
         @page_title = "TRACKS::List Projects"
+        @count = current_user.projects.size 
         @active_projects = @projects.select{ |p| p.active? }
         @hidden_projects = @projects.select{ |p| p.hidden? }
         @completed_projects = @projects.select{ |p| p.completed? }
diff --git a/tracks/app/views/contexts/create.rjs b/tracks/app/views/contexts/create.rjs
index 2948bde0..89ee5d93 100644
--- a/tracks/app/views/contexts/create.rjs
+++ b/tracks/app/views/contexts/create.rjs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ if @saved
   page.insert_html :bottom, "list-contexts", :partial => 'context_listing', :locals => { :context_listing => @context }
   page.sortable "list-contexts", get_listing_sortable_options
   page.hide 'status'
+  page['badge_count'].replace_html @down_count
   page.call "Form.reset", "context-form"
   page.call "Form.focusFirstElement", "context-form"
 else
diff --git a/tracks/app/views/contexts/destroy.rjs b/tracks/app/views/contexts/destroy.rjs
index fddfde29..6eb86848 100644
--- a/tracks/app/views/contexts/destroy.rjs
+++ b/tracks/app/views/contexts/destroy.rjs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 page.visual_effect :fade, dom_id(@context, "container"), :duration => 0.5
 page.delay(0.5) do
- page[dom_id(@context, "container")].remove
+  page[dom_id(@context, "container")].remove
 end
+page['badge_count'].replace_html @down_count
 page.notify :notice, "Deleted context '#{@context.name}'", 5.0
diff --git a/tracks/app/views/projects/create.rjs b/tracks/app/views/projects/create.rjs
index d2f81bab..86bbb49b 100644
--- a/tracks/app/views/projects/create.rjs
+++ b/tracks/app/views/projects/create.rjs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ if @saved and @go_to_project
   page.redirect_to project_path(@project)
 elsif @saved
   page.hide 'status'
+  page['badge_count'].replace_html @down_count
   page.hide 'projects-empty-nd'
   page.show 'list-active-projects-container'
   page.replace_html "active-projects-count", @active_projects_count
diff --git a/tracks/app/views/projects/destroy.rjs b/tracks/app/views/projects/destroy.rjs
index c7cf9838..18e22540 100644
--- a/tracks/app/views/projects/destroy.rjs
+++ b/tracks/app/views/projects/destroy.rjs
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 page.visual_effect :fade, dom_id(@project, "container"), :duration => 0.5
 page.delay(0.5) do
- page[dom_id(@project, "container")].remove
- page.replace_html "active-projects-count", @active_projects_count
- page.replace_html "hidden-projects-count", @hidden_projects_count
- page.replace_html "completed-projects-count", @completed_projects_count
- page.set_element_visible ("list-hidden-projects-container", @hidden_projects_count > 0)
- page.set_element_visible ("list-active-projects-container", @active_projects_count > 0)
- page.set_element_visible ("list-completed-projects-container", @completed_projects_count > 0)
+  page[dom_id(@project, "container")].remove
+  page.replace_html "active-projects-count", @active_projects_count
+  page.replace_html "hidden-projects-count", @hidden_projects_count
+  page.replace_html "completed-projects-count", @completed_projects_count
+  page.set_element_visible("list-hidden-projects-container", @hidden_projects_count > 0)
+  page.set_element_visible("list-active-projects-container", @active_projects_count > 0)
+  page.set_element_visible("list-completed-projects-container", @completed_projects_count > 0)
 end
 page.notify :notice, "Deleted project '#{@project.name}'", 5.0
+page['badge_count'].replace_html @down_count
 page.hide "busy"