diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/API.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/API.pm
index c4915409..5a67b39c 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/API.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Controller/API.pm
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ sub nrbuilds : Chained('api') PathPart('nrbuilds') Args(0) {
     $base = 60*60 if($period eq "hour");
     $base = 24*60*60 if($period eq "day");
     
-    my @stats = $c->model('DB::Builds')->search($filter, {select => ["count(*)"], as => ["nr"], group_by => ["timestamp - timestamp % $base"], order_by => "timestamp - timestamp % $base DESC", rows => $nr}) ;
+    my @stats = $c->model('DB::Builds')->search($filter, {select => [{ count => "*" }], as => ["nr"], group_by => ["timestamp - timestamp % $base"], order_by => "timestamp - timestamp % $base DESC", rows => $nr}) ;
     my @arr ;
     foreach my $d (@stats) {
 	  push @arr, int($d->get_column("nr"));