diff --git a/app/views/projects/index.json.jbuilder b/app/views/projects/index.json.jbuilder
index 96ab89c0..874f6097 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/index.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/projects/index.json.jbuilder
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-json.total_count @total_count
+json.total_count @projects.total_count
 json.projects @projects do |project|
   # json.partial! "/projects/project_detail", project: project
   json.id project.id