diff --git a/app/controllers/project_categories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/project_categories_controller.rb
index c6c2cd21..714089e7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/project_categories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/project_categories_controller.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ class ProjectCategoriesController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def group_list
-    @project_categories = ProjectCategory.where('projects_count > 0').order(projects_count: :desc)
+    # @project_categories = ProjectCategory.where('projects_count > 0').order(projects_count: :desc)
+    @project_categories = ProjectCategory.eager_load(:projects)
+        .where(projects: {is_public: true})
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/project_categories/group_list.json.jbuilder b/app/views/project_categories/group_list.json.jbuilder
index f13d6ecf..8d5a9231 100644
--- a/app/views/project_categories/group_list.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/project_categories/group_list.json.jbuilder
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 json.array! @project_categories do |category|
   json.id category.id
   json.name category.name
-  json.projects_count category.projects_count
+  # json.projects_count category.projects_count
+  json.projects_count category.projects.size
 end