diff --git a/nw/core/item.py b/nw/core/item.py
index 4dd9ddb9..0eb4ef26 100644
--- a/nw/core/item.py
+++ b/nw/core/item.py
@@ -53,10 +53,11 @@ class NWItem():
         self.isExported = True
 
         # Document Meta Data
-        self.charCount = 0
-        self.wordCount = 0
-        self.paraCount = 0
-        self.cursorPos = 0
+        self.charCount = 0 # Current character count
+        self.wordCount = 0 # Current word count
+        self.paraCount = 0 # Current paragraph count
+        self.initCount = 0 # Initial word count
+        self.cursorPos = 0 # Last cursor position
 
         return
 
@@ -274,4 +275,10 @@ class NWItem():
         self.cursorPos = checkInt(thePosition, 0)
         return
 
+    def saveInitialCount(self):
+        """Set the initial word count.
+        """
+        self.initCount = self.wordCount
+        return
+
 # END Class NWItem
diff --git a/nw/core/tree.py b/nw/core/tree.py
index beb5d2e3..e786a727 100644
--- a/nw/core/tree.py
+++ b/nw/core/tree.py
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ class NWTree():
             nwItem = NWItem(self.theProject)
             if nwItem.unpackXML(xItem):
                 self.append(nwItem.itemHandle, nwItem.parHandle, nwItem)
+                nwItem.saveInitialCount()
 
         return True
 
diff --git a/nw/gui/doceditor.py b/nw/gui/doceditor.py
index 4b74bb1b..e412d902 100644
--- a/nw/gui/doceditor.py
+++ b/nw/gui/doceditor.py
@@ -769,7 +769,6 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
         self.nwDocument.theItem.setWordCount(self.wordCount)
         self.nwDocument.theItem.setParaCount(self.paraCount)
 
-        self.theParent.statusBar.setCounts(self.charCount, self.wordCount, self.paraCount)
         self.theParent.treeView.propagateCount(self.theHandle, self.wordCount)
         self.theParent.treeView.projectWordCount()
         self.theParent.treeMeta.updateCounts(
@@ -1845,9 +1844,7 @@ class GuiDocEditFooter(QWidget):
         self.theProject = docEditor.theProject
         self.theTheme   = docEditor.theTheme
         self.optState   = docEditor.theProject.optState
-
-        self.theHandle = None
-        self.initWords = 0
+        self.theHandle  = None
 
         # Make a QPalette that matches the Syntax Theme
         self.thePalette = QPalette()
@@ -1927,15 +1924,7 @@ class GuiDocEditFooter(QWidget):
         """Set the handle that will populate the footer's data.
         """
         self.theHandle = tHandle
-
-        nwItem = self.theProject.projTree[self.theHandle]
-        if nwItem is None:
-            self.initWords = 0
-        else:
-            self.initWords = nwItem.wordCount
-
         self.updateInfo()
-
         return
 
     def updateInfo(self):
@@ -1947,9 +1936,8 @@ class GuiDocEditFooter(QWidget):
             sText  = ""
             wCount = 0
             wDiff  = 0
+
         else:
-            wCount = nwItem.wordCount
-            wDiff  = wCount - self.initWords
             iStatus = nwItem.itemStatus
             if nwItem.itemClass == nwItemClass.NOVEL:
                 iStatus = self.theProject.statusItems.checkEntry(iStatus)
@@ -1957,8 +1945,11 @@ class GuiDocEditFooter(QWidget):
             else:
                 iStatus = self.theProject.importItems.checkEntry(iStatus)
                 theIcon = self.theParent.importIcons[iStatus]
-            sIcon = theIcon.pixmap(self.sPx, self.sPx)
-            sText = nwItem.itemStatus
+
+            sIcon  = theIcon.pixmap(self.sPx, self.sPx)
+            sText  = nwItem.itemStatus
+            wCount = nwItem.wordCount
+            wDiff  = wCount - nwItem.initCount
 
         self.statusIcon.setPixmap(sIcon)
         self.statusText.setText(sText)
diff --git a/nw/gui/statusbar.py b/nw/gui/statusbar.py
index c851a218..040125aa 100644
--- a/nw/gui/statusbar.py
+++ b/nw/gui/statusbar.py
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ class GuiMainStatus(QStatusBar):
         self.theTheme  = theParent.theTheme
         self.refTime   = None
 
-        self.charCount = 0
-        self.wordCount = 0
-        self.paraCount = 0
         self.projWords = 0
         self.sessWords = 0
 
@@ -134,7 +131,6 @@ class GuiMainStatus(QStatusBar):
         """
         self.setRefTime(None)
         self.setStats(0, 0)
-        self.setCounts(0, 0, 0)
         self.setProjectStatus(None)
         self.setDocumentStatus(None)
         self._updateTime()
@@ -186,15 +182,6 @@ class GuiMainStatus(QStatusBar):
         self._updateStats()
         return
 
-    def setCounts(self, cC, wC, pC):
-        """Set the current document statistics.
-        """
-        self.charCount = cC
-        self.wordCount = wC
-        self.paraCount = pC
-        self._updateStats()
-        return
-
     ##
     #  Internal Functions
     ##
@@ -203,12 +190,11 @@ class GuiMainStatus(QStatusBar):
         """Update statistics.
         """
         self.statsText.setToolTip(
-            "D: Document word count<br>P: Project word count (session change)"
+            "Project word count (session change)"
         )
         self.statsText.setText((
-            "D:{wC:n}  P:{pWC:n} ({sWC:+n})"
+            "Words: {pWC:n} ({sWC:+n})"
         ).format(
-            wC  = self.wordCount,
             pWC = self.projWords,
             sWC = self.sessWords,
         ))