diff --git a/admin/judges_schedulerconfig_check.inc.php b/admin/judges_schedulerconfig_check.inc.php
index 6daac02f..3b03f0d0 100644
--- a/admin/judges_schedulerconfig_check.inc.php
+++ b/admin/judges_schedulerconfig_check.inc.php
@@ -139,9 +139,12 @@ function judges_scheduler_check_judges()
 	echo "Maximum number of judges acceptable: $maxjudges";
 	echo "<br />";
 
-	$jq=mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(judges.id) AS num FROM judges,judges_years WHERE complete='yes' AND deleted='no' AND judges_years.year='{$config['FAIRYEAR']}' AND judges_years.judges_id=judges.id");
+/*	$jq=mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(judges.id) AS num FROM judges,judges_years WHERE complete='yes' AND deleted='no' AND judges_years.year='{$config['FAIRYEAR']}' AND judges_years.judges_id=judges.id");
 	$jr=mysql_fetch_object($jq);
-	$currentjudges=$jr->num;
+	$currentjudges=$jr->num;*/
+	/* FIXME: this his highly inefficient :), but won't be done very often */
+	$judges = judges_load_all();
+	$currentjudges = count($judges);
 	echo "Current number of registered judges: $currentjudges";
 	echo "<br />";
 	echo "<br />";