diff --git a/admin/judges_schedulerconfig_check.inc.php b/admin/judges_schedulerconfig_check.inc.php
index 68e34578..5a0001fd 100644
--- a/admin/judges_schedulerconfig_check.inc.php
+++ b/admin/judges_schedulerconfig_check.inc.php
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ function judges_scheduler_check_judges()
 	echo "Maximum number of judges acceptable: $maxjudges";
 	echo "<br />";
 
-	$jq=mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(judges.id) AS num FROM judges,judges_years WHERE complete='yes' AND judges_years.year='{$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;
 	echo "Current number of registered judges: $currentjudges";