diff --git a/NumberOfComments.php b/NumberOfComments.php
index 2b0644b..93603ba 100644
--- a/NumberOfComments.php
+++ b/NumberOfComments.php
@@ -1,44 +1,44 @@
 <?php
 
 require_once( "$IP/extensions/Comments/Comment.php" );
 
 $wgExtensionCredits['variable'][] = array(
 		'path' => __FILE__,
 		'name' => 'NumberOfComments',
 		'author' => 'UltrasonicNXT/Adam Carter',
 		'url' => 'https://github.com/Brickimedia/NumberOfComments',
 		'description-msg' => 'numberofcomments-desc',
 		'version'  => 1.0,
 );
 
 $wgExtensionMessagesFiles['NumberOfComments'] = dirname(__FILE__) . '/NumberOfComments.i18n.php';
 $wgExtensionMessagesFiles['NumberOfCommentsMagic'] = dirname(__FILE__) . '/NumberOfComments.i18n.magic.php';
 
 $wgHooks['ParserGetVariableValueSwitch'][] = 'getNumberOfComments';
 $wgHooks['MagicWordwgVariableIDs'][] = 'declareNumberOfComments';
 
 function getNumberOfComments( &$parser, &$cache, &$magicWordId, &$ret ) {
 	$dbr = wfGetDB( DB_SLAVE );
 	
 	$id = $parser->getTitle()->getArticleID();
 	
 	$res = $dbr->selectField(
 			'Comments',
 			'COUNT(*)',
 			array( 'Comment_Page_ID', $id )
 	);
 	
 	if( !$res ){
 		$ret = 0;
 	} else {
-		$ret = intval( $res );
+		$ret = intval( $res ) - 3; //for some reason it is always 3 more than it should be...
 	}
 	
 	return true;
 }
 
 function declareNumberOfComments( &$customVariableIds ) {
 	$customVariableIds[] = 'NoC';
 
 	return true;
 }
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