diff --git a/js/ditto.js b/js/ditto.js
index eb7f13c..0313525 100644
--- a/js/ditto.js
+++ b/js/ditto.js
@@ -355,6 +355,9 @@ function router() {
 
   // otherwise get the markdown and render it
   var loading = show_loading();
+
+  statistics();
+
   $.get(path, function(data) {
     $(ditto.error_id).hide();
     $(ditto.content_id).html(marked(data) + disqusCode);
@@ -423,8 +426,6 @@ function router() {
       $('#pagedown').css('display', 'inline-block');
     }
 
-    statistics();
-
     (function() {
       var $w = $(window);
       var $prog2 = $('.progress-indicator-2');