diff --git a/app/models/Asset.php b/app/models/Asset.php
index 685fc2f4a6..f45e1bc626 100644
--- a/app/models/Asset.php
+++ b/app/models/Asset.php
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ class Asset extends Elegant {
 	*/
 	 public static function assetcount()
 	{
-		return Asset::where('physical', '==', 1)->count();
+		return DB::table('assets')
+
+                    ->where('physical', '=', '1')
+                    ->whereNull('deleted_at','and')
+                    ->count();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -87,9 +91,13 @@ class Asset extends Elegant {
 	*/
 	 public static function availassetcount()
 	{
-		return Asset::where('assigned_to', '==', 0)->count();
+		return DB::table('assets')
+                    ->where('physical', '=', '1')
+                    ->where('assigned_to', '=', '0')
+                    ->whereNull('deleted_at','and')
+                    ->count();
+
 	}
 
 
-
 }
diff --git a/app/models/License.php b/app/models/License.php
index f615c7bd2a..85325e3f57 100644
--- a/app/models/License.php
+++ b/app/models/License.php
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ class License extends Elegant {
 	*/
 	 public static function assetcount()
 	{
-		return Asset::where('physical', '==', 1)->count();
+		return DB::table('assets')
+                    ->where('physical', '=', '0')
+                    ->whereNull('deleted_at','and')
+                    ->count();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -58,7 +61,12 @@ class License extends Elegant {
 	*/
 	 public static function availassetcount()
 	{
-		return Asset::where('assigned_to', '==', 0)->count();
+		return DB::table('assets')
+                    ->where('physical', '=', '0')
+                    ->where('assigned_to', '=', '0')
+                    ->whereNull('deleted_at','and')
+                    ->count();
+
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/app/views/backend/layouts/default.blade.php b/app/views/backend/layouts/default.blade.php
index b93797707f..1fe9904eb7 100755
--- a/app/views/backend/layouts/default.blade.php
+++ b/app/views/backend/layouts/default.blade.php
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
                     <div class="span3 stat">
                         <div class="data">
                             <span class="number">{{ number_format(License::assetcount()) }}</span>
-                            licenses
+                            total licenses
                         </div>
 						<span class="date">(placeholder)</span>
                     </div>
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
                     <div class="span3 stat last">
                         <div class="data">
                             <span class="number">{{ number_format(License::availassetcount()) }}</span>
-                            people
+                            licenses available
                         </div>
                         <span class="date">(placeholder)</span>
                     </div>