diff --git a/recipes.lua b/recipes.lua
index 5aa37ea..556bc7f 100644
--- a/recipes.lua
+++ b/recipes.lua
@@ -88,10 +88,12 @@ function AA.RecipeList(c, prof, mode, sort)
   return out
 end
 
--- number of known / missing recipes (nil when the recipe list was never scanned or no data exists)
+-- number of known recipes and (when the bundled database covers the profession) missing ones;
+-- nil when the recipe list was never scanned. Professions without a database (e.g. Poisons) give known, nil.
 function AA.RecipeCounts(c, prof)
   local pr = c and c.prof and c.prof[prof]
-  if not pr or not pr.rec or not AA.RDATA[prof] then return nil end
+  if not pr or not pr.rec then return nil end
+  if not AA.RDATA[prof] then return table.getn(pr.rec), nil end
   local miss = table.getn(AA.RecipeList(c, prof, "missing", "name"))
   return table.getn(pr.rec), miss
 end