diff --git a/database/operations.py b/database/operations.py
index 122d23f..fcf009a 100644
--- a/database/operations.py
+++ b/database/operations.py
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ class PromptDatabase:
         """
         with self.model.get_connection() as conn:
             cursor = conn.execute(
-                "SELECT DISTINCT category FROM prompts WHERE category IS NOT NULL ORDER BY category"
+                "SELECT DISTINCT TRIM(category) as category FROM prompts WHERE category IS NOT NULL AND TRIM(category) != '' ORDER BY category"
             )
             return [row['category'] for row in cursor.fetchall()]
     
diff --git a/py/api.py b/py/api.py
index ae49e8d..02cfb25 100644
--- a/py/api.py
+++ b/py/api.py
@@ -168,9 +168,6 @@ class PromptManagerAPI:
         async def save_settings_route(request):
             return await self.save_settings(request)
 
-        @routes.get("/prompt_manager/stats")
-        async def get_statistics_route(request):
-            return await self.get_statistics(request)
 
         # Individual prompt management
         @routes.put("/prompt_manager/prompts/{prompt_id}")
@@ -557,7 +554,7 @@ class PromptManagerAPI:
                 total_prompts = cursor.fetchone()["total"]
 
                 cursor = conn.execute(
-                    "SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT category) as total FROM prompts WHERE category IS NOT NULL"
+                    "SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT TRIM(category)) as total FROM prompts WHERE category IS NOT NULL AND TRIM(category) != ''"
                 )
                 total_categories = cursor.fetchone()["total"]
 
@@ -577,16 +574,36 @@ class PromptManagerAPI:
                     except:
                         continue
 
+                # Get all categories for debugging (including raw data)
+                cursor = conn.execute(
+                    "SELECT DISTINCT category FROM prompts WHERE category IS NOT NULL ORDER BY category"
+                )
+                raw_categories = [row['category'] for row in cursor.fetchall()]
+                
+                cursor = conn.execute(
+                    "SELECT DISTINCT TRIM(category) as category FROM prompts WHERE category IS NOT NULL AND TRIM(category) != '' ORDER BY category"
+                )
+                filtered_categories = [row['category'] for row in cursor.fetchall()]
+                
+                # Debug logging with detailed category info
+                self.logger.debug(f"Statistics calculated - Prompts: {total_prompts}, Categories: {total_categories}, Tags: {len(all_tags)}, Avg Rating: {avg_rating}")
+                self.logger.debug(f"Raw categories from DB: {[(cat, len(cat), repr(cat)) for cat in raw_categories]}")
+                self.logger.debug(f"Filtered categories: {[(cat, len(cat), repr(cat)) for cat in filtered_categories]}")
+
                 return web.json_response(
                     {
                         "success": True,
                         "stats": {
                             "total_prompts": total_prompts,
-                            "unique_categories": total_categories,
+                            "total_categories": total_categories,
+                            "unique_categories": total_categories,  # Keep both for compatibility
                             "total_tags": len(all_tags),
                             "average_rating": (
                                 round(avg_rating, 2) if avg_rating else None
                             ),
+                            "avg_rating": (
+                                round(avg_rating, 2) if avg_rating else None
+                            ),  # Keep both for compatibility
                             "recent_prompts": total_prompts,  # For now, use total as recent count
                         },
                     }
diff --git a/web/admin.html b/web/admin.html
index e0ade2d..3c8fbda 100644
--- a/web/admin.html
+++ b/web/admin.html
@@ -1022,8 +1022,9 @@
                 // This prevents overwriting the correct total counts from the API
                 const currentTotal = document.getElementById("totalPrompts").textContent;
                 
-                // Only update if the current total is still the default "-" or if we have more prompts locally than the API count
-                if (currentTotal === "-" || (this.prompts.length > parseInt(currentTotal) && this.prompts.length > 0)) {
+                // Only update if the current total is still the default "-"
+                if (currentTotal === "-") {
+                    // Show local counts as fallback only when API hasn't loaded yet
                     document.getElementById("totalPrompts").textContent = this.prompts.length;
                     
                     const uniqueCategories = new Set(this.prompts.map(p => p.category).filter(Boolean));
@@ -1062,7 +1063,6 @@
                         if (data.success) {
                             this.prompts = data.results;
                             this.renderPrompts();
-                            this.updateLocalStats();
                             document.getElementById("resultsTitle").textContent = "Search Results";
                         }
                     }
@@ -1335,6 +1335,8 @@
 
                     if (response.ok) {
                         this.showNotification("Tag added", "success");
+                        // Refresh both stats and results
+                        await this.loadStatistics();
                         this.search();
                     }
                 } catch (error) {
@@ -1352,6 +1354,8 @@
 
                     if (response.ok) {
                         this.showNotification("Tag removed", "success");
+                        // Refresh both stats and results
+                        await this.loadStatistics();
                         this.search();
                     }
                 } catch (error) {
@@ -1459,6 +1463,8 @@
                     if (response.ok) {
                         this.showNotification(`Tags added to ${this.selectedPrompts.size} prompts`, "success");
                         this.hideModal("bulkTagModal");
+                        // Refresh both stats and results
+                        await this.loadStatistics();
                         this.search();
                     }
                 } catch (error) {
@@ -1483,6 +1489,8 @@
                     if (response.ok) {
                         this.showNotification(`Category set for ${this.selectedPrompts.size} prompts`, "success");
                         this.hideModal("bulkCategoryModal");
+                        // Refresh both stats and results
+                        await this.loadStatistics();
                         this.search();
                     }
                 } catch (error) {