diff --git a/backend/internal/web/admin_overview.go b/backend/internal/web/admin_overview.go
index 06a4304..1851a17 100644
--- a/backend/internal/web/admin_overview.go
+++ b/backend/internal/web/admin_overview.go
@@ -98,11 +98,7 @@ func (h *Handler) overviewView() (overviewView, error) {
 	// "hygiene" figure.
 	hygiene := make([]fig, 0, len(seriesFilterOrder)-1)
 	for _, name := range seriesFilterOrder[1:] {
-		hygiene = append(hygiene, fig{
-			Label: seriesFilterLabels[name],
-			Href:  zeroHref(totals[name], seriesListHref(name, "", "", 0)),
-			Count: totals[name],
-		})
+		hygiene = append(hygiene, door(seriesFilterLabels[name], totals[name], seriesListHref(name, "", "", 0)))
 	}
 	view.Hygiene = hygiene
 
@@ -112,10 +108,10 @@ func (h *Handler) overviewView() (overviewView, error) {
 		novel += sh.Novel
 	}
 	view.Library = []fig{
-		{Label: "Series", Href: zeroHref(totals[store.SeriesFilterAll], seriesListHref("", "", "", 0)), Count: totals[store.SeriesFilterAll]},
-		{Label: "Manga", Href: zeroHref(manga, seriesListHref("", "", store.KindManga, 0)), Count: manga},
-		{Label: "Novels", Href: zeroHref(novel, seriesListHref("", "", store.KindNovel, 0)), Count: novel},
-		{Label: "Readers", Href: zeroHref(len(readers), "/admin/readers"), Count: len(readers)},
+		door("Series", totals[store.SeriesFilterAll], seriesListHref("", "", "", 0)),
+		door("Manga", manga, seriesListHref("", "", store.KindManga, 0)),
+		door("Novels", novel, seriesListHref("", "", store.KindNovel, 0)),
+		door("Readers", len(readers), "/admin/readers"),
 	}
 
 	// One row per Site with any Series, from the All shapes; the hygiene
@@ -139,10 +135,10 @@ func (h *Handler) overviewView() (overviewView, error) {
 			Site:     sh.Site,
 			SiteHref: seriesListHref("", sh.Site, "", 0),
 			Figs: []fig{
-				{Count: sh.Total, Href: zeroHref(sh.Total, seriesListHref("", sh.Site, "", 0))},
-				{Count: siteCounts[store.SeriesFilterNoCover][sh.Site], Href: zeroHref(siteCounts[store.SeriesFilterNoCover][sh.Site], seriesListHref(store.SeriesFilterNoCover, sh.Site, "", 0))},
-				{Count: siteCounts[store.SeriesFilterNeverChecked][sh.Site], Href: zeroHref(siteCounts[store.SeriesFilterNeverChecked][sh.Site], seriesListHref(store.SeriesFilterNeverChecked, sh.Site, "", 0))},
-				{Count: siteCounts[store.SeriesFilterStale][sh.Site], Href: zeroHref(siteCounts[store.SeriesFilterStale][sh.Site], seriesListHref(store.SeriesFilterStale, sh.Site, "", 0))},
+				door("", sh.Total, seriesListHref("", sh.Site, "", 0)),
+				door("", siteCounts[store.SeriesFilterNoCover][sh.Site], seriesListHref(store.SeriesFilterNoCover, sh.Site, "", 0)),
+				door("", siteCounts[store.SeriesFilterNeverChecked][sh.Site], seriesListHref(store.SeriesFilterNeverChecked, sh.Site, "", 0)),
+				door("", siteCounts[store.SeriesFilterStale][sh.Site], seriesListHref(store.SeriesFilterStale, sh.Site, "", 0)),
 			},
 		}
 		if p, ok := passBySite[sh.Site]; ok {
@@ -155,13 +151,15 @@ func (h *Handler) overviewView() (overviewView, error) {
 	return view, nil
 }
 
-// zeroHref is the zero rule: a measured zero keeps its figure but loses its
-// door, because following the link lands on an empty list.
-func zeroHref(count int, href string) string {
+// door is one figure with its door: the list that counts it. A measured zero
+// is still a real figure, but the door closes — following it would land on an
+// empty list. The count is written once so the figure and what it links to
+// cannot drift apart.
+func door(label string, count int, href string) fig {
 	if count == 0 {
-		return ""
+		href = ""
 	}
-	return href
+	return fig{Label: label, Href: href, Count: count}
 }
 
 // overviewVerdict decides the landing page's one line from the latest pass
diff --git a/backend/internal/web/templates/overview.html b/backend/internal/web/templates/overview.html
index 29dadb5..701772d 100644
--- a/backend/internal/web/templates/overview.html
+++ b/backend/internal/web/templates/overview.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
      figures link, what a Lane's state means — is made in Go; this template
      only prints. */}}
 {{define "overview"}}
-<p class="verdict"><span class="attn">{{.Verdict}}</span>{{if .HasCounts}}<span class="counts">· <b>{{.Waiting}}</b> series waiting · <b>{{.Unchecked}}</b> unchecked over 12h</span>{{end}}</p>
+<p class="verdict"><span class="attn">{{.Verdict}}</span> {{if .HasCounts}}<span class="counts">· <b>{{.Waiting}}</b> series waiting · <b>{{.Unchecked}}</b> unchecked over 12h</span>{{end}}</p>
 <h2 class="sec">Hygiene</h2>
 <div class="stats">{{range .Hygiene}}<div class="stat"><span class="lbl">{{.Label}}</span>{{if .Href}}<a class="fig" href="{{.Href}}">{{.Count}}</a>{{else}}<span class="fig zero">{{.Count}}</span>{{end}}</div>{{end}}</div>
 <h2 class="sec">Library</h2>