diff --git a/application/controllers/Dashboard.php b/application/controllers/Dashboard.php
index d731ef1ba..0aa889fa2 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Dashboard.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Dashboard.php
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ class Dashboard extends CI_Controller {
 		$data['qrz_sent_today'] = $QSLStatsBreakdownArray['QRZ_Sent_today'];
 		$data['qrz_rcvd_today'] = $QSLStatsBreakdownArray['QRZ_Received_today'];
 
-		$last_qso_count = $this->session->userdata('dashboard_last_qso_count');
+		$data['last_qso_count'] = empty($this->session->userdata('dashboard_last_qso_count')) ? DASHBOARD_DEFAULT_QSOS_COUNT : $this->session->userdata('dashboard_last_qso_count');
 		$data['last_qsos_list'] = $this->logbook_model->get_last_qsos(
-			$last_qso_count == '' ? DASHBOARD_DEFAULT_QSOS_COUNT : $last_qso_count, 
-			$logbooks_locations_array,
+			$data['last_qso_count'],
+			$logbooks_locations_array
 		);
 
 		$data['vucc'] = $this->vucc->fetchVuccSummary();
diff --git a/application/views/dashboard/index.php b/application/views/dashboard/index.php
index 2e34bb847..83f38eade 100644
--- a/application/views/dashboard/index.php
+++ b/application/views/dashboard/index.php
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ function getDistance($distance) {
 		</table>
 	</div>
 	<small class="mb-3 me-2" style="float: right;">
-		<?= sprintf(_ngettext("Max. %d previous contact is shown", "Max. %d previous contacts are shown", intval($this->session->userdata('dashboard_last_qso_count'))), intval($this->session->userdata('dashboard_last_qso_count'))); ?>
+		<?= sprintf(_ngettext("Max. %d previous contact is shown", "Max. %d previous contacts are shown", intval($last_qso_count)), intval($last_qso_count)); ?>
 	</small>
   </div>