diff --git a/hbd b/hbd
index b46cdbe..bfa2ef6 100755
--- a/hbd
+++ b/hbd
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ SMTPSERVER = "localhost"
 
 msgs = []
 
-num = 0
 #AEW upcount = 0
 PORT = 50003
 TPORT = 50004
diff --git a/hbdclass.py b/hbdclass.py
index a53b4f3..9cc0085 100644
--- a/hbdclass.py
+++ b/hbdclass.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import json
 hosts = {}
 # map of addrs to names
 htab = {}
+num = 0
 
 
 def isIPv4(addr):