diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/RequestController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/RequestController.php
index a0bf103c89..14d53b6d9b 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/RequestController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/RequestController.php
@@ -73,14 +73,17 @@ public function __construct(RequestFacetedRepository $faceted, ChatRepository $c
     public function requests(Request $request)
     {
         $user = $request->user();
+
         $requests = DB::table('requests')
             ->selectRaw('count(*) as total')
-            ->selectRaw("count(case when filled_by != null then 1 end) as filled")
-            ->selectRaw("count(case when filled_by = null then 1 end) as unfilled")
+            ->selectRaw('count(case when filled_by != null then 1 end) as filled')
+            ->selectRaw('count(case when filled_by = null then 1 end) as unfilled')
+            ->first();
+        $bounties = DB::table('requests')
+            ->selectRaw('coalesce(sum(bounty), 0) as total')
+            ->selectRaw('coalesce(sum(case when filled_by != null then 1 end), 0) as claimed')
+            ->selectRaw('coalesce(sum(case when filled_by = null then 1 end), 0) as unclaimed')
             ->first();
-        $total_bounty = TorrentRequest::all()->sum('bounty');
-        $claimed_bounty = TorrentRequest::whereNotNull('filled_by')->sum('bounty');
-        $unclaimed_bounty = TorrentRequest::whereNull('filled_by')->sum('bounty');
 
         $torrentRequests = TorrentRequest::with(['user', 'category', 'type'])->paginate(25);
         $repository = $this->faceted;
@@ -90,9 +93,7 @@ public function requests(Request $request)
             'repository'       => $repository,
             'user'             => $user,
             'requests'         => $requests,
-            'total_bounty'     => $total_bounty,
-            'claimed_bounty'   => $claimed_bounty,
-            'unclaimed_bounty' => $unclaimed_bounty,
+            'bounties'         => $bounties,
         ]);
     }
 
diff --git a/resources/views/requests/requests.blade.php b/resources/views/requests/requests.blade.php
index 252b75be4b..1e1cfb5183 100644
--- a/resources/views/requests/requests.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/requests/requests.blade.php
@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ class="form-horizontal form-condensed form-torrent-search form-bordered">
                     <strong>@lang('request.requests'):</strong> {{ $requests->total }} |
                     <strong>@lang('request.filled'):</strong> {{ $requests->filled }} |
                     <strong>@lang('request.unfilled'):</strong> {{ $requests->unfilled }} |
-                    <strong>@lang('request.total-bounty'):</strong> {{ $total_bounty }} @lang('bon.bon') |
-                    <strong>@lang('request.bounty-claimed'):</strong> {{ $claimed_bounty }} @lang('bon.bon') |
-                    <strong>@lang('request.bounty-unclaimed'):</strong> {{ $unclaimed_bounty }} @lang('bon.bon')
+                    <strong>@lang('request.total-bounty'):</strong> {{ $bounties->total }} @lang('bon.bon') |
+                    <strong>@lang('request.bounty-claimed'):</strong> {{ $bounties->claimed }} @lang('bon.bon') |
+                    <strong>@lang('request.bounty-unclaimed'):</strong> {{ $bounties->unclaimed }} @lang('bon.bon')
                 </span>
                 <a href="{{ route('add_request') }}" role="button" data-toggle="tooltip"
                     data-original-title="@lang('request.add-request')!" class="btn btn btn-success">