diff --git a/src/scenes.js b/src/scenes.js
index a483f81..0a28feb 100644
--- a/src/scenes.js
+++ b/src/scenes.js
@@ -405,7 +405,8 @@ function curateOptions(options) {
 	};
 }
 
-function curateFacet(results, field, count = 'count(distinct id)') {
+// function curateFacet(results, field, count = 'count(distinct id)') {
+function curateFacet(results, field, count = 'count(*)') {
 	return results
 		.find((result) => result.columns[0][field] && result.columns[1][count])
 		?.data.map((row) => ({ key: row[field], doc_count: row[count] }))
@@ -477,6 +478,7 @@ async function queryManticoreSql(filters, options, _reqUser) {
 				}
 
 				if (filters.query) {
+					// we exclude title because we have a curated title_filtered field for more effective results
 					builder.whereRaw('match(\'@!title :query:\', scenes)', { query: escape(filters.query) });
 				}
 
@@ -577,16 +579,16 @@ async function queryManticoreSql(filters, options, _reqUser) {
 			.offset((options.page - 1) * options.limit),
 		// option threads=1 fixes actors, but drastically slows down performance, wait for fix
 		yearsFacet: options.aggregateYears ? knex.raw('facet effective_year as years_facet order by effective_year desc limit ?', [aggSize]) : null,
-		actorsFacet: options.aggregateActors ? knex.raw('facet scenes.actor_ids as actors_facet distinct id order by count(distinct id) desc limit ?', [aggSize]) : null,
+		actorsFacet: options.aggregateActors ? knex.raw('facet scenes.actor_ids as actors_facet distinct id order by count(*) desc limit ?', [aggSize]) : null,
 		// don't facet tags associated to other actors, actor ID 0 means global
-		tagsFacet: options.aggregateTags ? knex.raw('facet scenes.tag_ids as tags_facet order by count(distinct id) desc limit ?', [aggSize]) : null,
+		tagsFacet: options.aggregateTags ? knex.raw('facet scenes.tag_ids as tags_facet order by count(*) desc limit ?', [aggSize]) : null,
 		/*
 		actorTagsFacet: options.aggregateTags && !filters.stashId // eslint-disable-line no-nested-ternary
-			? knex.raw(`facet IF(IN(scenes_tags.actor_id, ${[0, ...filters?.actorIds || []]}), scenes_tags.tag_id, 0) as actor_tags_facet distinct id order by count(distinct id) desc limit ?`, [aggSize])
+			? knex.raw(`facet IF(IN(scenes_tags.actor_id, ${[0, ...filters?.actorIds || []]}), scenes_tags.tag_id, 0) as actor_tags_facet distinct id order by count(*) desc limit ?`, [aggSize])
 			: null,
 		*/
-		channelsFacet: options.aggregateChannels ? knex.raw('facet scenes.channel_id as channels_facet distinct id order by count(distinct id) desc limit ?', [aggSize]) : null,
-		studiosFacet: options.aggregateChannels ? knex.raw('facet scenes.studio_id as studios_facet distinct id order by count(distinct id) desc limit ?', [aggSize]) : null,
+		channelsFacet: options.aggregateChannels ? knex.raw('facet scenes.channel_id as channels_facet distinct id order by count(*) desc limit ?', [aggSize]) : null,
+		studiosFacet: options.aggregateChannels ? knex.raw('facet scenes.studio_id as studios_facet distinct id order by count(*) desc limit ?', [aggSize]) : null,
 		maxMatches: config.database.manticore.maxMatches,
 		maxQueryTime: config.database.manticore.maxQueryTime,
 	}).toString();
@@ -609,7 +611,8 @@ async function queryManticoreSql(filters, options, _reqUser) {
 	const years = curateFacet(results, 'years_facet', 'count(*)');
 	const actorIds = curateFacet(results, 'actors_facet');
 	const tagIds = curateFacet(results, 'tags_facet');
-	const actorTagIds = curateFacet(results, 'actor_tags_facet');
+	// const actorTagIds = curateFacet(results, 'actor_tags_facet');
+	const actorTagIds = [];
 	const channelIds = curateFacet(results, 'channels_facet');
 	const studioIds = curateFacet(results, 'studios_facet');
 
diff --git a/static b/static
index cc66e52..258250e 160000
--- a/static
+++ b/static
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit cc66e52e24735014c502ff5bccb3c173c7e69cb8
+Subproject commit 258250e8c01a14cac5525d74b12b7b3563141a82