diff --git a/src/app/models/category.model.ts b/src/app/models/category.model.ts
index 230096f..7f14975 100644
--- a/src/app/models/category.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/models/category.model.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ export interface Category {
   parentID: number;
   icon?: string;
   wideBanner?: string;
+  itemCount?: number;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/pages/home/home.component.ts b/src/app/pages/home/home.component.ts
index 5042ce6..d16165b 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/home/home.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/home/home.component.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { Component, OnInit, signal, computed, ChangeDetectionStrategy } from '@angular/core';
 import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
 import { Router, RouterLink } from '@angular/router';
-import { forkJoin } from 'rxjs';
 import { ApiService } from '../../services';
 import { Category } from '../../models';
 import { environment } from '../../../environments/environment';
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ export class HomeComponent implements OnInit {
   brandName = environment.brandFullName;
   isnovo = environment.theme === 'novo';
   categories = signal<Category[]>([]);
-  itemCounts = signal<Map<number, number>>(new Map());
   wideCategories = signal<Set<number>>(new Set());
   loading = signal(true);
   error = signal<string | null>(null);
@@ -55,7 +53,6 @@ export class HomeComponent implements OnInit {
       next: (categories) => {
         this.categories.set(categories);
         this.loading.set(false);
-        this.loadItemCounts();
         this.detectWideImages(categories);
       },
       error: (err) => {
@@ -66,29 +63,9 @@ export class HomeComponent implements OnInit {
     });
   }
 
-  private loadItemCounts(): void {
-    const topLevel = this.topLevelCategories();
-    if (topLevel.length === 0) return;
-
-    const requests: Record<string, ReturnType<ApiService['getCategoryItems']>> = {};
-    topLevel.forEach(cat => {
-      requests[cat.categoryID.toString()] = this.apiService.getCategoryItems(cat.categoryID, 1000);
-    });
-
-    forkJoin(requests).subscribe({
-      next: (results) => {
-        const counts = new Map<number, number>();
-        Object.entries(results).forEach(([id, items]) => {
-          counts.set(Number(id), items.length);
-        });
-        this.itemCounts.set(counts);
-      },
-      error: (err) => console.error('Error loading item counts:', err)
-    });
-  }
-
   getItemCount(categoryID: number): number {
-    return this.itemCounts().get(categoryID) || 0;
+    const cat = this.categories().find(c => c.categoryID === categoryID);
+    return cat?.itemCount || 0;
   }
 
   getTopLevelCategories(): Category[] {