diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/BotConfig.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/BotConfig.cs
index 19d9316d..8172d8a5 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/BotConfig.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/BotConfig.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ public class BotConfig
 
     public record ClusterSettings
     {
+        // this is zero-indexed
         public string NodeName { get; set; }
         public int TotalShards { get; set; }
         public int TotalNodes { get; set; }
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Misc.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Misc.cs
index fa618f7a..aecc3d4d 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Misc.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Misc.cs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class Misc
         var now = SystemClock.Instance.GetCurrentInstant().ToUnixTimeSeconds();
         var shardUptime = Duration.FromSeconds(now - shardInfo?.LastConnection ?? 0);
 
-        var shardTotal = shards.Count();
+        var shardTotal = _botConfig.Cluster?.TotalShards ?? shards.Count();
         int shardClusterTotal = ctx.Cluster.Shards.Count;
         var shardUpTotal = shards.Where(x => x.Up).Count();