diff --git a/handler_test.go b/handler_test.go
index ba65042..bfe2e39 100644
--- a/handler_test.go
+++ b/handler_test.go
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ func TestCountHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("CountHandler.Handle(file, TranslationContext.Count=3) = %q, want %q", got, "3 files")
 	}
 
+	got = h.Handle("i18n.count.file", []any{C("file")}, nil)
+	if got != "1 file" {
+		t.Errorf("CountHandler.Handle(file, TranslationContext default count) = %q, want %q", got, "1 file")
+	}
+
 	got = h.Handle("i18n.count.", nil, func() string { return "fallback" })
 	if got != "fallback" {
 		t.Errorf("CountHandler.Handle(empty) = %q, want %q", got, "fallback")
diff --git a/transform.go b/transform.go
index 22fb3d0..173a970 100644
--- a/transform.go
+++ b/transform.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func getCount(data any) int {
 				return toInt(c)
 			}
 		}
-		return 0
+		return d.count
 	case map[string]any:
 		if c, ok := d["Count"]; ok {
 			return toInt(c)
diff --git a/transform_test.go b/transform_test.go
index 15d1cc5..9bed6d8 100644
--- a/transform_test.go
+++ b/transform_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ func TestGetCount_Good(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestGetCount_Good_TranslationContextDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := C("test")
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, getCount(ctx))
+}
+
+func TestGetCount_Good_TranslationContextExtraCount(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := C("test").Set("Count", 3)
+	assert.Equal(t, 3, getCount(ctx))
+}
+
 // --- toInt ---
 
 func TestToInt_Good(t *testing.T) {