diff --git a/src/database/queries/ChapterQueries.ts b/src/database/queries/ChapterQueries.ts
index 1bc04835..981ad26b 100644
--- a/src/database/queries/ChapterQueries.ts
+++ b/src/database/queries/ChapterQueries.ts
@@ -395,10 +395,18 @@ export const getPageChapters = async (
   return query.all();
 };
 
-export const getChapterCount = async (novelId: number, page: string = '1') =>
+export const getChapterCount = async (
+  novelId: number,
+  page: string = '1',
+  filter?: ChapterFilterKey[],
+) =>
   await dbManager.$count(
     chapterSchema,
-    and(eq(chapterSchema.novelId, novelId), eq(chapterSchema.page, page)),
+    and(
+      eq(chapterSchema.novelId, novelId),
+      eq(chapterSchema.page, page),
+      chapterFilterToSQL(filter),
+    ),
   );
 
 export const getPageChaptersBatched = async (
diff --git a/src/database/queries/__tests__/ChapterQueries.test.ts b/src/database/queries/__tests__/ChapterQueries.test.ts
index 4777f451..005d4c00 100644
--- a/src/database/queries/__tests__/ChapterQueries.test.ts
+++ b/src/database/queries/__tests__/ChapterQueries.test.ts
@@ -712,6 +712,54 @@ describe('ChapterQueries', () => {
 
       expect(result).toBe(2);
     });
+
+    it('should return filtered count when filter is provided', async () => {
+      const testDb = getTestDb();
+      const novelId = await insertTestNovel(testDb, { inLibrary: true });
+      await insertTestChapter(testDb, novelId, {
+        page: '1',
+        unread: true,
+      });
+      await insertTestChapter(testDb, novelId, {
+        page: '1',
+        unread: false,
+      });
+      await insertTestChapter(testDb, novelId, {
+        page: '1',
+        unread: true,
+      });
+
+      const total = await getChapterCount(novelId, '1');
+      expect(total).toBe(3);
+
+      const unreadOnly = await getChapterCount(novelId, '1', ['not-read']);
+      expect(unreadOnly).toBe(2);
+
+      const readOnly = await getChapterCount(novelId, '1', ['read']);
+      expect(readOnly).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    it('should return total count when no filter is provided', async () => {
+      const testDb = getTestDb();
+      const novelId = await insertTestNovel(testDb, { inLibrary: true });
+      await insertTestChapter(testDb, novelId, {
+        page: '1',
+        unread: true,
+      });
+      await insertTestChapter(testDb, novelId, {
+        page: '1',
+        unread: false,
+      });
+
+      const result = await getChapterCount(novelId, '1');
+      expect(result).toBe(2);
+
+      const noFilter = await getChapterCount(novelId, '1', undefined);
+      expect(noFilter).toBe(2);
+
+      const emptyFilter = await getChapterCount(novelId, '1', []);
+      expect(emptyFilter).toBe(2);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('getPageChaptersBatched', () => {
diff --git a/src/database/queries/__tests__/setup.ts b/src/database/queries/__tests__/setup.ts
index f7b88c8d..4e114c11 100644
--- a/src/database/queries/__tests__/setup.ts
+++ b/src/database/queries/__tests__/setup.ts
@@ -115,10 +115,26 @@ jest.mock('expo-document-picker', () => ({
 }));
 
 // Mock database utilities
-jest.mock('@database/utils/parser', () => ({
-  chapterFilterToSQL: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(undefined),
-  chapterOrderToSQL: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(undefined),
-}));
+jest.mock('@database/utils/parser', () => {
+  const { sql } = require('drizzle-orm');
+  return {
+    chapterFilterToSQL: jest.fn().mockImplementation(filter => {
+      if (!filter || !filter.length) return undefined;
+      const map: Record<string, string> = {
+        'read': '`unread`=0',
+        'not-read': '`unread`=1',
+        'downloaded': 'isDownloaded=1',
+        'not-downloaded': 'isDownloaded=0',
+        'bookmarked': 'bookmark=1',
+        'not-bookmarked': 'bookmark=0',
+      };
+      const parts = filter.map((f: string) => map[f]).filter(Boolean);
+      if (!parts.length) return undefined;
+      return sql.raw(parts.join(' AND '));
+    }),
+    chapterOrderToSQL: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(undefined),
+  };
+});
 
 // Mock database constants
 jest.mock('@database/constants', () => ({
diff --git a/src/hooks/persisted/useNovel.ts b/src/hooks/persisted/useNovel.ts
index ac46ef03..eee13ca6 100644
--- a/src/hooks/persisted/useNovel.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/persisted/useNovel.ts
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ export const useNovel = (novelOrPath: string | NovelInfo, pluginId: string) => {
 
       const config = [novel.id, settingsSort, settingsFilter, page] as const;
 
-      let chapterCount = await getChapterCount(novel.id, page);
+      let chapterCount = await getChapterCount(novel.id, page, settingsFilter);
 
       if (chapterCount) {
         try {
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ export const useNovel = (novelOrPath: string | NovelInfo, pluginId: string) => {
         });
         await insertChapters(novel.id, sourceChapters);
         newChapters = await _getPageChapters(...config);
-        chapterCount = await getChapterCount(novel.id, page);
+        chapterCount = await getChapterCount(novel.id, page, settingsFilter);
       }
 
       setBatchInformation({
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ export const useNovel = (novelOrPath: string | NovelInfo, pluginId: string) => {
 
       const unread = await _getFirstUnreadChapter(
         novel.id,
-        novelSettings.filter,
+        settingsFilter,
         page,
       );
       setFirstUnreadChapter(unread ?? undefined);