diff --git a/src/services/updateData.ts b/src/services/updateData.ts
index 1c81c29..ccf6e1e 100644
--- a/src/services/updateData.ts
+++ b/src/services/updateData.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import { LeaderboardSchema } from "../db/schemas/leaderboard";
 import { Headsets } from "../headsets";
 import { normalizedRegionName } from "../utils/regionUtils";
 
+let totalScores: number | undefined;
+
 async function update() {
   const response = await axios.get("https://scoresaber.com/api/players/count");
   const count = response.data;
@@ -17,6 +19,15 @@ async function update() {
     .timestamp(new Date());
   InfluxWriteAPI.writePoint(point);
 
+  if (totalScores) {
+    InfluxWriteAPI.writePoint(
+      new Point("scoresaber")
+        .tag("type", "score_count")
+        .intField("value", totalScores)
+        .timestamp(new Date())
+    );
+  }
+
   console.log(`Updated player count to ${count}`);
 }
 
@@ -26,9 +37,8 @@ async function connectWebsocket() {
   if (!leaderboard) {
     await LeaderboardSchema.create({ _id: "scoresaber", totalPlays: 0 });
   }
-  let totalScores = leaderboard?.totalPlays || 0;
-  let totalCountries = leaderboard?.countries || {};
-  let totalHeadsets = leaderboard?.headsets || {};
+  // set total scores to the current total plays in the database
+  totalScores = leaderboard?.totalPlays || 0;
 
   const socket = new WebsocketClient("wss://scoresaber.com/ws");
   socket.onopen = () => {
@@ -57,6 +67,9 @@ async function connectWebsocket() {
     const commandData = json.commandData;
     if (commandName == "score") {
       const { score, leaderboard } = commandData;
+      if (!totalScores) {
+        throw new Error("totalScores is undefined");
+      }
       totalScores++;
 
       const {
@@ -74,8 +87,6 @@ async function connectWebsocket() {
 
       const hmdName = Headsets[hmd] || "Unknown";
       const countryId = normalizedRegionName(player.country) || "Unknown";
-      totalCountries[countryId] = (totalCountries[countryId] || 0) + 1;
-      totalHeadsets[hmdName] = (totalHeadsets[hmdName] || 0) + 1;
 
       // Update the leaderboard data in the database
       await LeaderboardSchema.updateOne(
@@ -83,8 +94,6 @@ async function connectWebsocket() {
         {
           $set: {
             totalPlays: totalScores,
-            countries: totalCountries,
-            headsets: totalHeadsets,
           },
         }
       ).exec();
@@ -129,12 +138,6 @@ async function connectWebsocket() {
 
       // Write the data to influx
       InfluxWriteAPI.writePoint(scorePoint);
-      InfluxWriteAPI.writePoint(
-        new Point("scoresaber")
-          .tag("type", "score_count")
-          .intField("value", totalScores)
-          .timestamp(new Date())
-      );
     }
   };
 }