diff --git a/notmuch/src/lib.rs b/notmuch/src/lib.rs
index 2eb367d..0ffde83 100644
--- a/notmuch/src/lib.rs
+++ b/notmuch/src/lib.rs
@@ -518,8 +518,10 @@ impl Notmuch {
     }
 
     pub fn count(&self, query: &str) -> Result<usize, NotmuchError> {
-        // TODO: compare speed of notmuch count for * w/ and w/o --output=threads
-        let res = self.run_notmuch(["count", "--output=threads", query])?;
+        // NOTE: --output=threads is technically more correct, but really slow
+        // TODO: find a fast thread count path
+        // let res = self.run_notmuch(["count", "--output=threads", query])?;
+        let res = self.run_notmuch(["count", query])?;
         // Strip '\n' from res.
         let s = std::str::from_utf8(&res[..res.len() - 1])?;
         Ok(s.parse()?)