diff --git a/views/viewhelpers.c b/views/viewhelpers.c
index e10798f..c9423d4 100644
--- a/views/viewhelpers.c
+++ b/views/viewhelpers.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "viewhelpers.h"
 
 cViewHelpers::cViewHelpers(void) {
+    numDevices = 0;
     devicesInit = false;
     lastSecond = -1;
     lastMinute = -1;
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ bool cViewHelpers::SetDevices(bool initial, map<string,int> *intTokens, vector<m
 #ifdef DOPROFILE
     cStopWatch watch("SetDevices");
 #endif
-    int numDevices = cDevice::NumDevices();
     if (!initial) {
         //check if drawing is necessary
         bool changed = false;
diff --git a/views/viewhelpers.h b/views/viewhelpers.h
index 8e49554..53209b4 100644
--- a/views/viewhelpers.h
+++ b/views/viewhelpers.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 class cViewHelpers {
 private:
+    int numDevices;
     bool devicesInit;
     int* lastSignalStrength;
     int* lastSignalQuality;