diff --git a/app/svganim/strokes.py b/app/svganim/strokes.py
index 50796bf..e624853 100644
--- a/app/svganim/strokes.py
+++ b/app/svganim/strokes.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import tempfile
 import io
 import logging
 from anytree import NodeMixin, RenderTree, iterators
-from anytree.exporter import JsonExporter
+from anytree.exporter import JsonExporter, DictExporter
 from anytree.importer import JsonImporter, DictImporter
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('svganim.strokes')
@@ -538,10 +538,15 @@ class AnnotationIndex:
                 self.shelve['_annotations'][annotation.id] = annotation
                 if annotation.tag not in self.shelve['_tags']:
                     self.shelve['_tags'][annotation.tag] = [annotation]
+                    logger.error(f"Use of non-existing tag {annotation.tag}")
                 else:
                     self.shelve['_tags'][annotation.tag].append(
                         annotation
                     )
+                tag = self.root_tag.find_by_id(annotation.tag)
+                if tag is not None:
+                    tag.annotation_count += 1
+                    
 
     @property
     def drawings(self) -> dict[str, Drawing]:
@@ -715,7 +720,7 @@ def strokes2D(strokes):
     return d
 
 class Tag(NodeMixin):
-    def __init__(self, id, name = None, description = "", color = None, parent=None, children=None):
+    def __init__(self, id, name = None, description = "", color = None, parent=None, children=None, annotation_count=None):
         self.id = id
         self.name = self.id if name is None else name
         self.color = color
@@ -724,6 +729,8 @@ class Tag(NodeMixin):
         if children:
             self.children = children
         
+        self.annotation_count = 0 #always zero!
+        
         if self.id == 'root' and not self.is_root:
             logger.error("Root node shouldn't have a parent assigned")
 
@@ -747,8 +754,11 @@ class Tag(NodeMixin):
                 return t
         return None
     
-    def toJson(self) -> str:
-        return JsonExporter(indent=2).export(self)
+    def toJson(self, with_counts=False) -> str:
+        ignore_counts=lambda attrs: [(k, v) for k, v in attrs if k != "annotation_count"]
+        attrFilter = None if with_counts else ignore_counts
+
+        return JsonExporter(DictExporter(attriter=attrFilter), indent=2).export(self)
 
 def loadTagFromJson(string) -> Tag:
     tree: Tag = JsonImporter(DictImporter(Tag)).import_(string)
diff --git a/app/templates/index.html b/app/templates/index.html
index 429bf93..af69133 100644
--- a/app/templates/index.html
+++ b/app/templates/index.html
@@ -44,17 +44,23 @@
             visibility: visible;
             ;
         } */
-        #tags li.selected > ul>li.add-tag {
+        #tags li.selected>ul>li.add-tag {
             display: block;
         }
 
-        #tags > li > ul >li.add-tag {
+        #tags>li>ul>li.add-tag {
             display: block;
             ;
         }
 
-        
-        
+        #annotations .annotations-actions {
+            margin-bottom: 10px;
+            color: darkgray;
+            font-size: 80%;
+            border-bottom: solid 3px #444;
+        }
+
+
 
         #tags .add-tag {
             display: none;
@@ -73,33 +79,37 @@
             vertical-align: middle;
             margin-right: 10px;
         }
-        #tags li:hover > div > input.rm-tag{
+
+        #tags li:hover>div>input.rm-tag {
             display: inline-block;
         }
-        #tags  li div{
-            position:relative
+
+        #tags li div {
+            position: relative
         }
-        #tags input.rm-tag:hover{
+
+        #tags input.rm-tag:hover {
             color: red;
             transform: rotate(20deg);
         }
-        #tags input.rm-tag{
+
+        #tags input.rm-tag {
             /* display: none; */
-            position:absolute;
-            right:0;
-            top:0;
-            padding:0;
+            position: absolute;
+            right: 0;
+            top: 0;
+            padding: 0;
             background: none;
             border: none;
             color: white;
-            cursor:pointer;
+            cursor: pointer;
         }
 
         #tags .selected>div {
             background: lightblue
         }
 
-        
+
         summary h2 {
             display: inline-block;
             cursor: pointer;
@@ -117,7 +127,7 @@
             display: block;;
         } */
 
-        
+
 
         #annotation_manager {
             display: grid;
@@ -143,9 +153,7 @@
         }
 
 
-        #annotations li {
-            
-        }
+        #annotations li {}
 
         #annotations img {
             /* width: 400px; */
@@ -179,7 +187,6 @@
         #annotations .svganim_player:hover .controls {
             visibility: visible !important;
         }
-
     </style>
     <script src="assets/nouislider-15.5.0.js"></script>
     <script src="assets/wNumb-1.2.0.min.js"></script>
diff --git a/app/webserver.py b/app/webserver.py
index 243e0d4..99ca601 100644
--- a/app/webserver.py
+++ b/app/webserver.py
@@ -558,9 +558,10 @@ class TagsHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
     
     def get(self):
         self.set_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
-        with open('www/tags.json', 'r') as fp:
-            # TODO: enrich with counts
-            self.write(fp.read())
+        self.write(self.index.root_tag.toJson(with_counts=True))
+        # with open('www/tags.json', 'r') as fp:
+        #     # TODO: enrich with counts
+        #     self.write(fp.read())
 
     def put(self):
         # data = json.loads(self.request.body)
diff --git a/app/www/annotations.js b/app/www/annotations.js
index a3f1e7a..0ab6c04 100644
--- a/app/www/annotations.js
+++ b/app/www/annotations.js
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ class AnnotationManager {
 
         this.selectedAnnotations = [];
         this.selectedTag = null;
-        this.loadTags(tagsUrl);
+        this.tagsUrl = tagsUrl;
+        this.loadTags();
     }
 
-    loadTags(tagFile) {
+    loadTags() {
         // tags config
-        const request = new Request(tagFile);
+        const request = new Request(this.tagsUrl);
         return fetch(request)
             .then(response => response.json())
             .then(rootTag => {
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ class AnnotationManager {
             const tagSubEl = document.createElement('ul');
             const tagEl = document.createElement('div');
 
-            tagEl.innerText = tag.get_name();
+            tagEl.innerText = `${tag.get_name()} (${tag.annotation_count ?? 0})`;
             tagEl.addEventListener('click', (ev) => {
                 this.selectTag(tag);
             })
@@ -318,6 +319,7 @@ class AnnotationManager {
           }));
         
         this.loadAnnotationsForTag(this.selectedTag)
+        this.loadTags() //updates the counts
     }
 
     async saveTags() {