diff --git a/apps/worker/src/jobs/events.ts b/apps/worker/src/jobs/events.ts
index 0313211b..44fa1f29 100644
--- a/apps/worker/src/jobs/events.ts
+++ b/apps/worker/src/jobs/events.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export async function eventsJob(job: Job<EventsQueuePayload>) {
 
 async function updateEventsCount(projectId: string) {
   const res = await chQuery<{ count: number }>(
-    `SELECT * FROM events WHERE project_id = ${escape(projectId)}`
+    `SELECT count(*) as count FROM events WHERE project_id = ${escape(projectId)}`
   );
   const count = res[0]?.count;
   if (count) {