diff --git a/mdbj-summary/summary.go b/mdbj-summary/summary.go
index 3f0f1f4..ff9cbd5 100644
--- a/mdbj-summary/summary.go
+++ b/mdbj-summary/summary.go
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ func (ph *processHandler) ProcessLine(line string, indentLevel int, stack []stri
 		return
 	}
 
-	if todo {
+	// inc count of todo items (rep tasks shouldnt count towards outstanding todo, unless done)
+	if todo && !repTask.Is {
 		ph.totalCount += 1
 	}
 
@@ -52,10 +53,11 @@ func (ph *processHandler) ProcessLine(line string, indentLevel int, stack []stri
 			ph.headerPrinted = true
 		}
 		ph.doneCount += 1
-		// TODO: Math for [x] numXnum
 		repStr := ""
 		if repTask.Is {
 			repStr = strconv.Itoa( repTask.A * repTask.B)
+			// inc todo count here since we did a thing, its done, and we dont want a higher done count than total
+			ph.totalCount += 1
 		}
 		ph.Writeln("\t\t" + repStr + strings.Join(stack, " / "))
 	}
diff --git a/mdbj-summary/summary_test.go b/mdbj-summary/summary_test.go
index c40d76d..3eac167 100644
--- a/mdbj-summary/summary_test.go
+++ b/mdbj-summary/summary_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const EXPECTED = `
 		not nested
 	# Repetition
 		25 things
-4 / 12
+4 / 11
 `
 
 func TestSummary(t *testing.T) {
@@ -55,6 +55,5 @@ func TestSummary(t *testing.T) {
 		errorStr := string(result[int(math.Max(0, float64(diffLoc - 10))) : int(math.Min(float64(len(result)), float64(diffLoc + 10))) ])
 
 		t.Errorf("Summary results do not match expected:\nfirst difference at line %v: '%v'\n%v<---->\n%v\n", line, errorStr, string(result), EXPECTED)
-
 	}
 }