diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 4f2f9ac..d1a2bdd 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ await drive.ready();
 
 let swarm;
 let registeredUsers = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('registeredUsers')) || {};
-let peerCounts = {}; // Change peerCount to an object
+let peerCount = 0;
 let activeRooms = [];
 const eventEmitter = new EventEmitter();
 
@@ -144,13 +144,9 @@ async function initialize() {
   });
 
   swarm.on('connection', async (connection, info) => {
-    const topic = info.topics[0].toString('hex');
-    if (!peerCounts[topic]) {
-      peerCounts[topic] = 0;
-    }
-    peerCounts[topic]++;
-    updatePeerCount(topic);
-    console.log('Peer connected, current peer count for topic', topic, ':', peerCounts[topic]);
+    peerCount++;
+    updatePeerCount();
+    console.log('Peer connected, current peer count:', peerCount);
 
     // Send the current user's icon to the new peer
     const iconBuffer = await drive.get(`/icons/${config.userName}.png`);
@@ -169,9 +165,9 @@ async function initialize() {
     });
 
     connection.on('close', () => {
-      peerCounts[topic]--;
-      updatePeerCount(topic);
-      console.log('Peer disconnected, current peer count for topic', topic, ':', peerCounts[topic]);
+      peerCount--;
+      updatePeerCount();
+      console.log('Peer disconnected, current peer count:', peerCount);
     });
   });
 
@@ -325,7 +321,6 @@ function exitEditMode(roomItem, input, topic) {
 function switchRoom(topic) {
   console.log('Switching to room:', topic); // Debugging log
   document.querySelector('#chat-room-topic').innerText = topic; // Set full topic here
-  updatePeerCount(topic);
   clearMessages();
   renderMessagesForRoom(topic);
 
@@ -495,10 +490,10 @@ function addFileMessage(from, fileName, fileUrl, fileType, avatar, topic) {
   }
 }
 
-function updatePeerCount(topic) {
+function updatePeerCount() {
   const peerCountElement = document.querySelector('#peers-count');
   if (peerCountElement) {
-    peerCountElement.textContent = peerCounts[topic] || 0; // Display the peer count for the specific topic
+    peerCountElement.textContent = peerCount; // Display the actual peer count
   }
 }