diff --git a/check_clientbackup.sh b/check_clientbackup.sh
index 73d568840c87f49bed208a605bae4509e220b42e..3b0e1962d87ef8e943899c668a37829783a8b5a1 100755
--- a/check_clientbackup.sh
+++ b/check_clientbackup.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 # 2022-10-20  ah     v1.4  show last backup, prune and verify
 # 2023-09-01  ah     v1.5  add counters for new/ changed/ deleted fileobjects (Restic only)
 # 2023-09-04  ah     v1.6  fix perfdata dirs-del=
+# 2024-08-28  ah     v1.7  update counter new/ changed/ deleted fileobjects without restic snapshot comparison
 # ==============================================================================
 
 . $(dirname $0)/includes/jobhelper.sh
@@ -154,16 +155,31 @@ else
     if cat $logfile | grep restic >/dev/null; then
 
       echo ">>> Counters:"
-      iModFNew=$(    cat $logfile | grep -c "^+    /.*[^/]$" )
-      iModDNew=$(    cat $logfile | grep -c "^+    /.*/$" )
-      iModFChange=$( cat $logfile | grep -c "^M    /.*[^/]$" )
-      iModDChange=$( cat $logfile | grep -c "^M    /.*/$" )
-      iModFDelete=$( cat $logfile | grep -c "^-    /.*[^/]$" )
-      iModDDelete=$( cat $logfile | grep -c "^-    /.*/$" )
-
-      printf "__COUNTERS__New:     %10s files %10s dirs\n" $iModFNew    $iModDNew
-      printf "__COUNTERS__Changed: %10s files %10s dirs\n" $iModFChange $iModDChange
-      printf "__COUNTERS__Deleted: %10s files %10s dirs\n" $iModFDelete $iModDDelete
+
+      # This is faster andd doesn't need comparison of snapshots in output
+      # and works with initial backups too
+      iModFNew=$(    cat $logfile | grep "^Files:.*unmodified" | awk '{sum+=$2;} END {print sum;}' )
+      iModFChange=$( cat $logfile | grep "^Files:.*unmodified" | awk '{sum+=$4;} END {print sum;}' )
+      iModFNone=$(   cat $logfile | grep "^Files:.*unmodified" | awk '{sum+=$6;} END {print sum;}' )
+      iModFDelete=$( cat $logfile | grep "^Files:.*removed"    | awk '{sum+=$4;} END {print sum;}' )
+
+      iModDNew=$(    cat $logfile | grep "^Dirs:.*unmodified"  | awk '{sum+=$2;} END {print sum;}' )
+      iModDChange=$( cat $logfile | grep "^Dirs:.*unmodified"  | awk '{sum+=$4;} END {print sum;}' )
+      iModDNone=$(   cat $logfile | grep "^Dirs:.*unmodified"  | awk '{sum+=$6;} END {print sum;}' )
+      iModDDelete=$( cat $logfile | grep "^Dirs:.*removed"     | awk '{sum+=$4;} END {print sum;}' )
+
+      # old way:
+      # iModFNew=$(    cat $logfile | grep -c "^+    /.*[^/]$" )
+      # iModDNew=$(    cat $logfile | grep -c "^+    /.*/$" )
+      # iModFChange=$( cat $logfile | grep -c "^M    /.*[^/]$" )
+      # iModDChange=$( cat $logfile | grep -c "^M    /.*/$" )
+      # iModFDelete=$( cat $logfile | grep -c "^-    /.*[^/]$" )
+      # iModDDelete=$( cat $logfile | grep -c "^-    /.*/$" )
+
+      printf "__COUNTERS__New:       %10s files %10s dirs\n" $iModFNew    $iModDNew
+      printf "__COUNTERS__Changed:   %10s files %10s dirs\n" $iModFChange $iModDChange
+      printf "__COUNTERS__Deleted:   %10s files %10s dirs\n" $iModFDelete $iModDDelete
+      printf "__COUNTERS__Unchanged: %10s files %10s dirs\n" $iModFNone   $iModDNone
       echo "__PERFDATA__ |files-new=$iModFNew;;;0 files-mod=$iModFChange;;;0 files-del=$iModFDelete dirs-new=$iModDNew;;;0 dirs-mod=$iModDChange;;;0 dirs-del=$iModDDelete;;;0"
       echo
     fi