diff --git a/src/kiri/mode/cam/slice.js b/src/kiri/mode/cam/slice.js
index c23b1786..6abf19f5 100644
--- a/src/kiri/mode/cam/slice.js
+++ b/src/kiri/mode/cam/slice.js
@@ -265,10 +265,14 @@ export async function cam_slice(settings, widget, onupdate, ondone) {
 
     // silently preface op list with OpShadow
     if (isIndexed) {
-        if (activeOps.length === 0 || activeOps[0].type !== 'index')
+        if (activeOps.length === 0 || activeOps[0].type !== 'index') {
             opList.push(new OPS.index(state, { type: "index", index: 0 }));
+            opTot++;
+
+        }
     } else {
         opList.push(new OPS.shadow(state, { type: "shadow", silent: true }));
+        opTot++;
     }
 
     // determing # of steps and step weighting for progress bar