diff --git a/GUI/host/host.cc b/GUI/host/host.cc
index 3056fcf..80410a3 100644
--- a/GUI/host/host.cc
+++ b/GUI/host/host.cc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace
 		LOCK(hostMutex);
 		TextThread *it;
 		if ((it = textThreadsByParams[tp]) == nullptr)
-			if (TextThread::ThreadCounter < MAX_THREAD_COUNT)
+			if (textThreadsByParams.size() < MAX_THREAD_COUNT)
 				OnCreate(it = textThreadsByParams[tp] = new TextThread(tp, Host::GetHookParam(tp).type));
 			else return Host::AddConsoleOutput(L"too many text threads: stopping");
 		it->AddText(text, len);