diff --git a/pagure/lib/__init__.py b/pagure/lib/__init__.py
index 16e6c42..47694da 100644
--- a/pagure/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/pagure/lib/__init__.py
@@ -4582,19 +4582,25 @@ def issues_history_stats(session, project):
     output = {}
     for week in range(53):
         start = tomorrow - datetime.timedelta(days=(week * 7))
-        query = session.query(
+        closed_ticket = session.query(
             model.Issue
         ).filter(
             model.Issue.project_id == project.id
         ).filter(
-            sqlalchemy.or_(
-                model.Issue.closed_at == None,  # noqa
-                model.Issue.closed_at <= start
-            )
+            model.Issue.closed_at >= start
+        ).filter(
+            model.Issue.date_created <= start
+        )
+        open_ticket = session.query(
+            model.Issue
+        ).filter(
+            model.Issue.project_id == project.id
+        ).filter(
+            model.Issue.status == 'Open'
         ).filter(
             model.Issue.date_created <= start
         )
-        cnt = query.count() - to_ignore
+        cnt = open_ticket.count() + closed_ticket.count() - to_ignore
         if cnt < 0:
             cnt = 0
         output[start.isoformat()] = cnt
diff --git a/tests/test_pagure_flask_api_issue.py b/tests/test_pagure_flask_api_issue.py
index 2ceac32..d7a354d 100644
--- a/tests/test_pagure_flask_api_issue.py
+++ b/tests/test_pagure_flask_api_issue.py
@@ -2992,7 +2992,7 @@ class PagureFlaskApiIssuetests(tests.Modeltests):
         self.assertEqual(len(data), 1)
         self.assertEqual(len(data['stats']), 53)
         last_key = sorted(data['stats'].keys())[-1]
-        self.assertEqual(data['stats'][last_key], 8)
+        self.assertEqual(data['stats'][last_key], 7)
         for k in sorted(data['stats'].keys())[:-1]:
             self.assertEqual(data['stats'][k], 0)