diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/PlaylistController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/PlaylistController.php
index 9e3ea0380..d1dcd1386 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/PlaylistController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/controllers/PlaylistController.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class PlaylistController extends Zend_Controller_Action
         unset($this->view->obj);
     }
 
-    private function createFullResponse($obj = null, $isJson = false)
+    private function createFullResponse($obj = null, $isJson = false, $formIsValid = false)
     {
         $isBlock = false;
         $viewPath = 'playlist/playlist.phtml';
@@ -80,11 +80,12 @@ class PlaylistController extends Zend_Controller_Action
             if ($isBlock) {
                 $form = new Application_Form_SmartBlockCriteria();
                 $form->removeDecorator('DtDdWrapper');
-                $form->startForm($obj->getId());
-                
+                $form->startForm($obj->getId(), $formIsValid);
+
                 $this->view->form = $form;
                 $this->view->obj = $obj;
                 $this->view->id = $obj->getId();
+                
                 if ($isJson) {
                     return $this->view->render($viewPath);
                 } else {
@@ -460,7 +461,7 @@ class PlaylistController extends Zend_Controller_Action
             $bl = new Application_Model_Block($params['obj_id']);
             if ($form->isValid($params)) {
                 $bl->saveSmartBlockCriteria($params['data']);
-                $result['html'] = $this->createFullResponse($bl, true);
+                $result['html'] = $this->createFullResponse($bl, true, true);
                 $result['result'] = 0;
             } else {
                 $this->view->obj = $bl;
@@ -486,7 +487,7 @@ class PlaylistController extends Zend_Controller_Action
         if ($form->isValid($params)) {
             $result = $bl->generateSmartBlock($params['data']);
             try {
-                die(json_encode(array("result"=>0, "html"=>$this->createFullResponse($bl, true))));
+                die(json_encode(array("result"=>0, "html"=>$this->createFullResponse($bl, true, true))));
             } catch (PlaylistNotFoundException $e) {
                 $this->playlistNotFound('block');
             } catch (Exception $e) {
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/forms/SmartBlockCriteria.php b/airtime_mvc/application/forms/SmartBlockCriteria.php
index 8d2e9683d..bbc751593 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/forms/SmartBlockCriteria.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/forms/SmartBlockCriteria.php
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class Application_Form_SmartBlockCriteria extends Zend_Form_SubForm
         
     }
     
-    public function startForm($p_blockId)
+    public function startForm($p_blockId, $p_isValid = false)
     {
         // load type
         $out = CcBlockQuery::create()->findPk($p_blockId);
@@ -236,7 +236,13 @@ class Application_Form_SmartBlockCriteria extends Zend_Form_SubForm
         
         //getting block content candidate count that meets criteria
         $bl = new Application_Model_Block($p_blockId);
-        $files = $bl->getListofFilesMeetCriteria();
+        if ($p_isValid) {
+            $files = $bl->getListofFilesMeetCriteria();
+            $showPoolCount = true;
+        } else {
+            $files = null;
+            $showPoolCount = false;
+        }
         
         $generate = new Zend_Form_Element_Button('generate_button');
         $generate->setAttrib('class', 'ui-button ui-state-default sp-button');
@@ -256,7 +262,8 @@ class Application_Form_SmartBlockCriteria extends Zend_Form_SubForm
 
         $this->setDecorators(array(
                 array('ViewScript', array('viewScript' => 'form/smart-block-criteria.phtml', "openOption"=> $openSmartBlockOption,
-                        'criteriasLength' => count($this->criteriaOptions), 'poolCount' => $files['count'], 'modRowMap' => $modRowMap))
+                        'criteriasLength' => count($this->criteriaOptions), 'poolCount' => $files['count'], 'modRowMap' => $modRowMap,
+                        'showPoolCount' => $showPoolCount))
         ));
     }
     
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/form/smart-block-criteria.phtml b/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/form/smart-block-criteria.phtml
index 8bd96a93e..445832e2f 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/form/smart-block-criteria.phtml
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/views/scripts/form/smart-block-criteria.phtml
@@ -66,32 +66,35 @@
             <?php endif; ?>
         <br />
         </dd>
-        <div class='sp_text_font sp_text_font_bold'>
-            <span id='sp_pool_count' class='sp_text_font sp_text_font_bold'>
-            <?php
-            if ($this->poolCount > 1) {
-                echo $this->poolCount;
-            ?>
-                files meet the criteria
-                </span>
-                <span class='checked-icon sp-checked-icon' id='sp_pool_count_icon'></span>
-            <?php
-            } else if ($this->poolCount == 1) {
-                echo $this->poolCount;
-            ?>
-                file meets the criteria
-                </span>
-                <span class='checked-icon sp-checked-icon' id='sp_pool_count_icon'></span>
-            <?php
-            } else {
-            ?>
-                0 files meet the criteria
-                </span>
-                <span class='sp-warning-icon' id='sp_pool_count_icon'></span>
-            <?php
-            }
-            ?>
-        </div>
+
+        <?php if ($this->showPoolCount) { ?>
+            <div class='sp_text_font sp_text_font_bold'>
+                <span id='sp_pool_count' class='sp_text_font sp_text_font_bold'>
+                <?php
+                if ($this->poolCount > 1) {
+                    echo $this->poolCount;
+                ?>
+                    files meet the criteria
+                    </span>
+                    <span class='checked-icon sp-checked-icon' id='sp_pool_count_icon'></span>
+                <?php
+                } else if ($this->poolCount == 1) {
+                    echo $this->poolCount;
+                ?>
+                    file meets the criteria
+                    </span>
+                    <span class='checked-icon sp-checked-icon' id='sp_pool_count_icon'></span>
+                <?php
+                } else {
+                ?>
+                    0 files meet the criteria
+                    </span>
+                    <span class='sp-warning-icon' id='sp_pool_count_icon'></span>
+                <?php
+                }
+                ?>
+            </div>
+        <?php } ?>
         
         
     </dl>