diff --git a/cluster/gossiper.go b/cluster/gossiper.go
index b6874da6..dd3465ac 100644
--- a/cluster/gossiper.go
+++ b/cluster/gossiper.go
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ func (g *Gossiper) GetActorCount() map[string]int64 {
 	clusterKinds := g.cluster.GetClusterKinds()
 	for _, kindName := range clusterKinds {
 		kind := g.cluster.GetClusterKind(kindName)
-		m[kindName] = int64(kind.count)
+		m[kindName] = int64(kind.Count())
 	}
 	g.cluster.Logger().Debug("Actor Count", slog.Any("count", m))
 
diff --git a/cluster/kind.go b/cluster/kind.go
index 54493893..2f54ed8c 100644
--- a/cluster/kind.go
+++ b/cluster/kind.go
@@ -55,3 +55,7 @@ func (ak *ActivatedKind) Inc() {
 func (ak *ActivatedKind) Dec() {
 	atomic.AddInt32(&ak.count, -1)
 }
+
+func (ak *ActivatedKind) Count() int32 {
+	return atomic.LoadInt32(&ak.count)
+}