diff --git a/src/tools/atlas/read/listProjects.ts b/src/tools/atlas/read/listProjects.ts
index 720186ecf..d5d3931b0 100644
--- a/src/tools/atlas/read/listProjects.ts
+++ b/src/tools/atlas/read/listProjects.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export class ListProjectsTool extends AtlasToolBase {
 ----------------| ----------------| ----------------| ----------------| ----------------
 ${rows}`;
         return {
-            content: formatUntrustedData(`Found ${rows.length} projects`, formattedProjects),
+            content: formatUntrustedData(`Found ${data.results.length} projects`, formattedProjects),
         };
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/tools/atlas/projects.test.ts b/tests/integration/tools/atlas/projects.test.ts
index 631b00f87..de637a23a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/tools/atlas/projects.test.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/tools/atlas/projects.test.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ describeWithAtlas("projects", (integration) => {
             const response = await integration.mcpClient().callTool({ name: "atlas-list-projects", arguments: {} });
             const elements = getResponseElements(response);
             expect(elements).toHaveLength(2);
-            expect(elements[0]?.text).toMatch(/Found \d+ projects/);
             expect(elements[1]?.text).toContain("<untrusted-user-data-");
             expect(elements[1]?.text).toContain(projName);
             const data = parseTable(getDataFromUntrustedContent(elements[1]?.text ?? ""));
@@ -73,6 +72,8 @@ describeWithAtlas("projects", (integration) => {
                 }
             }
             expect(found).toBe(true);
+
+            expect(elements[0]?.text).toBe(`Found ${data.length} projects`);
         });
     });
 });