diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1b984da71..0a25eb7a1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Bugs
    each changes also.
  + Fixed bug #1042, where the 'diagnostics' command failed to detect missing
    external utilities on Solaris and NetBSD
+ + Fixed bug #1044, where 'task projects' considers newly deleted tasks and
+   provides an incorrect summary.
 
 ------ old releases ------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdProjects.cpp b/src/commands/CmdProjects.cpp
index 63dbf9844..9c1978c03 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdProjects.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdProjects.cpp
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ int CmdProjects::execute (std::string& output)
       tasks.push_back (*task);
   }
 
-  int quantity = tasks.size ();
-
   context.tdb2.commit ();
 
   // Apply filter.
   std::vector <Task> filtered;
   filter (tasks, filtered);
 
+  int quantity = filtered.size ();
+
   std::stringstream out;
 
   // Scan all the tasks for their project name, building a map using project
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ int CmdProjects::execute (std::string& output)
   std::vector <Task>::iterator task;
   for (task = filtered.begin (); task != filtered.end (); ++task)
   {
+    if (task->getStatus () == Task::deleted)
+    {
+      --quantity;
+      continue;
+    }
+
     project = task->get ("project");
     priority = task->get ("priority");
 
diff --git a/test/bug.1044.t b/test/bug.1044.t
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6355a753c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bug.1044.t
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl
+################################################################################
+## taskwarrior - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006-2012, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
+##
+## Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+## of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+## in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+## to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+## copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+## furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+##
+## The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+## in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+##
+## THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+## OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+## FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+## THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+## LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+## OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+## SOFTWARE.
+##
+## http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+##
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 3;
+
+# Create the rc file.
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'bug.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=.\n",
+            "confirmation=off\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'bug.rc', 'Created bug.rc');
+}
+
+# Bug #1044: 'task projects' considers newly deleted tasks and provides an
+# incorrect summary
+
+# Check that until attribute may be modified
+qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc add project:A 1 2>&1};
+qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc add project:B 2 2>&1};
+qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc add project:B 3 2>&1};
+qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc 3 delete 2>&1};
+my $output = qx{../src/task rc:bug.rc project:B projects 2>&1};
+like ($output, qr/^1 project \(1 task\)$/ms, 'Summary filtered new deleted task 3 and project A');
+
+# Cleanup.
+unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data synch.key bug.rc);
+ok (! -r 'pending.data'   &&
+    ! -r 'completed.data' &&
+    ! -r 'undo.data'      &&
+    ! -r 'backlog.data'   &&
+    ! -r 'synch.key'      &&
+    ! -r 'bug.rc', 'Cleanup');
+
+exit 0;
+