diff --git a/logreader.c b/logreader.c
index d9dbc08d..cb45049e 100644
--- a/logreader.c
+++ b/logreader.c
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ static int LogReader(SConnection * pCon, SicsInterp * pSics, void *pData,
   int idir;
   char *colon;
 
+static Statistics *stat;
+Statistics *old;
 
   /* argtolower(argc, argv); */
   if (argc < 4)
@@ -363,6 +365,10 @@ static int LogReader(SConnection * pCon, SicsInterp * pSics, void *pData,
   loss = 0;
   overflow = 0;
   for (i = iarg; i < argc; i++) {
+if (stat ==NULL) {
+stat = StatisticsNew("loggervar");
+}
+old = StatisticsBegin(stat);
     startim = from;
     t = 0;
     lastt = 0;
@@ -545,6 +551,7 @@ static int LogReader(SConnection * pCon, SicsInterp * pSics, void *pData,
     }
     if (c.np < 0)
       overflow = 1;
+StatisticsEnd(old);
   }
   snprintf(line, sizeof line, "*%d %d\n", loss, overflow);
   SCWrite(pCon, line, eWarning);