diff --git a/buku.py b/buku.py
index 5f760b9..54e3ba8 100755
--- a/buku.py
+++ b/buku.py
@@ -1961,9 +1961,13 @@ class BukuDb:
             qry = 'INSERT INTO bookmarks(URL, metadata, tags, desc, flags) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)'
             for row in resultset:
                 outdb.cur.execute(qry, (row[1], row[2], row[3], row[4], row[5]))
-
             outdb.conn.commit()
             outdb.close()
+
+            count = self.get_max_id()
+            if count == -1:
+                count = 0
+            print('%s exported' % count)
             return True
 
         try: