diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 53fdf76..48e1df6 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ task :default => [:test]
 
 # NOTE: some of the tests assume Mongo is running
 Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
-    t.test_files = FileList['tests/test*.rb']
+  t.test_files = FileList['tests/test*.rb']
 end
diff --git a/examples/demo.rb b/examples/demo.rb
index c1e1de5..a777862 100644
--- a/examples/demo.rb
+++ b/examples/demo.rb
@@ -13,4 +13,8 @@ coll.insert(doc)
 doc = {'a' => 2}
 coll.insert(doc)
 
+doc = {'a' => 3}
+coll.insert(doc)
+
+puts coll.count()
 coll.find().each { |doc| puts doc.inspect }
diff --git a/lib/mongo/db.rb b/lib/mongo/db.rb
index a3f6a64..214ebe1 100644
--- a/lib/mongo/db.rb
+++ b/lib/mongo/db.rb
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ module XGen
           doc = db_command(:count => collection, :query => selector)
           o = doc['ok']
           return doc['n'].to_i if o.to_i == 1
-          raise "Error with count command: #{doc.to_s}" unless o.kind_of?(Numeric)
+          raise "Error with count command: #{doc.inspect}"
         end
 
         def drop_index(collection, name)