diff --git a/classes/UnreadRecords.php b/classes/UnreadRecords.php
index 0dd0b56..ee4f00c 100644
--- a/classes/UnreadRecords.php
+++ b/classes/UnreadRecords.php
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@
 class UnreadRecords {
 
     public static function getTotal() {
-        $unread = Record::where('unread', 1)->count();
-        return ($unread > 0) ? $unread : null;
+        if (Schema::hasTable('blakejones_magicforms_records')) {
+            $unread = Record::where('unread', 1)->count();
+        }
+
+        return (isset($unread) && $unread > 0) ? $unread : null;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/updates/version.yaml b/updates/version.yaml
index c39c876..f97ef72 100644
--- a/updates/version.yaml
+++ b/updates/version.yaml
@@ -132,4 +132,6 @@
     - changed namespace
     - Added support for October CMS v3
 1.6.1:
-  - Fixes support for Translate v2 [thanks to daftspunk]
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+    - Fixes support for Translate v2 [thanks to daftspunk]
+1.6.2:
+    - Fixed getting total count of records preventing install because the records table doesn't exist
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