diff --git a/fish_prompt.fish b/fish_prompt.fish
index a0447b7..7ec8b89 100644
--- a/fish_prompt.fish
+++ b/fish_prompt.fish
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ function __theme_print_git_status
 end
 function __theme_print_jobs
     [ "$theme_display_jobs" = 'no' ]; and return
-    set -l num_jobs (jobs -l | command wc -l)
+    set -l num_jobs (jobs -c | command wc -l)
 
     if [ $num_jobs -gt 0 -o "$theme_display_jobs_always" = "yes" ]
         print_colored "$theme_prompt_status_jobs_char" $theme_color_status_prefix