diff --git a/themis/importexport/sync.py b/themis/importexport/sync.py
index 03be64d..e5d9eab 100644
--- a/themis/importexport/sync.py
+++ b/themis/importexport/sync.py
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ class SyncFromThemis(UtilityView):
         documents = json.load(self.urlopen('%s/@@listDocuments%s' % (self.src_url, qs)))
         log.info('loading documents list from %s -> DONE' % self.src_url)
 
+        count = 0
         for count, document_url in enumerate(documents):
             log.info('loading %s' % document_url)
             try: