diff --git a/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py b/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py
index 4fa67d4..8806d2a 100644
--- a/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py
+++ b/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py
@@ -3854,6 +3854,18 @@ def _fallback_fact_answer(prompt: str, context: str) -> str:
     return sentence
 
 
+def _is_quantitative_prompt(prompt: str) -> bool:
+    q = normalize_query(prompt)
+    if not q:
+        return False
+    tokens = set(_tokens(prompt))
+    if "how many" in q or "count" in tokens or "total" in tokens:
+        return True
+    if tokens & {"highest", "lowest", "hottest", "most", "least"}:
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
 def _open_ended_fast_single(
     prompt: str,
     *,
@@ -3880,10 +3892,9 @@ def _open_ended_fast_single(
             system_override=_open_ended_system(),
             model=model,
         )
-    if not _has_body_lines(reply):
-        fallback = _fallback_fact_answer(prompt, context)
-        if fallback:
-            reply = fallback
+    fallback = _fallback_fact_answer(prompt, context)
+    if fallback and (_is_quantitative_prompt(prompt) or not _has_body_lines(reply)):
+        reply = fallback
     if state:
         state.update("done", step=_open_ended_total_steps("fast"))
     return _ensure_scores(reply)