diff --git a/utility/startup.py b/utility/startup.py
index 540e7c1c..2b974543 100644
--- a/utility/startup.py
+++ b/utility/startup.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def calculate_shard_distribution(total_shards, total_clusters):
 
         cluster_kwargs = {
             'shard_ids': shard_ids,
-            'shard_count': TOTAL_SHARDS,
+            'shard_count': len(shard_ids),
         }
 
     return cluster_kwargs