diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 5dd77e3..2d0d3ca 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# version 0.80.1-SNAPSHOT
+
+- Calculate and store statistics for named VC.
+
 # version 0.80-SNAPSHOT
 
 - Introduced APIDeprecationFilter (#759)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d4eb865..33d862f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>de.ids-mannheim.korap.kustvakt</groupId>
 	<artifactId>Kustvakt</artifactId>
-	<version>0.80-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.80.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<properties>
 		<java.version>21</java.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/dao/QueryDao.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/dao/QueryDao.java
index 9f2f70a..93a75e9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/dao/QueryDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/dao/QueryDao.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     public int createQuery (String name, ResourceType type, QueryType queryType,
             CorpusAccess requiredAccess, String koralQuery, String definition,
             String description, String status, boolean isCached,
-            String createdBy, String query, String queryLanguage)
+            String createdBy, String query, String queryLanguage, String statistics)
             throws KustvaktException {
 
         QueryDO q = new QueryDO();
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
         q.setCached(isCached);
         q.setQuery(query);
         q.setQueryLanguage(queryLanguage);
+        q.setStatistics(statistics);
 
         entityManager.persist(q);
         return q.getId();
@@ -75,7 +76,8 @@
     public void editQuery (QueryDO queryDO, String name, ResourceType type,
             CorpusAccess requiredAccess, String koralQuery, String definition,
             String description, String status, boolean isCached,
-            String queryStr, String queryLanguage) throws KustvaktException {
+            String queryStr, String queryLanguage, String statistics) 
+    		throws KustvaktException {
 
         if (name != null && !name.isEmpty()) {
             queryDO.setName(name);
@@ -104,6 +106,9 @@
         if (queryLanguage != null && !queryLanguage.isEmpty()) {
             queryDO.setQueryLanguage(queryLanguage);
         }
+        if (statistics != null && !statistics.isEmpty()) {
+            queryDO.setStatistics(statistics);
+        }
         queryDO.setCached(isCached);
         entityManager.merge(queryDO);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/entity/QueryDO.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/entity/QueryDO.java
index 3a5ebde..e0c2b04 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/entity/QueryDO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/entity/QueryDO.java
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
     @OneToMany(mappedBy = "query", fetch = FetchType.LAZY, 
             cascade = CascadeType.REMOVE)
     private List<Role> roles;
+    
+    private String statistics;
 
     @Override
     public String toString () {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/init/NamedVCLoader.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/init/NamedVCLoader.java
index 55c10f6..3be7984 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/init/NamedVCLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/init/NamedVCLoader.java
@@ -159,6 +159,12 @@
                 // updateVCinDB
                 storeVCinDB(vcId, json, existingVC, apiVersion);
             }
+            else if (existingVC.getStatistics()== null) {
+            	jlog.info("Update statistics for VC: {}", vcId);
+            	String statistics = vcService.computeStatisticsForVC(existingVC, 
+            			QueryType.VIRTUAL_CORPUS, apiVersion);
+            	vcService.updateVCStatistics(existingVC,statistics);
+            }
         }
         catch (KustvaktException e) {
             // VC doesn't exist in the DB
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/service/QueryService.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/service/QueryService.java
index d2c7f6b..cd93de2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/service/QueryService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/service/QueryService.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 		return dtos;
     }
     
-	private String computeStatisticsForVC (QueryDO query, QueryType queryType, 
+	public String computeStatisticsForVC (QueryDO query, QueryType queryType, 
 			double apiVersion)
 			throws KustvaktException {
 		if (config.isVcListStatisticsEnabled() && 
@@ -258,10 +258,12 @@
         String corpusQuery = newQuery.getCorpusQuery();
         String query = newQuery.getQuery();
         String queryLanguage = newQuery.getQueryLanguage();
+        String statistics = null;
         if (corpusQuery != null && !corpusQuery.isEmpty()) {
             koralQuery = serializeCorpusQuery(corpusQuery, apiVersion);
             requiredAccess = determineRequiredAccess(newQuery.isCached(),
                     queryName, koralQuery, apiVersion);
+            statistics = krill.getStatistics(koralQuery);
         }
         else if (query != null && !query.isEmpty() && queryLanguage != null
                 && !queryLanguage.isEmpty()) {
@@ -291,7 +293,7 @@
         queryDao.editQuery(existingQuery, queryName, type, requiredAccess,
                 koralQuery, newQuery.getDefinition(), newQuery.getDescription(),
                 newQuery.getStatus(), newQuery.isCached(), query,
-                queryLanguage);
+                queryLanguage, statistics);
     }
 
     private void publishQuery (int queryId, String queryCreator,
@@ -412,17 +414,23 @@
             jlog.debug("Storing query: " + queryName + "in the database ");
         }
 
+        String statistics = null;
+        if (queryType.equals(QueryType.VIRTUAL_CORPUS)) {
+        	statistics = krill.getStatistics(koralQuery); 
+        }
+        
         int queryId = 0;
         try {
             if (existingQuery==null) {
                 queryId = queryDao.createQuery(queryName, type, queryType,
                         requiredAccess, koralQuery, definition, description,
-                        status, isCached, queryCreator, query, queryLanguage);
+                        status, isCached, queryCreator, query, queryLanguage,
+                        statistics);
             }
             else {
                 queryDao.editQuery(existingQuery, queryName, type,
                         requiredAccess, koralQuery, definition, description,
-                        status, isCached, query, queryLanguage);
+                        status, isCached, query, queryLanguage, statistics);
             }
 
         }
@@ -443,7 +451,13 @@
             publishQuery(queryId, queryCreator, queryName);
         }
     }
-
+    
+	public void updateVCStatistics (QueryDO existingQuery, String statistics)
+			throws KustvaktException {
+		queryDao.editQuery(existingQuery, null, null, null, null, null, null,
+				null, existingQuery.isCached(), null, null, statistics);
+	}
+    
     public String serializeCorpusQuery (String corpusQuery, double apiVersion)
             throws KustvaktException {
         QuerySerializer serializer = new QuerySerializer(apiVersion);
@@ -568,7 +582,7 @@
             }
                 
             queryDao.editQuery(query, null, queryType, null, null,
-                    null, null, null, query.isCached(), null, null);
+                    null, null, null, query.isCached(), null, null, null);
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/src/main/resources/db/sqlite/V4.4__query_statistics.sql b/src/main/resources/db/sqlite/V4.4__query_statistics.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ced83c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/db/sqlite/V4.4__query_statistics.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ALTER TABLE query
+ADD COLUMN statistics TEXT DEFAULT NULL;
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diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/cache/NamedVCLoaderTest.java b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/cache/NamedVCLoaderTest.java
index 1b3eead..037e0a2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/cache/NamedVCLoaderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/cache/NamedVCLoaderTest.java
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@
     }
     
     @Test
+    public void testVCName2 ()
+            throws IOException, QueryException, KustvaktException {
+        String vcId = "c";
+        vcLoader.loadVCToCache(vcId, "/vc/corp-w-gesamt.2017-i.17.10.17.jsonld");
+        assertTrue(VirtualCorpusCache.contains(vcId));
+        Map<String, DocBits> cachedData = VirtualCorpusCache.retrieve(vcId);
+        assertTrue(cachedData.size() > 0);
+        QueryDO vc = dao.retrieveQueryByName(vcId, "system");
+        assertNotNull(vc);
+        clean(vcId, vc);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
     public void testNamedVCLoader ()
             throws IOException, QueryException, KustvaktException {
         String vcId = "named-vc1";
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/dao/VirtualCorpusDaoTest.java b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/dao/VirtualCorpusDaoTest.java
index d5773a9..7311947 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/dao/VirtualCorpusDaoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/dao/VirtualCorpusDaoTest.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         int id = dao.createQuery("system-vc-2", ResourceType.SYSTEM,
                 QueryType.VIRTUAL_CORPUS, User.CorpusAccess.FREE,
                 "corpusSigle=GOE", "definition", "description", "experimental",
-                false, "test class", null, null);
+                false, "test class", null, null, null);
         // select vc
         List<QueryDO> vcList = dao.retrieveQueryByType(ResourceType.SYSTEM,
                 null, QueryType.VIRTUAL_CORPUS);
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
                     dao.createQuery("system-vc", ResourceType.SYSTEM,
                             QueryType.VIRTUAL_CORPUS, User.CorpusAccess.FREE,
                             "corpusSigle=GOE", "definition", "description",
-                            "experimental", false, "system", null, null);
+                            "experimental", false, "system", null, null, null);
                 });
 
         String msg = exception.getMessage();
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/oauth2/OAuth2AdminControllerTest.java b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/oauth2/OAuth2AdminControllerTest.java
index 80fe019..d0c5d5f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/oauth2/OAuth2AdminControllerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/controller/oauth2/OAuth2AdminControllerTest.java
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Order;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestMethodOrder;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.MethodOrderer;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.oauth2.dao.RefreshTokenDao;
 import de.ids_mannheim.korap.utils.JsonUtils;
 
+@TestMethodOrder(MethodOrderer.OrderAnnotation.class)
 @Order(Integer.MAX_VALUE) // make sure this runs as last test as it removes tokens
 public class OAuth2AdminControllerTest extends OAuth2TestBase {
 
@@ -185,4 +188,4 @@
         assertEquals(node.at("/errors/0/1").asText(),
                 "Access token is invalid");
     }
-}
+}
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