diff --git a/Options.py b/Options.py
index 47f4b1d45c..ed19d2eb87 100644
--- a/Options.py
+++ b/Options.py
@@ -938,26 +938,27 @@ class OptionCounter(OptionDict):
     min: int | None = None
     max: int | None = None
     cull_zeroes: bool = False
+    value: collections.Counter[str]
 
     def __init__(self, value: dict[str, int]) -> None:
-        cleaned_dict = {}
+        cleaned_dict = collections.Counter()
 
         invalid_value_errors = []
-        for key, value in value.items():
-            if not isinstance(value, (int, float)) or int(value) != value:
-                invalid_value_errors += [f"Invalid value {value} for key {key}, must be an integer."]
+        for key, subvalue in value.items():
+            if not isinstance(subvalue, (int, float)) or int(subvalue) != subvalue:
+                invalid_value_errors += [f"Invalid value {subvalue} for key {key}, must be an integer."]
                 continue
 
-            if self.cull_zeroes and value == 0:
+            if self.cull_zeroes and subvalue == 0:
                 continue
 
-            cleaned_dict[key] = int(value)
+            cleaned_dict[key] = int(subvalue)
 
         if invalid_value_errors:
             type_errors = [f"For option {self.__class__.__name__}:"] + invalid_value_errors
-            raise TypeError("\n".join(invalid_value_errors))
+            raise TypeError("\n".join(type_errors))
 
-        super(OptionCounter, self).__init__(collections.Counter(cleaned_dict))
+        self.value = cleaned_dict
 
     def verify(self, world: type[World], player_name: str, plando_options: PlandoOptions) -> None:
         super(OptionCounter, self).verify(world, player_name, plando_options)