diff --git a/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFile.cs b/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFile.cs
index 877d8002..709b374b 100644
--- a/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFile.cs
+++ b/SabreTools.DatFiles/DatFile.cs
@@ -301,6 +301,19 @@ namespace SabreTools.DatFiles
 
         #endregion
 
+        #region Item Dictionary Passthrough - Bucketing
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Recalculate the statistics for the Dat
+        /// </summary>
+        public void RecalculateStats()
+        {
+            Items.RecalculateStats();
+            ItemsDB.RecalculateStats();
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
         #region Parsing
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/SabreTools.DatTools/Writer.cs b/SabreTools.DatTools/Writer.cs
index dcac107d..913caef2 100644
--- a/SabreTools.DatTools/Writer.cs
+++ b/SabreTools.DatTools/Writer.cs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.DatTools
             long romCount = datFile.DatStatistics.GetItemCount(ItemType.Rom);
 
             if (diskCount + mediaCount + romCount == 0)
-                datFile.Items.RecalculateStats();
+                datFile.RecalculateStats();
 
             datFile.BucketBy(ItemKey.Machine, DedupeType.None, norename: true);
 
@@ -214,8 +214,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.DatTools
         private static bool HasWritable(DatFile datFile)
         {
             // Force a statistics recheck, just in case
-            datFile.Items.RecalculateStats();
-            datFile.ItemsDB.RecalculateStats();
+            datFile.RecalculateStats();
 
             // If there's nothing there, abort
             if (datFile.DatStatistics.TotalCount == 0)