diff --git a/lib/remote_storage/riak.rb b/lib/remote_storage/riak.rb
index 715d5e0..9fa0ba3 100644
--- a/lib/remote_storage/riak.rb
+++ b/lib/remote_storage/riak.rb
@@ -158,27 +158,22 @@ module RemoteStorage
 
     def log_object_size(user, directory, new_size=0, old_size=0)
       category = extract_category(directory)
-      info = info_bucket.get_or_new("usage:size:#{user}:#{category}")
-      info.content_type = "text/plain"
-
-      size = -old_size + new_size
-      size += info.data.to_i
-
-      info.data = size.to_s
+      info = info_bucket.get_or_new("usage:#{user}:#{category}")
+      info.content_type = "application/json"
+      info.data ||= {}
+      info.data["size"] ||= 0
+      info.data["size"] += (-old_size + new_size)
       info.indexes.merge!({:user_id_bin => [user]})
       info.store
     end
 
     def log_object_count(user, directory, change)
       category = extract_category(directory)
-
-      info = info_bucket.get_or_new("usage:count:#{user}:#{category}")
-      info.content_type = "text/plain"
-
-      count = change.to_i
-      count += info.data.to_i
-
-      info.data = count.to_s
+      info = info_bucket.get_or_new("usage:#{user}:#{category}")
+      info.content_type = "application/json"
+      info.data ||= {}
+      info.data["count"] ||= 0
+      info.data["count"] += change
       info.indexes.merge!({:user_id_bin => [user]})
       info.store
     end
diff --git a/spec/riak_spec.rb b/spec/riak_spec.rb
index c985fa8..337904e 100644
--- a/spec/riak_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/riak_spec.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 require_relative "spec_helper"
 
 def set_usage_info(user, category, type, value)
-  object = info_bucket.get_or_new("usage:#{type}:#{user}:#{category}")
-  object.content_type = "text/plain"
-  object.data = value.to_s
+  object = info_bucket.get_or_new("usage:#{user}:#{category}")
+  object.content_type = "application/json"
+  data = object.data || {}
+  data.merge!(type => value)
+  object.data = data
   object.store
 end
 
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ describe "App with Riak backend" do
     describe "PUT" do
       before do
         header "Authorization", "Bearer 123"
-        set_usage_info "jimmy", "documents", "size", "23"
+        set_usage_info "jimmy", "documents", "size", 23
       end
 
       describe "with implicit content type" do
@@ -112,10 +114,9 @@ describe "App with Riak backend" do
         end
 
         it "increases the usage size counter" do
-          info_bucket.get("usage:size:jimmy:documents").data.must_equal "35"
-
-          indexes = info_bucket.get("usage:size:jimmy:documents").indexes
-          indexes["user_id_bin"].must_include "jimmy"
+          usage = info_bucket.get("usage:jimmy:documents")
+          usage.data["size"].must_equal 35
+          usage.indexes["user_id_bin"].must_include "jimmy"
         end
 
         it "indexes the data set" do
@@ -143,8 +144,8 @@ describe "App with Riak backend" do
           data_bucket.get("jimmy:documents:jason").content_type.must_equal "application/json"
         end
 
-        it "increases the overall category size" do
-          info_bucket.get("usage:size:jimmy:documents").data.must_equal "49"
+        it "increases the category size counter" do
+          info_bucket.get("usage:jimmy:documents").data["size"].must_equal 49
         end
 
         it "delivers the data correctly" do
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ describe "App with Riak backend" do
 
       describe "with existing content" do
         before do
-          set_usage_info "jimmy", "documents", "size", "10"
+          set_usage_info "jimmy", "documents", "size", 10
           put "/jimmy/documents/archive/foo", "lorem ipsum"
           put "/jimmy/documents/archive/foo", "some awesome content"
         end
@@ -216,33 +217,29 @@ describe "App with Riak backend" do
           data_bucket.get("jimmy:documents/archive:foo").data.must_equal "some awesome content"
         end
 
-        it "increases the overall category size" do
-          info_bucket.get("usage:size:jimmy:documents").data.must_equal "30"
+        it "increases the category size counter" do
+          info_bucket.get("usage:jimmy:documents").data["size"].must_equal 30
         end
       end
 
       describe "public data" do
         before do
-          set_usage_info "jimmy", "public/documents", "size", "10"
-          set_usage_info "jimmy", "public/documents", "count", "100"
+          set_usage_info "jimmy", "public/documents", "size", 10
+          set_usage_info "jimmy", "public/documents", "count", 100
           put "/jimmy/public/documents/notes/foo", "note to self"
         end
 
-        # after do
-        #   info_bucket.delete "usage:size:jimmy:public/documents"
-        # end
-
         it "saves the value" do
           last_response.status.must_equal 200
           data_bucket.get("jimmy:public/documents/notes:foo").data.must_equal "note to self"
         end
 
         it "increases the category size counter" do
-          info_bucket.get("usage:size:jimmy:public/documents").data.must_equal "22"
+          info_bucket.get("usage:jimmy:public/documents").data["size"].must_equal 22
         end
 
         it "increases the category object counter" do
-          info_bucket.get("usage:count:jimmy:public/documents").data.must_equal "101"
+          info_bucket.get("usage:jimmy:public/documents").data["count"].must_equal 101
         end
       end
 
@@ -269,8 +266,8 @@ describe "App with Riak backend" do
             last_response.body.must_equal @image
           end
 
-          it "increases the overall category size" do
-            info_bucket.get("usage:size:jimmy:documents").data.must_equal "16067"
+          it "increases the category size counter" do
+            info_bucket.get("usage:jimmy:documents").data["size"].must_equal 16067
           end
 
           it "indexes the binary set" do
@@ -357,8 +354,8 @@ describe "App with Riak backend" do
     describe "DELETE" do
       before do
         header "Authorization", "Bearer 123"
-        set_usage_info "jimmy", "documents", "size", "123"
-        set_usage_info "jimmy", "documents", "count", "1000"
+        set_usage_info "jimmy", "documents", "size", 123
+        set_usage_info "jimmy", "documents", "count", 1000
         delete "/jimmy/documents/foo"
       end
 
@@ -370,11 +367,11 @@ describe "App with Riak backend" do
       end
 
       it "decreases the category size counter" do
-        info_bucket.get("usage:size:jimmy:documents").data.must_equal "101"
+        info_bucket.get("usage:jimmy:documents").data["size"].must_equal 101
       end
 
       it "decreases the category object counter" do
-        info_bucket.get("usage:count:jimmy:documents").data.must_equal "999"
+        info_bucket.get("usage:jimmy:documents").data["count"].must_equal 999
       end
 
       context "binary data" do
@@ -383,7 +380,8 @@ describe "App with Riak backend" do
           filename = File.join(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)), "fixtures", "rockrule.jpeg")
           @image = File.open(filename, "r").read
           put "/jimmy/documents/jaypeg", @image
-          set_usage_info "jimmy", "documents", "size", "100000"
+          set_usage_info "jimmy", "documents", "size", 100000
+          set_usage_info "jimmy", "documents", "count", 10
 
           delete "/jimmy/documents/jaypeg"
         end
@@ -402,8 +400,12 @@ describe "App with Riak backend" do
           }.must_raise Riak::HTTPFailedRequest
         end
 
-        it "decreases the overall category size" do
-          info_bucket.get("usage:size:jimmy:documents").data.must_equal "83956"
+        it "decreases the category size counter" do
+          info_bucket.get("usage:jimmy:documents").data["size"].must_equal 83956
+        end
+
+        it "decreases the category object counter" do
+          info_bucket.get("usage:jimmy:documents").data["count"].must_equal 9
         end
       end
     end