diff --git a/apps.json b/apps.json
index 7fc5145aa..6b81f6a41 100644
--- a/apps.json
+++ b/apps.json
@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@
   {
     "id": "widpedom",
     "name": "Pedometer widget",
-    "version": "0.21",
+    "version": "0.22",
     "description": "Daily pedometer widget",
     "icon": "widget.png",
     "type": "widget",
diff --git a/apps/widpedom/ChangeLog b/apps/widpedom/ChangeLog
index 3483c3390..54f6b203b 100644
--- a/apps/widpedom/ChangeLog
+++ b/apps/widpedom/ChangeLog
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@
       Memory usage enhancements
 0.20: Fix issue where step count would randomly reset
 0.21: Memory usage improvements, fix widget initial width (fix #1170)
+0.22: Fix 'stps' regression for 0.21 (fix #1233)
diff --git a/apps/widpedom/widget.js b/apps/widpedom/widget.js
index 3a079c066..cc7fdb579 100644
--- a/apps/widpedom/widget.js
+++ b/apps/widpedom/widget.js
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
   // add your widget
   WIDGETS["wpedom"]={area:"tl",width:0,
     getWidth:function() {
+      let stps = stp_today.toString();
       let newWidth = 24;
       if (settings.hide)
         newWidth = 0;
@@ -68,7 +69,6 @@
       return newWidth;
     },
     redraw:function() { // work out the width, and queue a full redraw if needed
-      let stps = stp_today.toString();
       let newWidth = this.getWidth();
       if (newWidth!=this.width) {
         // width has changed, re-layout all widgets