diff --git a/src/content/mytinytodo.js b/src/content/mytinytodo.js
index 8076b0e..3fe78f4 100644
--- a/src/content/mytinytodo.js
+++ b/src/content/mytinytodo.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
     This file is a part of myTinyTodo.
-    (C) Copyright 2009-2010,2020-2023 Max Pozdeev <maxpozdeev@gmail.com>
+    (C) Copyright 2009-2010,2020-2025 Max Pozdeev <maxpozdeev@gmail.com>
     Licensed under the GNU GPL version 2 or any later. See file COPYRIGHT for details.
 */
 
@@ -2744,17 +2744,7 @@ function newTaskCounter()
         });
     });
 
-    fetch(_mtt.apiUrl + 'tasks/newCounter', {
-        method: 'POST',
-        credentials: 'same-origin', // old browsers
-        headers: {
-            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-            'MTT-Token': _mtt.options.token,
-        },
-        body: JSON.stringify(params)
-    })
-    .then(response => response.json())
-    .then(json => {
+    _mtt.db.request("newTaskCounter", params, json => {
         if (json && json.ok) {
             let counters = {};
             let curCounter = 0;
diff --git a/src/content/mytinytodo_api.js b/src/content/mytinytodo_api.js
index f981911..03ae87c 100644
--- a/src/content/mytinytodo_api.js
+++ b/src/content/mytinytodo_api.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
     This file is a part of myTinyTodo.
-    (C) Copyright 2010,2020-2023 Max Pozdeev <maxpozdeev@gmail.com>
+    (C) Copyright 2010,2020-2025 Max Pozdeev <maxpozdeev@gmail.com>
     Licensed under the GNU GPL version 2 or any later. See file COPYRIGHT for details.
 */
 
@@ -227,6 +227,29 @@ MytinytodoAjaxApi.prototype = {
         });
     },
 
+    newTaskCounter(params, callback) {
+        fetch(mytinytodo.apiUrl + 'tasks/newCounter', {
+            method: 'POST',
+            credentials: 'same-origin', // old browsers
+            headers: {
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+                'MTT-Token': mytinytodo.options.token,
+            },
+            body: JSON.stringify(params)
+        })
+        .then((response) => {
+            if (!response.ok) throw response;
+            return response.json();
+        })
+        .catch((e) => {
+            if (e instanceof Error) console.log("newTaskCounter fetch error: ", e);
+            else console.log("newTaskCounter fetch error, HTTP status code: " + e.status);
+        })
+        .then(json => {
+            callback(json)
+        });
+    },
+
 
     // Lists
     loadLists(params, callback) {