diff --git a/github.py b/github.py
index 0e19568..c8382f7 100644
--- a/github.py
+++ b/github.py
@@ -449,6 +449,8 @@ def generate_projects_json(projects: List[Dict]) -> List[Dict]:
                 "technologies": project.get("technologies", []),
                 "project_type": project.get("project_type", "self_project"),
                 "contributor_count": project.get("contributor_count", 1),
+                "author_commit_count": project.get("author_commit_count", 0),
+                "total_commit_count": project.get("total_commit_count", 0),
                 "github_details": project.get("github_details", {}),
             }
             projects_data.append(project_data)
diff --git a/tests/github_projects_fallback_test.py b/tests/github_projects_fallback_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34b1511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/github_projects_fallback_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import sys
+import types
+import unittest
+from contextlib import redirect_stdout
+from io import StringIO
+
+
+sys.modules.setdefault("requests", types.SimpleNamespace())
+sys.modules.setdefault("models", types.SimpleNamespace(GitHubProfile=object))
+sys.modules.setdefault(
+    "pdf",
+    types.SimpleNamespace(
+        logger=types.SimpleNamespace(
+            error=lambda *args, **kwargs: None,
+            info=lambda *args, **kwargs: None,
+            warning=lambda *args, **kwargs: None,
+        )
+    ),
+)
+sys.modules.setdefault(
+    "prompts.template_manager",
+    types.SimpleNamespace(TemplateManager=object),
+)
+sys.modules.setdefault(
+    "prompt", types.SimpleNamespace(DEFAULT_MODEL="test", MODEL_PARAMETERS={})
+)
+sys.modules.setdefault(
+    "llm_utils",
+    types.SimpleNamespace(
+        initialize_llm_provider=lambda *args, **kwargs: None,
+        extract_json_from_response=lambda value: value,
+    ),
+)
+sys.modules.setdefault("config", types.SimpleNamespace(DEVELOPMENT_MODE=False))
+
+import github
+
+
+class GitHubProjectsFallbackTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_fallback_preserves_commit_counts(self):
+        projects = [
+            {
+                "name": "example",
+                "description": "Example project",
+                "github_url": "https://github.com/example/project",
+                "live_url": None,
+                "technologies": ["Python"],
+                "project_type": "open_source",
+                "contributor_count": 3,
+                "author_commit_count": 12,
+                "total_commit_count": 40,
+                "github_details": {"stars": 5},
+            }
+        ]
+
+        original_template_manager = github.TemplateManager
+        github.TemplateManager = lambda: (_ for _ in ()).throw(
+            RuntimeError("force fallback")
+        )
+        try:
+            with redirect_stdout(StringIO()):
+                result = github.generate_projects_json(projects)
+        finally:
+            github.TemplateManager = original_template_manager
+
+        self.assertEqual(result[0]["author_commit_count"], 12)
+        self.assertEqual(result[0]["total_commit_count"], 40)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()