diff --git a/cs677/final/mpi-fractals.cc b/cs677/final/mpi-fractals.cc
index ddfef4b..a8f1110 100644
--- a/cs677/final/mpi-fractals.cc
+++ b/cs677/final/mpi-fractals.cc
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ void draw(int rank, int world_size, int nprocs, int width, int height,
                 taskVals[i + 1] = computation->compute(x_virt, y_virt);
             }
             /* send the computed pixel data to the master node */
+            taskVals[0] = pixel_num;
             MPI_Send(taskVals, TASK_SIZE + 1, MPI_INT, 0, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
         }
     }