Chat counter always shows 1

[Wade Smart]

I have not paid attention to it until someone called my
attention to it, the pidgin app icon shows a 1 in the chat
area by the birds head. When I have one message it shows
2 and when I have no messages it shows 1. On my other
computer it shows 0. Where is that counter located and how
would one correct it?

Im on Ubuntu 16.04 with libpurple 2.10.12

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