--- handlers/views_handler_field_counter.inc
+++ handlers/views_handler_field_counter.inc
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // $Id: views_handler_field_counter.inc,v 1.3.2.2 2009/11/06 18:19:40 merlinofchaos Exp $
 
 class views_handler_field_counter extends views_handler_field {
+
   function option_definition() {
     $options = parent::option_definition();
     $options['counter_start'] = array('default' => 1);
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ class views_handler_field_counter extends views_handler_field {
   }
 
   function render($values) {
+    $this->field_alias = "counter";
     // Note:  1 is subtracted from the counter start value below because the
     // counter value is incremented by 1 at the end of this function.
     $count = is_numeric($this->options['counter_start']) ? $this->options['counter_start'] - 1 : 0;
@@ -36,7 +38,6 @@ class views_handler_field_counter extends views_handler_field {
     }
     // Add the counter for the current site.
     $count += $this->view->row_index + 1;
-
     return $count;
   }
 }