diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f56dc33a18..a6cb1630db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Gogs - Go Git Service [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/gogits/gogs.svg?bra
 
 ![](https://github.com/gogits/gogs/blob/master/public/img/gogs-large-resize.png?raw=true)
 
-##### Current version: 0.9.27
+##### Current version: 0.9.28
 
 | Web | UI  | Preview  |
 |:-------------:|:-------:|:-------:|
diff --git a/gogs.go b/gogs.go
index 2941012263..3795310e26 100644
--- a/gogs.go
+++ b/gogs.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gogits/gogs/modules/setting"
 )
 
-const APP_VER = "0.9.27.0512"
+const APP_VER = "0.9.28.0527"
 
 func init() {
 	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
diff --git a/models/repo.go b/models/repo.go
index 1715067df9..6cc16eca15 100644
--- a/models/repo.go
+++ b/models/repo.go
@@ -1830,9 +1830,26 @@ func CheckRepoStats() {
 		repoStatsCheck(checkers[i])
 	}
 
-	// FIXME: use checker when v0.9, stop supporting old fork repo format.
+	// ***** START: Repository.NumClosedIssues *****
+	desc := "repository count 'num_closed_issues'"
+	results, err := x.Query("SELECT repo.id FROM `repository` repo WHERE repo.num_closed_issues!=(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `issue` WHERE repo_id=repo.id AND is_closed=?)", true)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(4, "Select %s: %v", desc, err)
+	} else {
+		for _, result := range results {
+			id := com.StrTo(result["id"]).MustInt64()
+			log.Trace("Updating %s: %d", desc, id)
+			_, err = x.Exec("UPDATE `repository` SET num_closed_issues=(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `issue` WHERE repo_id=? AND is_closed=?) WHERE id=?", id, true, id)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error(4, "Update %s[%d]: %v", desc, id, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// ***** END: Repository.NumClosedIssues *****
+
+	// FIXME: use checker when stop supporting old fork repo format.
 	// ***** START: Repository.NumForks *****
-	results, err := x.Query("SELECT repo.id FROM `repository` repo WHERE repo.num_forks!=(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `repository` WHERE fork_id=repo.id)")
+	results, err = x.Query("SELECT repo.id FROM `repository` repo WHERE repo.num_forks!=(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `repository` WHERE fork_id=repo.id)")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(4, "Select repository count 'num_forks': %v", err)
 	} else {
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/repo/issue.go b/routers/api/v1/repo/issue.go
index 8c9336ba9c..a80adbc356 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/repo/issue.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/repo/issue.go
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ func CreateIssue(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.CreateIssueOption) {
 		PosterID: ctx.User.Id,
 		Poster:   ctx.User,
 		Content:  form.Body,
-		IsClosed: form.Closed,
 	}
 
 	if ctx.Repo.IsWriter() {
@@ -86,6 +85,13 @@ func CreateIssue(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.CreateIssueOption) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	if form.Closed {
+		if err := issue.ChangeStatus(ctx.User, ctx.Repo.Repository, true); err != nil {
+			ctx.Error(500, "issue.ChangeStatus", err)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Refetch from database to assign some automatic values
 	var err error
 	issue, err = models.GetIssueByID(issue.ID)
diff --git a/templates/.VERSION b/templates/.VERSION
index 3821321969..e10c862842 100644
--- a/templates/.VERSION
+++ b/templates/.VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.27.0512
\ No newline at end of file
+0.9.28.0527
\ No newline at end of file