diff --git a/scrapy/contrib/logstats.py b/scrapy/contrib/logstats.py
index dd61721ca..4f2567c3f 100644
--- a/scrapy/contrib/logstats.py
+++ b/scrapy/contrib/logstats.py
@@ -3,20 +3,13 @@ from twisted.internet import task
 from scrapy.exceptions import NotConfigured
 from scrapy import log, signals
 
-class Slot(object):
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.items = 0
-        self.itemsprev = 0
-        self.pages = 0
-        self.pagesprev = 0
 
 class LogStats(object):
     """Log basic scraping stats periodically"""
 
-    def __init__(self, interval=60.0):
+    def __init__(self, stats, interval=60.0):
+        self.stats = stats
         self.interval = interval
-        self.slots = {}
         self.multiplier = 60.0 / self.interval
 
     @classmethod
@@ -24,40 +17,28 @@ class LogStats(object):
         interval = crawler.settings.getfloat('LOGSTATS_INTERVAL')
         if not interval:
             raise NotConfigured
-        o = cls(interval)
-        crawler.signals.connect(o.item_scraped, signal=signals.item_scraped)
-        crawler.signals.connect(o.response_received, signal=signals.response_received)
+        o = cls(crawler.stats, interval)
         crawler.signals.connect(o.spider_opened, signal=signals.spider_opened)
         crawler.signals.connect(o.spider_closed, signal=signals.spider_closed)
-        crawler.signals.connect(o.engine_started, signal=signals.engine_started)
-        crawler.signals.connect(o.engine_stopped, signal=signals.engine_stopped)
         return o
 
-    def item_scraped(self, spider):
-        self.slots[spider].items += 1
-
-    def response_received(self, spider):
-        self.slots[spider].pages += 1
-
     def spider_opened(self, spider):
-        self.slots[spider] = Slot()
+        self.pagesprev = 0
+        self.itemsprev = 0
 
-    def spider_closed(self, spider):
-        del self.slots[spider]
+        self.task = task.LoopingCall(self.log, spider)
+        self.task.start(self.interval)
 
-    def engine_started(self):
-        self.tsk = task.LoopingCall(self.log)
-        self.tsk.start(self.interval)
+    def log(self, spider):
+        items = self.stats.get_value('item_scraped_count', 0)
+        pages = self.stats.get_value('response_received_count', 0)
+        irate = (items - self.itemsprev) * self.multiplier
+        prate = (pages - self.pagesprev) * self.multiplier
+        self.pagesprev, self.itemsprev = pages, items
+        msg = "Crawled %d pages (at %d pages/min), scraped %d items (at %d items/min)" \
+            % (pages, prate, items, irate)
+        log.msg(msg, spider=spider)
 
-    def log(self):
-        for spider, slot in self.slots.items():
-            irate = (slot.items - slot.itemsprev) * self.multiplier
-            prate = (slot.pages - slot.pagesprev) * self.multiplier
-            slot.pagesprev, slot.itemsprev = slot.pages, slot.items
-            msg = "Crawled %d pages (at %d pages/min), scraped %d items (at %d items/min)" \
-                % (slot.pages, prate, slot.items, irate)
-            log.msg(msg, spider=spider)
-
-    def engine_stopped(self):
-        if self.tsk.running:
-            self.tsk.stop()
+    def spider_closed(self, spider, reason):
+        if self.task.running:
+            self.task.stop()