diff --git a/camus-etl-kafka/src/main/java/com/linkedin/camus/etl/kafka/CamusJob.java b/camus-etl-kafka/src/main/java/com/linkedin/camus/etl/kafka/CamusJob.java
index 3eb68a8ff..5d9b0688b 100644
--- a/camus-etl-kafka/src/main/java/com/linkedin/camus/etl/kafka/CamusJob.java
+++ b/camus-etl-kafka/src/main/java/com/linkedin/camus/etl/kafka/CamusJob.java
@@ -308,12 +308,14 @@ public int compare(FileStatus f1, FileStatus f2) {
 
 		String countersPathString = props.getProperty(CAMUS_COUNTERS_PATH);
 		if (countersPathString != null) {
-			Path countersPath = new Path(countersPathString);
+			Path countersDir = new Path(countersPathString);
+                       if (!fs.exists(countersDir))
+                         fs.mkdirs(countersDir);
+			Path countersPath = new Path(countersPathString, "counters.json");
 			fs.delete(countersPath, true);
-			fs.mkdirs(countersPath);
 
 			BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(
-							fs.create(new Path(countersPath, "counters.json"))));
+							fs.create(countersPath)));
 			writer.write(jsonData.toJSONString());
 			writer.close();
 		}
diff --git a/camus-etl-kafka/src/main/java/com/linkedin/camus/etl/kafka/mapred/EtlRecordReader.java b/camus-etl-kafka/src/main/java/com/linkedin/camus/etl/kafka/mapred/EtlRecordReader.java
index 0d53eac6e..d3be650b1 100644
--- a/camus-etl-kafka/src/main/java/com/linkedin/camus/etl/kafka/mapred/EtlRecordReader.java
+++ b/camus-etl-kafka/src/main/java/com/linkedin/camus/etl/kafka/mapred/EtlRecordReader.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import com.linkedin.camus.coders.MessageDecoder;
 import com.linkedin.camus.etl.kafka.CamusJob;
 import com.linkedin.camus.etl.kafka.coders.MessageDecoderFactory;
+import com.linkedin.camus.etl.kafka.common.DateUtils;
 import com.linkedin.camus.etl.kafka.common.EtlKey;
 import com.linkedin.camus.etl.kafka.common.EtlRequest;
 import com.linkedin.camus.etl.kafka.common.ExceptionWritable;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.TaskAttemptContext;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
+import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
 
 public class EtlRecordReader extends RecordReader<EtlKey, CamusWrapper> {
     private static final String PRINT_MAX_DECODER_EXCEPTIONS = "max.decoder.exceptions.to.print";
@@ -308,6 +310,13 @@ public boolean nextKeyValue() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
 
                     mapperContext.getCounter("total", "decode-time(ms)").increment(decodeTime);
 
+                    // timestamp of the nearest hour in our configuration
+                    long datePartition = DateUtils.getPartition(EtlMultiOutputFormat.getEtlOutputFileTimePartitionMins(context) * 60000L, timeStamp);
+                    // more readable form
+                    String datePartitionString = new DateTime(datePartition, DateTimeZone.UTC).toString("YYYY/MM/dd/HH");
+
+                    mapperContext.getCounter("total", datePartition + "_" + datePartitionString).increment(1);
+
                     if (reader != null) {
                         mapperContext.getCounter("total", "request-time(ms)").increment(
                                 reader.getFetchTime());