diff --git a/riemann.config b/riemann.config
index 54cd1236a..0617899b7 100644
--- a/riemann.config
+++ b/riemann.config
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       index (default :ttl 300 (update-index (index)))]
 
   (streams
-    (with {:metric_f 1 :host nil :state "ok" :service "events/sec"}
+    (with {:metric 1 :host nil :state "ok" :service "events/sec"}
       (rate 5 index))
 
     (where (service #"^per")