diff --git a/services/real-time/app/coffee/EventLogger.coffee b/services/real-time/app/coffee/EventLogger.coffee
index 9a52ccb842..cf412c1904 100644
--- a/services/real-time/app/coffee/EventLogger.coffee
+++ b/services/real-time/app/coffee/EventLogger.coffee
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module.exports = EventLogger =
 		# store the last count in a hash for each host
 		previous = EventLogger._storeEventCount(key, count)
 		if !previous? || count == (previous + 1)
-			metrics.inc "event.#{channel}.valid"
+			metrics.inc "event.#{channel}.valid", 0.001
 			return # order is ok
 		if (count == previous)
 			metrics.inc "event.#{channel}.duplicate"