diff --git a/app/events/event_dispatcher.py b/app/events/event_dispatcher.py
index 866056033..ec2f0a476 100644
--- a/app/events/event_dispatcher.py
+++ b/app/events/event_dispatcher.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def send_event(
 
         serialized = event.SerializeToString()
         dispatcher.send(serialized)
-        newrelic.agent.record_custom_event("event_stored")
+        newrelic.agent.record_custom_metric("Custom/events_stored", 1)
         LOG.i("Sent event to the dispatcher")
 
     @staticmethod