diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opennars/lab/metric/MetricReporter.java b/src/main/java/org/opennars/lab/metric/MetricReporter.java
index bac01da0a59cfdfeb65dc2992c07e98a8c21c7a6..6af650243f271090d302adcc957c317f97c250a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opennars/lab/metric/MetricReporter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opennars/lab/metric/MetricReporter.java
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ public class MetricReporter {
     private void send(final String dataAsString, final String metricPathName) {
         final String timestampAsString = "-1"; // -1 leads to automatic timestamping on arrival of the message
 
-        String narsVersionSerialized = narsVersion.replace('.', '_'); // required for graphite
-        String metricPath = narsVersionSerialized + "___name_" + metricPathName + "___runId_" + runId;
+        String narsVersionSerialized = narsVersion.replace('.', '_').replaceFirst("\\_", "."); // required for graphite
+        String metricPath = narsVersionSerialized + "." + metricPathName;
 
         String payload = metricPath +":"+ dataAsString + "|c" + "\n";