diff --git a/packages/fxa-event-broker/config/index.ts b/packages/fxa-event-broker/config/index.ts
index 63967c6dd7..45dca97a31 100644
--- a/packages/fxa-event-broker/config/index.ts
+++ b/packages/fxa-event-broker/config/index.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ const conf = convict({
       format: Number
     },
     prefix: {
-      default: 'fxa-event-broker',
+      default: 'fxa-event-broker.',
       doc: 'Metric prefix for statsD',
       env: 'METRIC_PREFIX',
       format: String