diff --git a/metric/metric.go b/metric/metric.go
index 50c9de2..bad70fc 100644
--- a/metric/metric.go
+++ b/metric/metric.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"strings"
 	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"repositories.action2quare.com/ayo/gocommon/logger"
@@ -113,7 +114,10 @@ func init() {
 	if parent, _ := os.FindProcess(ppid); parent != nil {
 		filename := fmt.Sprintf(`/proc/%d/stat`, os.Getppid())
 		if fn, err := os.ReadFile(filename); err == nil {
-			if path.Base(string(fn)) == "houston" {
+			stats := strings.SplitN(string(fn), " ", 3)
+			parentname := strings.Trim(stats[1], "()")
+
+			if path.Base(parentname) == "houston" {
 				logger.Println("metrics are going to be generated for houston")
 				go mc.metricWriter()
 				NewMetric = newMetricImpl