diff --git a/metric/metric.go b/metric/metric.go
index 2b17129..b139af6 100644
--- a/metric/metric.go
+++ b/metric/metric.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"repositories.action2quare.com/ayo/gocommon/logger"
@@ -101,22 +102,29 @@ func init() {
 		return &metric_empty{}
 	}
 
+	if path.Base(os.Args[0]) == "houston" {
+		logger.Println("metrics are going to be generated for myself(houston)")
+		go mc.metricWriter()
+		NewMetric = newMetricImpl
+		return
+	}
+
 	ppid := os.Getppid()
 	if parent, _ := os.FindProcess(ppid); parent != nil {
 		filename := fmt.Sprintf(`/proc/%d/stat`, os.Getppid())
 		if fn, err := os.ReadFile(filename); err == nil {
-			if string(fn) == "houston" {
-				logger.Println("metrics are activated for houston")
+			if path.Base(string(fn)) == "houston" {
+				logger.Println("metrics are going to be generated for houston")
 				go mc.metricWriter()
 				NewMetric = newMetricImpl
 			} else {
-				logger.Println("metrics are NOT activated")
+				logger.Println("metrics are NOT going to be generated. parent is not houston")
 			}
 		} else {
-			logger.Println("metrics are NOT activated")
+			logger.Println("metrics are NOT going to be generated. ppid proc is missing :", filename)
 		}
 	} else {
-		logger.Println("metrics are NOT activated")
+		logger.Println("metrics are NOT going to be generated. parent process is missing. ppid :", ppid)
 	}
 }