diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 0af252c..f2beeb8 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ app.use(express.text());
 // }, 1000)
 import WebSocket, { WebSocketServer } from "ws";
 const wss = new WebSocketServer({ noServer: true });
+let onlineUsers;
 // let openSockets = 0;
 wss.on("connection", function connection(ws, req, res) {
 	// ws.send(`online=${wss.clients.size}`);
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ wss.on("connection", function connection(ws, req, res) {
 	server.on("message", async function message(data) {
 		let message = Buffer.from(data).toString();
 		if (message.startsWith("online")) {
+			onlineUsers = message.split("=")[1];
 			ws.send(message);
 		} else if (message.startsWith("annc")) {
 			ws.send(message);
@@ -198,7 +200,7 @@ app.use("/metrics", async(req, res) => {
 	});
 	returnData+="#HELP online_users The total number of people online.\n";
 	returnData+="#TYPE online_users gauge\n"
-	returnData+=`online_users ${wss.clients.size}\n`
+	returnData+=`online_users ${onlineUsers}\n`
 	res.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain; version=0.0.4")
 	res.send(returnData);
 	return;