diff --git a/gateway/metrics/exporter.go b/gateway/metrics/exporter.go
index 25ff9141..2d5a1cf7 100644
--- a/gateway/metrics/exporter.go
+++ b/gateway/metrics/exporter.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func NewExporter(options MetricOptions) *Exporter {
 func (e *Exporter) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
 	e.metricOptions.GatewayFunctionInvocation.Describe(ch)
 	e.metricOptions.GatewayFunctionsHistogram.Describe(ch)
-	e.metricOptions.ServiceReplicasCounter.Describe(ch)
+	e.metricOptions.ServiceReplicasGauge.Describe(ch)
 }
 
 // Collect collects data to be consumed by prometheus
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ func (e *Exporter) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 	e.metricOptions.GatewayFunctionInvocation.Collect(ch)
 	e.metricOptions.GatewayFunctionsHistogram.Collect(ch)
 
-	e.metricOptions.ServiceReplicasCounter.Reset()
+	e.metricOptions.ServiceReplicasGauge.Reset()
 	for _, service := range e.services {
-		e.metricOptions.ServiceReplicasCounter.
+		e.metricOptions.ServiceReplicasGauge.
 			WithLabelValues(service.Name).
 			Set(float64(service.Replicas))
 	}
-	e.metricOptions.ServiceReplicasCounter.Collect(ch)
+	e.metricOptions.ServiceReplicasGauge.Collect(ch)
 }
 
 // StartServiceWatcher starts a ticker and collects service replica counts to expose to prometheus
diff --git a/gateway/metrics/exporter_test.go b/gateway/metrics/exporter_test.go
index 02a94cc4..04e41088 100644
--- a/gateway/metrics/exporter_test.go
+++ b/gateway/metrics/exporter_test.go
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ func Test_Describe_DescribesThePrometheusMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Want %s, got: %s", expectedGatewayFunctionsHistogramDesc, actualGatewayFunctionsHistogramDesc)
 	}
 	d = (<-ch)
-	expectedServiceReplicasCounterDesc := `Desc{fqName: "gateway_service_count", help: "Docker service replicas", constLabels: {}, variableLabels: [function_name]}`
-	actualServiceReplicasCounterDesc := d.String()
-	if expectedServiceReplicasCounterDesc != actualServiceReplicasCounterDesc {
-		t.Errorf("Want %s, got: %s", expectedServiceReplicasCounterDesc, actualServiceReplicasCounterDesc)
+	expectedServiceReplicasGaugeDesc := `Desc{fqName: "gateway_service_count", help: "Docker service replicas", constLabels: {}, variableLabels: [function_name]}`
+	actualServiceReplicasGaugeDesc := d.String()
+	if expectedServiceReplicasGaugeDesc != actualServiceReplicasGaugeDesc {
+		t.Errorf("Want %s, got: %s", expectedServiceReplicasGaugeDesc, actualServiceReplicasGaugeDesc)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/gateway/metrics/metrics.go b/gateway/metrics/metrics.go
index d4da4679..9d0a3678 100644
--- a/gateway/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/gateway/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 type MetricOptions struct {
 	GatewayFunctionInvocation *prometheus.CounterVec
 	GatewayFunctionsHistogram *prometheus.HistogramVec
-	ServiceReplicasCounter    *prometheus.GaugeVec
+	ServiceReplicasGauge      *prometheus.GaugeVec
 }
 
 // PrometheusHandler Bootstraps prometheus for metrics collection
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func BuildMetricsOptions() MetricOptions {
 	metricsOptions := MetricOptions{
 		GatewayFunctionsHistogram: gatewayFunctionsHistogram,
 		GatewayFunctionInvocation: gatewayFunctionInvocation,
-		ServiceReplicasCounter:    serviceReplicas,
+		ServiceReplicasGauge:      serviceReplicas,
 	}
 
 	return metricsOptions