diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 45ca81867..6f61acd2d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ local/**
 metrics/**
 bin/**
 **/.idea
+!.idea/scopes
+!.idea/scopes/**
 **/*.iml
 **/target
 **/.classpath
diff --git a/.idea/scopes/project_Java_files.xml b/.idea/scopes/project_Java_files.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8b6b1d08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/scopes/project_Java_files.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<component name="DependencyValidationManager">
+  <scope name="project Java files" pattern="file:*.java" />
+</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/engine/metrics/wrappers/RelevancyMeasures.java b/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/engine/metrics/wrappers/RelevancyMeasures.java
index 97db60706..4dd8b890f 100644
--- a/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/engine/metrics/wrappers/RelevancyMeasures.java
+++ b/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/engine/metrics/wrappers/RelevancyMeasures.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class RelevancyMeasures implements NBLabeledElement {
         for (RelevancyFunction function : f) {
             this.functions.add(function);
             function.prependLabels(this);
-            throw new RuntimeException("replace me after merge");
+            // TODO: metrics
             // DoubleSummaryGauge gauge = ActivityMetrics.summaryGauge(function, function.getUniqueName());
             // this.gauges.add(gauge);
         }