diff --git a/nb-apis/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/engine/metrics/reporters/SqliteReporter.java b/nb-apis/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/engine/metrics/reporters/SqliteReporter.java
index df35d8308..bcb685462 100644
--- a/nb-apis/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/engine/metrics/reporters/SqliteReporter.java
+++ b/nb-apis/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/engine/metrics/reporters/SqliteReporter.java
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ public class SqliteReporter extends PeriodicTaskComponent {
     public void task() {
         List<NBMetric> metrics = parent.find().metrics();
         final long report_time = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        String report_id = String.valueOf(UUID.randomUUID());
         for (NBMetric metric : metrics) {
-            String report_id = String.valueOf(UUID.randomUUID());
             String metric_name = metric.getLabels().valueOf("name");
             String labels = metric.getHandle();
             String type_name = metric.typeName();