diff --git a/hunter/src/main.rs b/hunter/src/main.rs
index c9bd6b4..7a4457e 100644
--- a/hunter/src/main.rs
+++ b/hunter/src/main.rs
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ async fn main() {
                         client.clone(),
                         host
                     )).unwrap();
+                metrics::counter!("hunter_worker_starts", 1);
                 cave::systemd::watchdog();
             }
         }