diff --git a/services/gateway/src/discord/gateway.rs b/services/gateway/src/discord/gateway.rs
index 40ed9bf7..a50fda8e 100644
--- a/services/gateway/src/discord/gateway.rs
+++ b/services/gateway/src/discord/gateway.rs
@@ -86,12 +86,18 @@ pub async fn runner(
     while let Some(item) = shard.next_event(EventTypeFlags::all()).await {
         match item {
             Ok(event) => {
+                // event_type * shard_id is too many labels and prometheus fails to query it
+                // so we split it into two metrics
                 counter!(
-                    "pluralkit_gateway_events",
-                    "shard_id" => shard.id().number().to_string(),
+                    "pluralkit_gateway_events_type",
                     "event_type" => serde_variant::to_variant_name(&event.kind()).unwrap(),
                 )
                 .increment(1);
+                counter!(
+                    "pluralkit_gateway_events_shard",
+                    "shard_id" => shard.id().number().to_string(),
+                )
+                .increment(1);
                 if let Err(error) = shard_state
                     .handle_event(shard.id().number(), event.clone())
                     .await