diff --git a/metric/metric.go b/metric/metric.go
index 1893a3e..f25d7a5 100644
--- a/metric/metric.go
+++ b/metric/metric.go
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"os"
-	"sync"
+
+	"repositories.action2quare.com/ayo/gocommon/logger"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -60,30 +62,36 @@ func (mc *metricCollection) metricWriter() {
 	}
 }
 
-var metricWriterFlag sync.Once
+var NewMetric func(MetricType, string, string, map[string]string) MetricWriter
 
-func NewMetric(mt MetricType, name string, help string, constLabel ...string) (writer MetricWriter) {
-	metricWriterFlag.Do(func() {
-		go mc.metricWriter()
-	})
+func init() {
+	NewMetric = func(MetricType, string, string, map[string]string) MetricWriter {
+		return func(val float64) {}
+	}
 
+	ppid := os.Getppid()
+	if parent, _ := os.FindProcess(ppid); parent != nil {
+		filename := fmt.Sprintf(`/proc/%d/stat`, os.Getppid())
+		if fn, err := os.ReadFile(filename); err == nil {
+			if string(fn) == "houston" {
+				logger.Println("metrics are activated for houston")
+				go mc.metricWriter()
+				NewMetric = newMetricImpl
+			} else {
+				logger.Println("metrics are NOT activated")
+			}
+		} else {
+			logger.Println("metrics are NOT activated")
+		}
+	} else {
+		logger.Println("metrics are NOT activated")
+	}
+}
+
+func newMetricImpl(mt MetricType, name string, help string, constLabels map[string]string) (writer MetricWriter) {
 	hash := md5.New()
 	hash.Write([]byte(name))
 
-	var constLabels map[string]string
-	if len(constLabel) > 0 {
-		constLabels = make(map[string]string)
-		for i := 0; i < len(constLabel); i = i + 2 {
-			constLabels[constLabel[i]] = ""
-			hash.Write([]byte(constLabel[i]))
-		}
-
-		for i := 1; i < len(constLabel); i = i + 2 {
-			constLabels[constLabel[i-1]] = constLabel[i]
-			hash.Write([]byte(constLabel[i]))
-		}
-	}
-
 	key := hex.EncodeToString(hash.Sum(nil))[:metric_key_size]
 	temp, _ := json.Marshal(MetricDescription{
 		Key:         key,