diff --git a/services/manifest-repo-export-service/pkg/cmd/server.go b/services/manifest-repo-export-service/pkg/cmd/server.go
index d44b61592..0aa61283c 100755
--- a/services/manifest-repo-export-service/pkg/cmd/server.go
+++ b/services/manifest-repo-export-service/pkg/cmd/server.go
@@ -321,12 +321,10 @@ func processEsls(ctx context.Context, repo repository.Repository, dbHandler *db.
 				if err2 != nil {
 					d := sleepDuration.NextBackOff()
 					logger.FromContext(ctx).Sugar().Warnf("error pushing, will try again in %v", d)
-					if ddMetrics != nil {
-						if err := ddMetrics.Gauge("manifest_export_push_failures", 1, []string{}, 1); err != nil {
-							log.Error("Error in ddMetrics.Gauge %v", err)
-						}
-					}
+					measurePushes(ddMetrics, log, true)
 					time.Sleep(d)
+				} else {
+					measurePushes(ddMetrics, log, false)
 				}
 				return err2
 			})
@@ -342,6 +340,18 @@ func processEsls(ctx context.Context, repo repository.Repository, dbHandler *db.
 	}
 }
 
+func measurePushes(ddMetrics statsd.ClientInterface, log *zap.SugaredLogger, failure bool) {
+	if ddMetrics != nil {
+		var value float64 = 0
+		if failure {
+			value = 1
+		}
+		if err := ddMetrics.Gauge("manifest_export_push_failures", value, []string{}, 1); err != nil {
+			log.Error("Error in ddMetrics.Gauge %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func handleOneEvent(ctx context.Context, transaction *sql.Tx, dbHandler *db.DBHandler, ddMetrics statsd.ClientInterface, repo repository.Repository) (repository.Transformer, *db.EslEventRow, error) {
 	log := logger.FromContext(ctx).Sugar()
 	eslVersion, err := cutoff.DBReadCutoff(dbHandler, ctx, transaction)