diff --git a/data_bags/mon_persister/mon_persister.json b/data_bags/mon_persister/mon_persister.json
index 374e55d..6be2993 100644
--- a/data_bags/mon_persister/mon_persister.json
+++ b/data_bags/mon_persister/mon_persister.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id" : "mon_persister",
+  "kafka" : {
+    "metrics_topic": "metrics"
+  },
   "vertica" : {
     "dbname" : "mon",
     "hostname" : "192.168.10.8"