diff --git a/components/perfdata/graphitewriter.cpp b/components/perfdata/graphitewriter.cpp
index 331f62084..3adc0357e 100644
--- a/components/perfdata/graphitewriter.cpp
+++ b/components/perfdata/graphitewriter.cpp
@@ -169,10 +169,13 @@ void GraphiteWriter::SendPerfdata(const String& prefix, const CheckResult::Ptr&
 void GraphiteWriter::SendMetric(const String& prefix, const String& name, double value)
 {
 	std::ostringstream msgbuf;
-	msgbuf << prefix << "." << name << " " << Convert::ToString(value) << " " << static_cast<long>(Utility::GetTime()) << "\n";
+	msgbuf << prefix << "." << name << " " << Convert::ToString(value) << " " << static_cast<long>(Utility::GetTime());
 
+	Log(LogDebug, "GraphiteWriter", "Add to metric list:'" + msgbuf.str() + "'.");
+
+	// do not send \n to debug log
+	msgbuf << "\n";
 	String metric = msgbuf.str();
-	Log(LogDebug, "GraphiteWriter", "GraphiteWriter: Add to metric list:'" + metric + "'.");
 
 	ObjectLock olock(this);