diff --git a/bigchaindb/monitor.py b/bigchaindb/monitor.py
index 5e88cffa..d3a33472 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/monitor.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/monitor.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import statsd
-from os import getppid
 from platform import node
 
 class Monitor(statsd.StatsClient):
@@ -7,5 +6,5 @@ class Monitor(statsd.StatsClient):
         if not kwargs:
             kwargs = {}
         if not kwargs.get('prefix'):
-            kwargs['prefix'] = '{hostname}_{pid}.'.format(hostname=node(), pid=getppid())
+            kwargs['prefix'] = '{hostname}.'.format(hostname=node())
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/docker-compose-monitor.yml b/docker-compose-monitor.yml
index 34dc11f6..92dfeb19 100644
--- a/docker-compose-monitor.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-monitor.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ rethinkdb-1:
   image: rethinkdb
   ports:
     - "9999:8080"
-    - "28015:28015"
-    - "29015:29015"
+    - "28015"
+    - "29015"
   volumes_from:
     - rethinkdb-data-1
 
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ rethinkdb-2:
   image: rethinkdb
   ports:
     - "9998:8080"
-    - "28015:28015"
-    - "29015:29015"
+    - "28015"
+    - "29015"
   links:
     - rethinkdb-1:localhost
   volumes_from: