diff --git a/src/bot.ts b/src/bot.ts
index 7e583f7a8979cf7457ed8e497c4e1f46dc02b4de..102c0ae6cdd6a9b9103eafece64021f7c4514046 100644
--- a/src/bot.ts
+++ b/src/bot.ts
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ export class DiscordBot {
             try {
                 MetricPeg.get.registerRequest(msg.id);
                 await this.waitUnlock(msg.channel);
+                this.clientFactory.bindMetricsToChannel(msg.channel as Discord.TextChannel);
                 this.discordMessageQueue[msg.channel.id] = (async () => {
                     await (this.discordMessageQueue[msg.channel.id] || Promise.resolve());
                     try {
diff --git a/src/clientfactory.ts b/src/clientfactory.ts
index 22ded344c65d527239db79d357ea56324f4c08a1..1b2adcfb706231d74d0667c0612962b2208d55c6 100644
--- a/src/clientfactory.ts
+++ b/src/clientfactory.ts
@@ -110,10 +110,17 @@ export class DiscordClientFactory {
     }
 
     public bindMetricsToChannel(channel: TextChannel) {
+        // tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
+        const flexChan = channel as any;
+        if (flexChan._xmet_send !== undefined) {
+            return;
+        }
+        // Prefix the real functions with _xmet_
+        flexChan._xmet_send = channel.send;
         // tslint:disable-next-line:only-arrow-functions
         channel.send = function() {
             MetricPeg.get.remoteCall("channel.send");
-            return channel.send.apply(channel, arguments);
+            return flexChan._xmet_send.apply(channel, arguments);
         };
     }
 }