diff --git a/audio-mixer/src/main.cpp b/audio-mixer/src/main.cpp
index d473a8172e..c14df9ca43 100644
--- a/audio-mixer/src/main.cpp
+++ b/audio-mixer/src/main.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
                 const char MIXER_LOGSTASH_METRIC_NAME[] = "audio-mixer-frame-time-usage";
                 
                 float averageFrameTimePercentage = sumFrameTimePercentages / numStatCollections;
-                Logstash::stashValue(MIXER_LOGSTASH_METRIC_NAME, averageFrameTimePercentage);
+                Logstash::stashValue(STAT_TYPE_GAUGE, MIXER_LOGSTASH_METRIC_NAME, averageFrameTimePercentage);
                 
                 sumFrameTimePercentages = 0.0f;
                 numStatCollections = 0;
diff --git a/domain-server/src/main.cpp b/domain-server/src/main.cpp
index 2ea7ecf9f6..5139e13dd8 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/main.cpp
+++ b/domain-server/src/main.cpp
@@ -17,35 +17,23 @@
 //  M - Audio Mixer
 //
 
-#include <iostream>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <map>
 #include <math.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <map>
+
 #include "AgentList.h"
 #include "AgentTypes.h"
-#include <PacketHeaders.h>
+#include "Logstash.h"
+#include "PacketHeaders.h"
 #include "SharedUtil.h"
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-#include "Syssocket.h"
-#include "Systime.h"
-#else
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#include <sys/socket.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <arpa/inet.h>
-#endif
-
-
 const int DOMAIN_LISTEN_PORT = 40102;
 unsigned char packetData[MAX_PACKET_SIZE];
 
-const int LOGOFF_CHECK_INTERVAL = 5000;
-
-int lastActiveCount = 0;
+const int NODE_COUNT_STAT_INTERVAL_MSECS = 5000;
 
 unsigned char* addAgentToBroadcastPacket(unsigned char* currentPosition, Agent* agentToAdd) {
     *currentPosition++ = agentToAdd->getType();
@@ -94,6 +82,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
     
     agentList->startSilentAgentRemovalThread();
     
+    timeval lastStatSendTime = {};
+    
     while (true) {
         if (agentList->getAgentSocket()->receive((sockaddr *)&agentPublicAddress, packetData, &receivedBytes) &&
             (packetData[0] == PACKET_HEADER_DOMAIN_REPORT_FOR_DUTY || packetData[0] == PACKET_HEADER_DOMAIN_LIST_REQUEST)) {
@@ -185,6 +175,17 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
                                               broadcastPacket,
                                               (currentBufferPos - startPointer) + 1);
         }
+        
+        if (Logstash::shouldSendStats()) {
+            if (usecTimestampNow() - usecTimestamp(&lastStatSendTime) >= (NODE_COUNT_STAT_INTERVAL_MSECS * 1000)) {
+                // time to send our count of agents and servers to logstash
+                const char NODE_COUNT_LOGSTASH_KEY[] = "ds-node-count";
+                
+                Logstash::stashValue(STAT_TYPE_GAUGE, NODE_COUNT_LOGSTASH_KEY, agentList->getNumAliveAgents());
+                
+                gettimeofday(&lastStatSendTime, NULL);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 0763e8d0ab..99a83a46c8 100755
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ void Application::initializeGL() {
         const char LOGSTASH_INTERFACE_START_TIME_KEY[] = "interface-start-time";
         
         // ask the Logstash class to record the startup time
-        Logstash::stashValue(LOGSTASH_INTERFACE_START_TIME_KEY, startupTime);
+        Logstash::stashValue(STAT_TYPE_TIMER, LOGSTASH_INTERFACE_START_TIME_KEY, startupTime);
     }
     
     // update before the first render
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/AgentList.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/AgentList.cpp
index 2db1e68318..3e5f7c331c 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/AgentList.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/AgentList.cpp
@@ -191,6 +191,18 @@ Agent* AgentList::agentWithID(uint16_t agentID) {
     return NULL;
 }
 
+int AgentList::getNumAliveAgents() const {
+    int numAliveAgents = 0;
+    
+    for (AgentList::iterator agent = begin(); agent != end(); agent++) {
+        if (agent->isAlive()) {
+            ++numAliveAgents;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    return numAliveAgents;
+}
+
 void AgentList::setAgentTypesOfInterest(const char* agentTypesOfInterest, int numAgentTypesOfInterest) {
     delete _agentTypesOfInterest;
     
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/AgentList.h b/libraries/shared/src/AgentList.h
index c817adb6f3..71e1969c90 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/AgentList.h
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/AgentList.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ public:
     void(*linkedDataCreateCallback)(Agent *);
     
     int size() { return _numAgents; }
+    int getNumAliveAgents() const;
     
     void lock() { pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex); }
     void unlock() { pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutex); }
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/Logstash.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/Logstash.cpp
index 94279fdd4a..7773fa76c2 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/Logstash.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/Logstash.cpp
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ bool Logstash::shouldSendStats() {
     return shouldSendStats;
 }
 
-void Logstash::stashValue(const char* key, float value) {
+void Logstash::stashValue(char valueType, const char* key, float value) {
     static char logstashPacket[MAX_PACKET_SIZE];
     
     // load up the logstash packet with the key and the passed float value
     // send it to 4 decimal places
-    int numPacketBytes = sprintf(logstashPacket, "%s %.4f", key, value);
+    int numPacketBytes = sprintf(logstashPacket, "%c %s %.4f", valueType, key, value);
     
     AgentList *agentList = AgentList::getInstance();
     
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/Logstash.h b/libraries/shared/src/Logstash.h
index 5f2d247218..7c805ddb23 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/Logstash.h
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/Logstash.h
@@ -14,11 +14,15 @@
 const int LOGSTASH_UDP_PORT = 9500;
 const char LOGSTASH_HOSTNAME[] = "graphite.highfidelity.io";
 
+const char STAT_TYPE_TIMER = 't';
+const char STAT_TYPE_COUNTER = 'c';
+const char STAT_TYPE_GAUGE = 'g';
+
 class Logstash {
 public:
     static sockaddr* socket();
     static bool shouldSendStats();
-    static void stashValue(const char* key, float value);
+    static void stashValue(char statType, const char* key, float value);
 private:
     static sockaddr_in logstashSocket;
 };