diff --git a/red/log.js b/red/log.js
index faa93aacd..5baa3e580 100644
--- a/red/log.js
+++ b/red/log.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ var EventEmitter = require("events").EventEmitter;
 
 
 var levels = {
-    off:    0,
+    off:    1,
     fatal:  10,
     error:  20,
     warn:   30,
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ var ConsoleLogHandler = function(settings) {
     this.logLevel = levels[settings.level]||levels.info;
     this.metricsOn = settings.metrics||false;
     metricsEnabled = this.metricsOn;
-    
     this.on("log",function(msg) {
         if (this.shouldReportMessage(msg.level)) {
             if (msg.level == log.METRIC) {
diff --git a/red/nodes/Node.js b/red/nodes/Node.js
index af9f31578..49bc3de90 100644
--- a/red/nodes/Node.js
+++ b/red/nodes/Node.js
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Node.prototype.metric = function(eventname, msg, metricValue) {
     metrics.nodeid = this.id;
     metrics.event = "node."+this.type+"."+eventname;    
     metrics.msgid = msg._id;
-    metrics.metric = metricValue;
+    metrics.value = metricValue;
     Log.log(metrics);
 }
 
diff --git a/red/red.js b/red/red.js
index 75527f865..c292df4dd 100644
--- a/red/red.js
+++ b/red/red.js
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ var RED = {
 
     init: function(httpServer,userSettings) {
         userSettings.version = this.version();
+        log.init(userSettings);
         settings.init(userSettings);
         server.init(httpServer,settings);
-        log.init(userSettings);
         return server.app;
     },
     
diff --git a/red/server.js b/red/server.js
index e8725d63d..c1ae15909 100644
--- a/red/server.js
+++ b/red/server.js
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ var nodeApp = null;
 var server = null;
 var settings = null;
 
+var runtimeMetricInterval = null;
+
+
 function init(_server,_settings) {
     server = _server;
     settings = _settings;
@@ -47,6 +50,11 @@ function start() {
 
     storage.init(settings).then(function() {
         settings.load(storage).then(function() {
+            if (log.metric()) {
+                runtimeMetricInterval = setInterval(function() {
+                    reportMetrics();
+                }, 15000);
+            }
             console.log("\nWelcome to Node-RED\n===================\n");
             if (settings.version) {
                 log.info("Version: "+settings.version);
@@ -193,9 +201,34 @@ function uninstallModule(module) {
     });
 }
 
+function reportMetrics() {
+    var memUsage = process.memoryUsage();
+    
+    // only need to init these once per report
+    var metrics = {};
+    metrics.level = log.METRIC;
+    
+    //report it
+    metrics.event = "runtime.memory.rss"
+    metrics.value = memUsage.rss;
+    log.log(metrics);
+    
+    metrics.event = "runtime.memory.heapTotal"
+    metrics.value = memUsage.heapTotal;
+    log.log(metrics);
+    
+    metrics.event = "runtime.memory.heapUsed"
+    metrics.value = memUsage.heapUsed;
+    log.log(metrics);
+}
+
 
 
 function stop() {
+    if (runtimeMetricInterval) {
+        clearInterval(runtimeMetricInterval);
+        runtimeMetricInterval = null;
+    }
     redNodes.stopFlows();
     comms.stop();
 }
diff --git a/test/red/nodes/Node_spec.js b/test/red/nodes/Node_spec.js
index eae8b6a60..4c1beb5ee 100644
--- a/test/red/nodes/Node_spec.js
+++ b/test/red/nodes/Node_spec.js
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ describe('Node', function() {
             });
             var msg = {payload:"foo", _id:"987654321"};
             n.metric("test.metric",msg,"15mb");
-            should.deepEqual({metric:"15mb", level:Log.METRIC, nodeid:n.id,
+            should.deepEqual({value:"15mb", level:Log.METRIC, nodeid:n.id,
                                   event:"node.abc.test.metric",msgid:"987654321"}, loginfo);
             Log.log.restore();
             done();