diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/MetaGerSearch.php b/app/Http/Controllers/MetaGerSearch.php
index 5c7a9a8d354a6346169e969cb35c00e565544a52..7582dbdb78851353794be30ffb12f8704cb66e95 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/MetaGerSearch.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/MetaGerSearch.php
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ class MetaGerSearch extends Controller
         $registry = \Prometheus\CollectorRegistry::getDefault();
         $counter = $registry->getOrRegisterCounter('metager', 'result_counter', 'counts total number of returned results', []);
         $counter->incBy(sizeof($metager->getResults()));
+        $counter = $registry->getOrRegisterCounter('metager', 'query_counter', 'counts total number of search queries', []);
+        $counter->inc();
         
         return $resultpage;
     }