diff --git a/internal/proxy/director/layer/queue/queue.go b/internal/proxy/director/layer/queue/queue.go
index fa72c34..e6068b5 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/director/layer/queue/queue.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/director/layer/queue/queue.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (q *Queue) Middleware(layer *store.Layer) proxy.Middleware {
 				return
 			}
 
-			defer q.updateMetrics(ctx, layer.Proxy, layer.Name, options)
+			defer q.updateMetrics(layer.Proxy, layer.Name, options)
 
 			cookieName := q.getCookieName(layer.Name)
 
@@ -217,7 +217,9 @@ func (q *Queue) refreshQueue(ctx context.Context, layerName store.LayerName, kee
 	}
 }
 
-func (q *Queue) updateMetrics(ctx context.Context, proxyName store.ProxyName, layerName store.LayerName, options *LayerOptions) {
+func (q *Queue) updateMetrics(proxyName store.ProxyName, layerName store.LayerName, options *LayerOptions) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
 	// Update queue capacity metric
 	metricQueueCapacity.With(
 		prometheus.Labels{