diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml
index f41caec946..6e0391e1dd 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-custom/pom.xml
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- ops -->
+        
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.codahale.metrics</groupId>
+            <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <!-- test scoped -->
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-custom/src/main/java/org/baeldung/monitoring/MetricRegistrySingleton.java b/spring-security-mvc-custom/src/main/java/org/baeldung/monitoring/MetricRegistrySingleton.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8720283f17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-custom/src/main/java/org/baeldung/monitoring/MetricRegistrySingleton.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package org.baeldung.monitoring;
+
+import com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry;
+
+public final class MetricRegistrySingleton {
+
+    public static final MetricRegistry metrics = new MetricRegistry();
+
+    private MetricRegistrySingleton() {
+        throw new AssertionError();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-custom/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/SessionListenerWithMetrics.java b/spring-security-mvc-custom/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/SessionListenerWithMetrics.java
index 7119b7023e..46bf2708f7 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-custom/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/SessionListenerWithMetrics.java
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-custom/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/SessionListenerWithMetrics.java
@@ -1,32 +1,43 @@
 package org.baeldung.web;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpSessionEvent;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpSessionListener;
 
+import org.baeldung.monitoring.MetricRegistrySingleton;
+
+import com.codahale.metrics.Counter;
+
 public class SessionListenerWithMetrics implements HttpSessionListener {
 
-    private static int totalActiveSessions;
+    private final AtomicInteger activeSessions;
+
+    private final Counter counterOfActiveSessions;
 
     public SessionListenerWithMetrics() {
         super();
+
+        activeSessions = new AtomicInteger();
+        counterOfActiveSessions = MetricRegistrySingleton.metrics.counter("web.sessions.active.count");
     }
 
     // API
 
-    public static int getTotalActiveSession() {
-        return totalActiveSessions;
+    public final int getTotalActiveSession() {
+        return activeSessions.get();
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void sessionCreated(final HttpSessionEvent arg0) {
-        totalActiveSessions++;
-        System.out.println("sessionCreated - add one session into counter");
+    public final void sessionCreated(final HttpSessionEvent event) {
+        activeSessions.incrementAndGet();
+        counterOfActiveSessions.inc();
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void sessionDestroyed(final HttpSessionEvent arg0) {
-        totalActiveSessions--;
-        System.out.println("sessionDestroyed - deduct one session from counter");
+    public final void sessionDestroyed(final HttpSessionEvent event) {
+        activeSessions.decrementAndGet();
+        counterOfActiveSessions.dec();
     }
 
 }
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