diff --git a/ixbots/ixbots/IXCobraMetricsToStatsdBot.cpp b/ixbots/ixbots/IXCobraMetricsToStatsdBot.cpp
index e233f46f..ead09300 100644
--- a/ixbots/ixbots/IXCobraMetricsToStatsdBot.cpp
+++ b/ixbots/ixbots/IXCobraMetricsToStatsdBot.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,19 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <vector>
 
+namespace
+{
+    std::string removeSpaces(const std::string& str)
+    {
+        std::string out(str);
+        out.erase(
+            std::remove_if(out.begin(), out.end(), [](unsigned char x) { return std::isspace(x); }),
+            out.end());
+
+        return out;
+    }
+}
+
 namespace ix
 {
     bool processPerfMetricsEvent(const Json::Value& msg,
@@ -35,7 +48,7 @@ namespace ix
         ss <<  msg["id"].asString() << "."
            <<  msg["device"]["game"].asString() << "."
            <<  msg["device"]["os_name"].asString() << "."
-           <<  msg["data"]["Tag"].asString();
+           <<  removeSpaces(msg["data"]["Tag"].asString());
 
         std::string id = ss.str();
 
diff --git a/ixbots/ixbots/IXStatsdClient.cpp b/ixbots/ixbots/IXStatsdClient.cpp
index bc98951e..85a7fc61 100644
--- a/ixbots/ixbots/IXStatsdClient.cpp
+++ b/ixbots/ixbots/IXStatsdClient.cpp
@@ -48,11 +48,15 @@
 
 namespace ix
 {
-    StatsdClient::StatsdClient(const std::string& host, int port, const std::string& prefix)
+    StatsdClient::StatsdClient(const std::string& host,
+                               int port,
+                               const std::string& prefix,
+                               bool verbose)
         : _host(host)
         , _port(port)
         , _prefix(prefix)
         , _stop(false)
+        , _verbose(verbose)
     {
         _thread = std::thread([this] {
             setThreadName("Statsd");
@@ -119,9 +123,14 @@ namespace ix
         cleanup(key);
 
         std::stringstream ss;
-        ss << _prefix << "." << key << ":" << value << "|" << type << "\n";
+        ss << _prefix << "." << key << ":" << value << "|" << type;
 
-        enqueue(ss.str());
+        if (_verbose)
+        {
+            CoreLogger::info(ss.str());
+        }
+
+        enqueue(ss.str() + "\n");
         return 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/ixbots/ixbots/IXStatsdClient.h b/ixbots/ixbots/IXStatsdClient.h
index 9e61bd18..9f0f77c9 100644
--- a/ixbots/ixbots/IXStatsdClient.h
+++ b/ixbots/ixbots/IXStatsdClient.h
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ namespace ix
     public:
         StatsdClient(const std::string& host = "127.0.0.1",
                      int port = 8125,
-                     const std::string& prefix = "");
+                     const std::string& prefix = "",
+                     bool verbose = false);
         ~StatsdClient();
 
         bool init(std::string& errMsg);
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ namespace ix
         std::mutex _mutex; // for the queue
 
         std::deque<std::string> _queue;
+        bool _verbose;
     };
 
 } // end namespace ix
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
index 2f99b622..5e30cdd2 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "9.6.6"
+#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "9.6.7"
diff --git a/ws/ws.cpp b/ws/ws.cpp
index 24e47345..015c5ed6 100644
--- a/ws/ws.cpp
+++ b/ws/ws.cpp
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         }
         else
         {
-            ix::StatsdClient statsdClient(hostname, statsdPort, prefix);
+            ix::StatsdClient statsdClient(hostname, statsdPort, prefix, verbose);
 
             std::string errMsg;
             bool initialized = statsdClient.init(errMsg);
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     }
     else if (app.got_subcommand("cobra_metrics_to_statsd"))
     {
-        ix::StatsdClient statsdClient(hostname, statsdPort, prefix);
+        ix::StatsdClient statsdClient(hostname, statsdPort, prefix, verbose);
 
         std::string errMsg;
         bool initialized = statsdClient.init(errMsg);