diff --git a/Featurecreep.md b/Featurecreep.md
index 92f96cc6..652451ce 100644
--- a/Featurecreep.md
+++ b/Featurecreep.md
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ Teams sind global, d.h. Ein Team kann mehrere Namespaces verwalten.
 ### Bugfixes
 
 * [ ] Panic wenn mailer nicht erreichbar -> Als workaround mailer deaktivierbar machen, bzw keine mails verschicken
-* [ ] "unexpected EOF"
+* [x] "unexpected EOF"
 
 ### Docs
 
diff --git a/pkg/routes/routes.go b/pkg/routes/routes.go
index d00b3141..407e38d6 100644
--- a/pkg/routes/routes.go
+++ b/pkg/routes/routes.go
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ func RegisterRoutes(e *echo.Echo) {
 			}
 		}
 
+		// init active users, sometimes we'll have garbage from previous runs in redis instead
+		if err := metrics.SetActiveUsers([]*metrics.ActiveUser{}); err != nil {
+			log.Log.Fatalf("Could not set initial count for active users, error was %s", err)
+		}
+
 		a.GET("/metrics", echo.WrapHandler(promhttp.Handler()))
 	}