diff --git a/lib/bucketpath.go b/lib/bucketpath.go
index d5906c7..527aeef 100644
--- a/lib/bucketpath.go
+++ b/lib/bucketpath.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package lib
 import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+	"unicode/utf8"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -54,6 +55,11 @@ func GetMetricsPath(route string) string {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if !utf8.ValidString(path) {
+		logger.Warn("Non utf-8 path detected, Prometheus only supports utf-8, invalid runes will be replaced with @ in metrics. Path: " + path)
+		path = strings.ToValidUTF8(path, "@")
+	}
+
 	return path
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/discord.go b/lib/discord.go
index 9d3433b..be64e40 100644
--- a/lib/discord.go
+++ b/lib/discord.go
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ func doDiscordReq(ctx context.Context, path string, method string, body io.ReadC
 				status = "429 Shared"
 			}
 		}
+		
+
 		RequestHistogram.With(map[string]string{"route": route, "status": status, "method": method, "clientId": identifier.(string)}).Observe(elapsed)
 	}
 	return discordResp, err
diff --git a/lib/queue_manager.go b/lib/queue_manager.go
index a3bb7af..10ec9f4 100644
--- a/lib/queue_manager.go
+++ b/lib/queue_manager.go
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ func (m *QueueManager) calculateRoute(pathHash uint64) string {
 	members := m.orderedClusterMembers
 	count := uint64(len(members))
 
+	if count == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+
 	chosenIndex := pathHash % count
 	addr := m.nameToAddressMap[members[chosenIndex]]
 	if addr == m.localNodeProxyListenAddr {