diff --git a/pravega-sensor-collector/src/main/java/io/pravega/sensor/collector/metrics/MetricConfig.java b/pravega-sensor-collector/src/main/java/io/pravega/sensor/collector/metrics/MetricConfig.java
index 0b873184..5dae93f5 100644
--- a/pravega-sensor-collector/src/main/java/io/pravega/sensor/collector/metrics/MetricConfig.java
+++ b/pravega-sensor-collector/src/main/java/io/pravega/sensor/collector/metrics/MetricConfig.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ public class MetricConfig {
     private static final Property<String> METRIC_FILE_WRITER_INTERVAL_SECONDS = Property.named("METRIC_FILE_WRITER_INTERVAL_SECONDS", "15", "");
     private static final Property<String> METRIC_STREAM_WRITER_INTERVAL_SECONDS = Property.named("METRIC_STREAM_WRITER_INTERVAL_SECONDS", "30", "");
     private static final Property<String> METRIC_STREAM_NAME = Property.named("METRIC_STREAM_NAME", "pscmetricsstream", "");
-    private static final Property<String> METRIC_SCOPE_NAME = Property.named("METRIC_SCOPE_NAME", "pscmetricsscope", "");
     private static final Property<String> METRIC_CONTROLLER_URI = Property.named("PRAVEGA_CONTROLLER_URI", "tcp://localhost:9090", "");
     private static final Property<String> METRIC_FILE_PATH = Property.named("METRIC_FILE_PATH", System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + File.separator + "psc_metric.json", "");
 
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ public static MetricConfig getMetricConfigFrom(DeviceDriverConfig ddrConfig) {
         metricConfig.setStreamWriterIntervalSeconds(Integer.parseInt(ddrConfig.getProperties().getOrDefault(METRIC_STREAM_WRITER_INTERVAL_SECONDS.getName(), METRIC_STREAM_WRITER_INTERVAL_SECONDS.getDefaultValue())));
         metricConfig.setMetricStream(ddrConfig.getProperties().getOrDefault(METRIC_STREAM_NAME.getName() + pscId, METRIC_STREAM_NAME.getDefaultValue() + pscId));
         metricConfig.setControllerURI(URI.create(ddrConfig.getProperties().getOrDefault(METRIC_CONTROLLER_URI.getName(), METRIC_CONTROLLER_URI.getDefaultValue())));
-        metricConfig.setMetricsScope(METRIC_SCOPE_NAME.getDefaultValue());
+        metricConfig.setMetricsScope(ddrConfig.getProperties().get("SCOPE"));
         metricConfig.setMetricFilePath(METRIC_FILE_PATH.getDefaultValue());
         return metricConfig;
     }
diff --git a/pravega-sensor-collector/src/main/java/io/pravega/sensor/collector/metrics/PravegaClient.java b/pravega-sensor-collector/src/main/java/io/pravega/sensor/collector/metrics/PravegaClient.java
index 57219df8..83484981 100644
--- a/pravega-sensor-collector/src/main/java/io/pravega/sensor/collector/metrics/PravegaClient.java
+++ b/pravega-sensor-collector/src/main/java/io/pravega/sensor/collector/metrics/PravegaClient.java
@@ -50,20 +50,18 @@ public PravegaClient(String scope, String streamName) {
 
     private EventStreamWriter<String> initializeWriter() {
         log.info("Initializing writer with {} {} {}", this.scope, this.streamName, this.controllerURI.toString());
-        try (StreamManager streamManager = StreamManager.create(controllerURI)) {
-            final boolean scopeIsNew = streamManager.createScope(scope);
+        ClientConfig clientConfig = ClientConfig.builder().controllerURI(this.controllerURI).build();
+        try (StreamManager streamManager = StreamManager.create(clientConfig)) {
             StreamConfiguration streamConfig = StreamConfiguration.builder()
                     .scalingPolicy(ScalingPolicy.fixed(1))
                     .build();
             final boolean streamIsNew = streamManager.createStream(scope, streamName, streamConfig);
         }
-        EventStreamWriter<String> writer;
-        try (EventStreamClientFactory clientFactory = EventStreamClientFactory.withScope(scope,
-                ClientConfig.builder().controllerURI(controllerURI).build())) {
-            writer = clientFactory.createEventWriter(streamName,
-                    new UTF8StringSerializer(),
-                    EventWriterConfig.builder().build());
-        }
+        EventStreamClientFactory clientFactory = EventStreamClientFactory.withScope(scope,
+                clientConfig);
+        EventStreamWriter<String> writer = clientFactory.createEventWriter(streamName,
+                new UTF8StringSerializer(),
+                EventWriterConfig.builder().build());
         return writer;
     }