diff --git a/controllers/statsController.js b/controllers/statsController.js
index 1fcf15c1..7df80bad 100644
--- a/controllers/statsController.js
+++ b/controllers/statsController.js
@@ -90,18 +90,18 @@ module.exports = {
           let totalSuccess = 0;
           let totalFailure = 0;
           let percentSuccess;
-          // sumarise the data
+          // summarise the data
           for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
             let key = data[i].action + data[i].url;
             totalCount += 1;
             switch (data[i].action) {
-              case 'serve':
+              case 'SERVE':
                 totalServe += 1;
                 break;
-              case 'publish':
+              case 'PUBLISH':
                 totalPublish += 1;
                 break;
-              case 'show':
+              case 'SHOW':
                 totalShow += 1;
                 break;
               default: break;
diff --git a/routes/sockets-routes.js b/routes/sockets-routes.js
index ecef3fc4..cd653e37 100644
--- a/routes/sockets-routes.js
+++ b/routes/sockets-routes.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ module.exports = (app, siofu, hostedContentPath) => {
     // listener for when file upload encounters an error
     uploader.on('error', ({ error }) => {
       logger.error('an error occured while uploading', error);
-      postToStats('publish', '/', null, null, null, error);
+      postToStats('PUBLISH', '/', null, null, null, error);
       socket.emit('publish-status', error);
     });
     // listener for when file has been uploaded
@@ -40,18 +40,18 @@ module.exports = (app, siofu, hostedContentPath) => {
         // publish the file
         publishController.publish(publishParams, file.name, file.meta.type)
         .then(result => {
-          postToStats('publish', '/', null, null, null, 'success');
+          postToStats('PUBLISH', '/', null, null, null, 'success');
           socket.emit('publish-complete', { name: publishParams.name, result });
         })
         .catch(error => {
           error = errorHandlers.handlePublishError(error);
-          postToStats('publish', '/', null, null, null, error);
+          postToStats('PUBLISH', '/', null, null, null, error);
           socket.emit('publish-failure', error);
         });
       } else {
         logger.error(`An error occurred in uploading the client's file`);
         socket.emit('publish-failure', 'File uploaded, but with errors');
-        postToStats('publish', '/', null, null, null, 'File uploaded, but with errors');
+        postToStats('PUBLISH', '/', null, null, null, 'File uploaded, but with errors');
         // to-do: remove the file if not done automatically
       }
     });