diff --git a/sli/common/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/core/sli/MetricLogger.java b/sli/common/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/core/sli/MetricLogger.java
index 0d0faee..0f6ae67 100644
--- a/sli/common/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/core/sli/MetricLogger.java
+++ b/sli/common/src/main/java/org/onap/ccsdk/sli/core/sli/MetricLogger.java
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
     }
 
     private void setElapsedTime(long elapsedTime) {
-        MDC.put(ELAPSED_TIME, ""+elapsedTime);
+        MDC.put(ELAPSED_TIME, Long.toString(elapsedTime));
     }
 
     public String getServer() {