diff --git a/internal/metrics/fullnode.go b/internal/metrics/fullnode.go
index 24ccb11..7ff26db 100644
--- a/internal/metrics/fullnode.go
+++ b/internal/metrics/fullnode.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func (s *FullNodeServiceMetrics) ReceiveResponse(resp *types.WebsocketResponse)
 	case "signage_point":
 		s.SignagePoint(resp)
 	case "debug":
-		s.Debug(resp)
+		debugHelper(resp, s.debug)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -342,25 +342,6 @@ func (s *FullNodeServiceMetrics) SignagePoint(resp *types.WebsocketResponse) {
 	s.currentSignagePoint.Set(float64(signagePoint.BroadcastFarmer.SignagePointIndex))
 }
 
-// Debug handles debug events
-// Expects map[string]number - where number is able to be parsed into a float64 type
-// Assigns the key (string) as the "key" label on the metric, and passes the value straight through
-func (s *FullNodeServiceMetrics) Debug(resp *types.WebsocketResponse) {
-	type debugEvent struct {
-		Data map[string]float64 `json:"data"`
-	}
-	debugMetrics := debugEvent{}
-	err := json.Unmarshal(resp.Data, &debugMetrics)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("Error unmarshalling debugMetrics: %s\n", err.Error())
-		return
-	}
-
-	for key, value := range debugMetrics.Data {
-		s.debug.WithLabelValues(key).Set(value)
-	}
-}
-
 // RefreshFileSizes periodically checks how large files related to the full node are
 func (s *FullNodeServiceMetrics) RefreshFileSizes() {
 	log.Info("cron: chia_full_node updating file sizes")
diff --git a/internal/metrics/metrics.go b/internal/metrics/metrics.go
index a6723a8..f1a2184 100644
--- a/internal/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/internal/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -320,3 +320,23 @@ func connectionCountHelper(resp *types.WebsocketResponse, connectionCount *prome
 	connectionCount.WithLabelValues("introducer").Set(introducer)
 	connectionCount.WithLabelValues("wallet").Set(wallet)
 }
+
+type debugEvent struct {
+	Data map[string]float64 `json:"data"`
+}
+
+// debugHelper handles debug events
+// Expects map[string]number - where number is able to be parsed into a float64 type
+// Assigns the key (string) as the "key" label on the metric, and passes the value straight through
+func debugHelper(resp *types.WebsocketResponse, debugGaugeVec *prometheus.GaugeVec) {
+	debugMetrics := debugEvent{}
+	err := json.Unmarshal(resp.Data, &debugMetrics)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("Error unmarshalling debugMetrics: %s\n", err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+
+	for key, value := range debugMetrics.Data {
+		debugGaugeVec.WithLabelValues(key).Set(value)
+	}
+}