diff --git a/internal/capture/streamsink.go b/internal/capture/streamsink.go
index adda86c2..8df41a54 100644
--- a/internal/capture/streamsink.go
+++ b/internal/capture/streamsink.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func streamSinkNew(c codec.RTPCodec, pipelineFn func() (string, error), id strin
 				"codec_type": c.Type.String(),
 			},
 		}),
-		totalBytes: promauto.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+		totalBytes: promauto.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Name:      "streamsink_bytes",
 			Namespace: "neko",
 			Subsystem: "capture",