diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 766208b..09a1036 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.0.3
 	github.com/jbenet/goprocess v0.1.3
-	github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.0.1
+	github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.0.2
 	github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.0.4
 	github.com/libp2p/go-openssl v0.0.3
 	github.com/minio/sha256-simd v0.1.1
@@ -18,8 +18,4 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550
 )
 
-//replace github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.0.1 => github.com/kpp/go-flow-metrics v0.0.2-0.20191101005412-ce5ebda5e4a4 // Stebalien's version
-
-replace github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.0.1 => github.com/kpp/go-flow-metrics v0.0.2-0.20191031231915-edeb2d90f222 // kpp's version
-
 go 1.12
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e13a8a8..919e82c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -59,10 +59,6 @@ github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+o
 github.com/kkdai/bstream v0.0.0-20161212061736-f391b8402d23 h1:FOOIBWrEkLgmlgGfMuZT83xIwfPDxEI2OHu6xUmJMFE=
 github.com/kkdai/bstream v0.0.0-20161212061736-f391b8402d23/go.mod h1:J+Gs4SYgM6CZQHDETBtE9HaSEkGmuNXF86RwHhHUvq4=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
-github.com/kpp/go-flow-metrics v0.0.2-0.20191031231915-edeb2d90f222 h1:6Pnw+RUnFR7FY6wEQbqFj+aPrp7bMptn02jEAruMPLk=
-github.com/kpp/go-flow-metrics v0.0.2-0.20191031231915-edeb2d90f222/go.mod h1:HeoSNUrOJVK1jEpDqVEiUOIXqhbnS27omG0uWU5slZs=
-github.com/kpp/go-flow-metrics v0.0.2-0.20191101005412-ce5ebda5e4a4 h1:wZFgH2qCaRIN+wb0B8e2HuI2JzdrLOMvVxU0cqvZB2g=
-github.com/kpp/go-flow-metrics v0.0.2-0.20191101005412-ce5ebda5e4a4/go.mod h1:HeoSNUrOJVK1jEpDqVEiUOIXqhbnS27omG0uWU5slZs=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
@@ -70,8 +66,8 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/libp2p/go-buffer-pool v0.0.1 h1:9Rrn/H46cXjaA2HQ5Y8lyhOS1NhTkZ4yuEs2r3Eechg=
 github.com/libp2p/go-buffer-pool v0.0.1/go.mod h1:xtyIz9PMobb13WaxR6Zo1Pd1zXJKYg0a8KiIvDp3TzQ=
-github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.0.1 h1:0gxuFd2GuK7IIP5pKljLwps6TvcuYgvG7Atqi3INF5s=
-github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.0.1/go.mod h1:Iv1GH0sG8DtYN3SVJ2eG221wMiNpZxBdp967ls1g+k8=
+github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.0.2 h1:U5TvqfoyR6GVRM+bC15Ux1ltar1kbj6Zw6xOVR02CZs=
+github.com/libp2p/go-flow-metrics v0.0.2/go.mod h1:HeoSNUrOJVK1jEpDqVEiUOIXqhbnS27omG0uWU5slZs=
 github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.0.4 h1:agEFehY3zWJFUHK6SEMR7UYmk2z6kC3oeCM7ybLhguA=
 github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.0.4 h1:agEFehY3zWJFUHK6SEMR7UYmk2z6kC3oeCM7ybLhguA=
 github.com/libp2p/go-msgio v0.0.4/go.mod h1:63lBBgOTDKQL6EWazRMCwXsEeEeK9O2Cd+0+6OOuipQ=
diff --git a/metrics/bandwidth_test.go b/metrics/bandwidth_test.go
index 49309b0..a3232e1 100644
--- a/metrics/bandwidth_test.go
+++ b/metrics/bandwidth_test.go
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ func round(bwc *BandwidthCounter, b *testing.B) {
 	b.StopTimer()
 }
 
-// Allow 7% errors for bw calculations.
-const acceptableError = 0.07
+// Allow 1% errors for bw calculations.
+const acceptableError = 0.01
 
 func TestBandwidthCounter(t *testing.T) {
 	bwc := NewBandwidthCounter()
@@ -62,12 +62,19 @@ func TestBandwidthCounter(t *testing.T) {
 			proto := protocol.ID(fmt.Sprintf("proto-%d", j))
 			go func() {
 				defer wg.Done()
+
+				// make sure the bandwidth counters are active
+				bwc.LogSentMessage(100)
+				bwc.LogRecvMessage(50)
+				bwc.LogSentMessageStream(100, proto, p)
+				bwc.LogRecvMessageStream(50, proto, p)
+
 				<-start
 
 				t := time.NewTicker(100 * time.Millisecond)
 				defer t.Stop()
 
-				for i := 0; i < 40; i++ {
+				for i := 0; i < 39; i++ {
 					bwc.LogSentMessage(100)
 					bwc.LogRecvMessage(50)
 					bwc.LogSentMessageStream(100, proto, p)
@@ -104,6 +111,7 @@ func TestBandwidthCounter(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	time.Sleep(time.Second)
 	close(start)
 	time.Sleep(2*time.Second + 100*time.Millisecond)
 
@@ -149,17 +157,25 @@ func TestResetBandwidthCounter(t *testing.T) {
 	p := peer.ID("peer-0")
 	proto := protocol.ID("proto-0")
 
+	// We don't calculate bandwidth till we've been active for a second.
 	bwc.LogSentMessage(42)
 	bwc.LogRecvMessage(24)
 	bwc.LogSentMessageStream(100, proto, p)
 	bwc.LogRecvMessageStream(50, proto, p)
 
-	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+	time.Sleep(1*time.Second + time.Millisecond)
+
+	bwc.LogSentMessage(42)
+	bwc.LogRecvMessage(24)
+	bwc.LogSentMessageStream(100, proto, p)
+	bwc.LogRecvMessageStream(50, proto, p)
+
+	time.Sleep(1*time.Second + time.Millisecond)
 
 	{
 		stats := bwc.GetBandwidthTotals()
-		assertEq(t, 42, stats.TotalOut)
-		assertEq(t, 24, stats.TotalIn)
+		assertEq(t, 84, stats.TotalOut)
+		assertEq(t, 48, stats.TotalIn)
 	}
 
 	{