diff --git a/pkg/autoscale/autoscale.go b/pkg/autoscale/autoscale.go
index 2ded158..553569f 100644
--- a/pkg/autoscale/autoscale.go
+++ b/pkg/autoscale/autoscale.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package autoscale
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 
 	nomad "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api"
@@ -188,8 +187,7 @@ func updateResourceTracker(group string, cpu, mem int, tracker map[string]*scala
 
 // updateAutoscaleMeta populates meta with the metrics used to autoscale a job group
 func updateAutoscaleMeta(group, metricType string, value, threshold int, meta map[string]string) {
-	key := fmt.Sprintf("group-%s-metric", group)
-	meta[key+"-type"] = metricType
+	key := group + "-" + metricType
 	meta[key+"-value"] = strconv.Itoa(value)
 	meta[key+"-threshold"] = strconv.Itoa(threshold)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/autoscale/autoscale_test.go b/pkg/autoscale/autoscale_test.go
index ed385f2..0dc64c2 100644
--- a/pkg/autoscale/autoscale_test.go
+++ b/pkg/autoscale/autoscale_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-func TestAutoScale_updateResourceTracker(t *testing.T) {
+func Test_updateResourceTracker(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		group    string
 		cpu      int
@@ -35,3 +35,44 @@ func TestAutoScale_updateResourceTracker(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, tc.tracker)
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_updateAutoscaleMeta(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		inputGroup         string
+		inputMetricType    string
+		inputValue         int
+		inputThreshold     int
+		inputMeta          map[string]string
+		expectedResultMeta map[string]string
+		name               string
+	}{
+		{
+			inputGroup:         "test",
+			inputMetricType:    "cpu",
+			inputValue:         90,
+			inputThreshold:     89,
+			inputMeta:          make(map[string]string),
+			expectedResultMeta: map[string]string{"test-cpu-value": "90", "test-cpu-threshold": "89"},
+			name:               "empty input meta",
+		},
+		{
+			inputGroup:      "test",
+			inputMetricType: "memory",
+			inputValue:      91,
+			inputThreshold:  89,
+			inputMeta:       map[string]string{"test-cpu-value": "90", "test-cpu-threshold": "89"},
+			expectedResultMeta: map[string]string{
+				"test-cpu-value":        "90",
+				"test-cpu-threshold":    "89",
+				"test-memory-value":     "91",
+				"test-memory-threshold": "89",
+			},
+			name: "existing input meta",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		updateAutoscaleMeta(tc.inputGroup, tc.inputMetricType, tc.inputValue, tc.inputThreshold, tc.inputMeta)
+		assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedResultMeta, tc.inputMeta, tc.name)
+	}
+}