diff --git a/setup/start/collectd/docker-stats.py b/setup/start/collectd/docker-stats.py
index 0b4aa414b..80b13c4a1 100644
--- a/setup/start/collectd/docker-stats.py
+++ b/setup/start/collectd/docker-stats.py
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ def read():
     for line in lines:
         stat = json.loads(line)
         containerName = stat["Name"] # same as app id
+
+        # currently we only collect data for apps main containers. Those have the app id as the Name which is 36 long
+        if len(containerName) != 36:
+            continue
+
         networkData = stat["NetIO"].split("/")
         networkRead = parseSiSize(networkData[0].strip())
         networkWrite = parseSiSize(networkData[1].strip())