diff --git a/userspace/falco/stats_writer.cpp b/userspace/falco/stats_writer.cpp
index 1d6de5d7aa2..cf6bf6821a7 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/stats_writer.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/stats_writer.cpp
@@ -366,9 +366,16 @@ void stats_writer::collector::get_metrics_output_fields_additional(
 	sinsp_thread_manager* thread_manager = inspector->m_thread_manager;
 	const scap_stats_v2* sinsp_stats_v2_snapshot = libsinsp::stats::get_sinsp_stats_v2(flags, agent_info, thread_manager, sinsp_stats_v2, buffer, &nstats, &rc);
 
+	uint32_t base_stat = 0;
+	// todo @incertum this needs to become better with the next proper stats refactor in libs 0.15.0
+	if ((flags & PPM_SCAP_STATS_STATE_COUNTERS) && !(flags & PPM_SCAP_STATS_RESOURCE_UTILIZATION))
+	{
+		base_stat = SINSP_STATS_V2_N_THREADS;
+	}
+
 	if (sinsp_stats_v2_snapshot && rc == 0 && nstats > 0)
 	{
-		for(uint32_t stat = 0; stat < nstats; stat++)
+		for(uint32_t stat = base_stat; stat < nstats; stat++)
 		{
 			if (sinsp_stats_v2_snapshot[stat].name[0] == '\0')
 			{
@@ -376,6 +383,12 @@ void stats_writer::collector::get_metrics_output_fields_additional(
 			}
 			char metric_name[STATS_NAME_MAX] = "falco.";
 			strlcat(metric_name, sinsp_stats_v2_snapshot[stat].name, sizeof(metric_name));
+			// todo @incertum temporary fix for n_fds and n_threads, type assignment was missed in libs, will be fixed in libs 0.15.0
+			if (strncmp(sinsp_stats_v2_snapshot[stat].name, "n_fds", 6) == 0 || strncmp(sinsp_stats_v2_snapshot[stat].name, "n_threads", 10) == 0)
+			{
+				output_fields[metric_name] = sinsp_stats_v2_snapshot[stat].value.u64;
+			}
+
 			switch(sinsp_stats_v2_snapshot[stat].type)
 			{
 			case STATS_VALUE_TYPE_U64: