diff --git a/awx/lib/metrics.py b/awx/lib/metrics.py
index be4bd8dedf..3cd8d3a6ce 100644
--- a/awx/lib/metrics.py
+++ b/awx/lib/metrics.py
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 def task_timer(fn):
     @wraps(fn)
     def __wrapped__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        statsd.incr('tasks.{}.{}.count'.format(
+        statsd.incr('tasks.{0}.{1}.count'.format(
             self.name.rsplit('.', 1)[-1],
             fn.__name__))
-        with statsd.timer('tasks.{}.{}.timer'.format(
+        with statsd.timer('tasks.{0}.{1}.timer'.format(
                 self.name.rsplit('.', 1)[-1],
                 fn.__name__)):
             return fn(self, *args, **kwargs)
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ class BaseTimer(object):
     def __init__(self, name, prefix=None):
         self.name = name.rsplit('.', 1)[-1]
         if prefix:
-            self.name = '{}.{}'.format(prefix, self.name)
+            self.name = '{0}.{1}'.format(prefix, self.name)
 
     def __call__(self, fn):
         @wraps(fn)
         def __wrapped__(obj, *args, **kwargs):
-            statsd.incr('{}.{}.count'.format(
+            statsd.incr('{0}.{1}.count'.format(
                 self.name,
                 fn.__name__
             ))
-            with statsd.timer('{}.{}.timer'.format(
+            with statsd.timer('{0}.{1}.timer'.format(
                     self.name,
                     fn.__name__
             )):