diff --git a/c2cwsgiutils/stats.py b/c2cwsgiutils/stats.py
index 96c436fae..d3f606189 100644
--- a/c2cwsgiutils/stats.py
+++ b/c2cwsgiutils/stats.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def __init__(self, address, prefix):
         self._socket.connect(sockaddr)
 
     def _key(self, key):
-        return self._prefix + ".".join([INVALID_KEY_CHARS.sub("_", i) for i in key])
+        return (self._prefix + ".".join([INVALID_KEY_CHARS.sub("_", i) for i in key]))[:500]
 
     def timer(self, key, duration):
         the_key = self._key(key)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 16235a845..9f88d6b92 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 
-version = '0.3.1'
+version = '0.3.2'
 
 setup(
     name='c2cwsgiutils',