diff --git a/exampleConfig.js b/exampleConfig.js
index dc531ab..7b2ff67 100644
--- a/exampleConfig.js
+++ b/exampleConfig.js
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ exports.config = {
     secure: true, // OPTIONAL (boolean), whether or not to use secure protocol to connect to Instrumental, default true
     verify_cert: true, // OPTIONAL (boolean), should we attempt to verify the server certificate before allowing communication, default true
     timeout: 10000, // OPTIONAL (integer), number of milliseconds to wait for establishing a connection to Instrumental before giving up, default 10s
+    recordCounterRates: true, // OPTIONAL (boolean) whether or not to send ".rate" metrics with counters, default true
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/instrumental.js b/lib/instrumental.js
index 14e0e81..46fbf4f 100644
--- a/lib/instrumental.js
+++ b/lib/instrumental.js
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ exports.build_payload = function build_payload(metrics, time_stamp) {
     if(v !== 0) {
       payload.push(p.inc(k, v, time_stamp));
     }
-    console.log("config recordCounterRates: " + recordCounterRates)
-//    if(recordCounterRates) {
+
+    if(recordCounterRates) {
       var vps = metrics.counter_rates[k];
       payload.push(p.gauge_abs([k, "rate"].join("."), vps, time_stamp));
-//    }
+    }
   }
 
   // gauge item.time 7292 121820381
@@ -221,10 +221,10 @@ exports.init = function instrumental_init(startup_time, config, events) {
     timeout = Number(config.instrumental.timeout || 10000);
 
     // Record counter_rates by default
-    if(typeof(config.instrumental.record_counter_rates) == 'undefined'){
+    if(typeof(config.instrumental.recordCounterRates) == 'undefined'){
       recordCounterRates = true;
     } else {
-      recordCounterRates = config.instrumental.record_counter_rates;
+      recordCounterRates = config.instrumental.recordCounterRates;
     }
 
     if(typeof(config.instrumental.secure) == 'undefined'){
diff --git a/test/instrumental_test.js b/test/instrumental_test.js
index fdb3a22..e34924b 100644
--- a/test/instrumental_test.js
+++ b/test/instrumental_test.js
@@ -10,22 +10,20 @@ test('counter_rate should not report if disabled in configuration', function (t)
     counter_rates: { 'my.test.1': 280.5 }
   };
 
-  // console.log("CONFIG: " + JSON.stringify(config));
-  // console.log("INSTRUMENTAL: " + JSON.stringify(config.instrumental));
+  var now = Math.round(new Date().getTime() / 1000);
+  var dummy_events =  { on: function(e){ } };
+  instrumental.init(now, config, dummy_events)
 
   // Enable rate counters and ensure they are recorded
-  config.instrumental.recordCounterRates = true;
-  var payload = instrumental.build_payload(metrics);
-
-  //var expected_payload = ["increment my.test.1 2805 ","gauge_absolute my.test.1.rate 280.5 "]
-  //  t.equal(expected_payload, payload)
-  //  t.fail("record_counter_rates should have a default")
+  var payload = instrumental.build_payload(metrics)
 
   // TODO: What's with the fucking space on the end of this string?
    t.assert(payload.indexOf("gauge_absolute my.test.1.rate 280.5 ") > -1, "Expected a rate metric, got: " + JSON.stringify(payload))
 
   // Disable rate counters and ensure they are NOT recorded
-  config.instrumental.record_counter_rates = false;
+  config.instrumental.recordCounterRates = false;
+  instrumental.init(now, config, dummy_events);
+
   var payload = instrumental.build_payload(metrics);
   payload.forEach(function(instrumental_metric) {
     if (instrumental_metric.indexOf("rate") > -1) {
@@ -35,49 +33,5 @@ test('counter_rate should not report if disabled in configuration', function (t)
     }
   })
 
-
-// [ 'gauge_absolute statsd.bad_lines_seen.rate 0 ', 'increment statsd.packets_received 581 ', 'gauge_absolute statsd.packets_received.rate 58.1 ', 'increment my.test.1 2805 ', 'gauge_absolute my.test.1.rate 280.5 ', 'gauge_absolute my.test.1.count_90 9 ', 'gauge_absolute my.test.1.mean_90 0.3333333333333333 ', 'gauge_absolute my.test.1.upper_90 1 ', 'gauge_absolute my.test.1.sum_90 3 ', 'gauge_absolute my.test.1.sum_squares_90 3 ', 'gauge_absolute my.test.1.std 0.4898979485566356 ', 'gauge_absolute my.test.1.upper 1 ', 'gauge_absolute my.test.1.lower 0 ', 'gauge_absolute my.test.1.count 10 ', 'gauge_absolute my.test.1.count_ps 1 ', 'gauge_absolute my.test.1.sum 4 ', 'gauge_absolute my.test.1.sum_squares 4 ', 'gauge_absolute my.test.1.mean 0.4 ', 'gauge_absolute my.test.1.median 0 ', 'gauge my.test.1 4 ', 'gauge statsd.timestamp_lag 0 ' ]
-
-
-  // assert payload is an array
-  // assert array does not contain any counter_rate metrics
-
   t.end();
 });
-
-
-
-/*
-var metrics = {
-  counters:
- { 'statsd.bad_lines_seen': 0,
-   'statsd.packets_received': 581,
-   'my.test.1': 2805 },
-gauges: { 'my.test.1': 4, 'statsd.timestamp_lag': 0 },
-timers: { 'my.test.1': [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1 ] },
-timer_counters: { 'my.test.1': 10 },
-sets: {},
-counter_rates:
- { 'statsd.bad_lines_seen': 0,
-   'statsd.packets_received': 58.1,
-   'my.test.1': 280.5 },
-timer_data:
- { 'my.test.1':
-    { count_90: 9,
-      mean_90: 0.3333333333333333,
-      upper_90: 1,
-      sum_90: 3,
-      sum_squares_90: 3,
-      std: 0.4898979485566356,
-      upper: 1,
-      lower: 0,
-      count: 10,
-      count_ps: 1,
-      sum: 4,
-      sum_squares: 4,
-      mean: 0.4,
-      median: 0 } },
-pctThreshold: [ 90 ],
-histogram: undefined,
-statsd_metrics: { processing_time: 0 } };
-*/