diff --git a/internal/collector/performancecounter/performancecounter.go b/internal/collector/performancecounter/performancecounter.go
index 5b5a7740e..e5367d07b 100644
--- a/internal/collector/performancecounter/performancecounter.go
+++ b/internal/collector/performancecounter/performancecounter.go
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ func (c *Collector) Build(logger *slog.Logger, _ *mi.Session) error {
 		counters := make([]string, 0, len(object.Counters))
 		for j, counter := range object.Counters {
 			counters = append(counters, counter.Name)
+
 			if counter.Metric == "" {
 				c.config.Objects[i].Counters[j].Metric = sanitizeMetricName(fmt.Sprintf("%s_perfdata_%s_%s", types.Namespace, object.Object, counter.Name))
 			}
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ func (c *Collector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) error {
 				collectedCounterValue, ok := collectedInstanceCounters[counter.Name]
 				if !ok {
 					c.logger.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("counter %s not found in collected data", counter.Name))
+
 					continue
 				}
 
diff --git a/internal/collector/performancecounter/types.go b/internal/collector/performancecounter/types.go
index 017439527..3fe91c0a3 100644
--- a/internal/collector/performancecounter/types.go
+++ b/internal/collector/performancecounter/types.go
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ type Object struct {
 }
 
 type Counter struct {
-	Name   string            `json:"name" yaml:"name"`
-	Type   string            `json:"type" yaml:"type"`
+	Name   string            `json:"name"   yaml:"name"`
+	Type   string            `json:"type"   yaml:"type"`
 	Metric string            `json:"metric" yaml:"metric"`
 	Labels map[string]string `json:"labels" yaml:"labels"`
 }
diff --git a/tools/end-to-end-test.ps1 b/tools/end-to-end-test.ps1
index e4d05fb07..1b0886671 100644
--- a/tools/end-to-end-test.ps1
+++ b/tools/end-to-end-test.ps1
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ $exporter_proc = Start-Process `
     -PassThru `
     -FilePath ..\windows_exporter.exe `
     -ArgumentList "--log.level=debug","--web.disable-exporter-metrics","--collectors.enabled=[defaults],cpu_info,textfile,process,pagefile,perfdata,scheduled_task,tcp,udp,time,system,service,logical_disk,printer,os,net,memory,logon,cache","--collector.process.include=explorer.exe","--collector.scheduled_task.include=.*GAEvents","--collector.service.include=Themes","--collector.textfile.directories=$($textfile_dir)",@"
---collector.perfdata.objects="[{\"object\":\"Processor Information\",\"instance_label\":\"core\",\"instances\":[\"*\"],\"counters\":{\"% Processor Time\":{},\"% Privileged Time\":{}}},{\"object\":\"Memory\",\"counters\":{\"Cache Faults/sec\":{\"type\":\"counter\"}}}]"
+--collector.performancecounter.objects="[{\"object\":\"Processor Information\",\"instances\":[\"*\"],\"instance_label\":\"core\",\"counters\":[{\"name\":\"% Processor Time\",\"metric\":\"windows_perfdata_processor_information_processor_time\",\"labels\":{\"state\":\"active\"}},{\"name\":\"% Idle Time\",\"metric\":\"windows_perfdata_processor_information_processor_time\",\"labels\":{\"state\":\"idle\"}}]},{\"object\":\"Memory\",\"counters\":[{\"name\":\"Cache Faults/sec\",\"type\":\"counter\"}]}]"
 "@ `
     -WindowStyle Hidden `
     -RedirectStandardOutput "$($temp_dir)/windows_exporter.log" `