diff --git a/include/villas/hooks.h b/include/villas/hooks.h
index f88635a21..66501985b 100644
--- a/include/villas/hooks.h
+++ b/include/villas/hooks.h
@@ -110,9 +110,7 @@ enum hook_type {
 	/** Hooks which are using private data must allocate and free them propery. */	
 	HOOK_STORAGE		= HOOK_INIT | HOOK_DESTROY,
 	/** All path related actions */
-	HOOK_PATH		= HOOK_PATH_START | HOOK_PATH_STOP | HOOK_PATH_RESTART,
-	/** Hooks which are used to collect statistics. */
-	HOOK_STATS		= HOOK_STORAGE | HOOK_PATH | HOOK_READ | HOOK_PERIODIC,
+	HOOK_PATH		= HOOK_PATH_START | HOOK_PATH_STOP | HOOK_PATH_RESTART
 	/** @} */
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/hooks/hooks-stats.c b/lib/hooks/hooks-stats.c
index f9fb97b7f..bd78d3c87 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/hooks-stats.c
+++ b/lib/hooks/hooks-stats.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 extern struct list *hook_nodes;
 
-REGISTER_HOOK("stats", "Collect statistics for the current path", 2, 1, hook_stats, HOOK_STATS)
+REGISTER_HOOK("stats", "Collect statistics for the current path", 2, 1, hook_stats, HOOK_STORAGE | HOOK_PATH | HOOK_READ | HOOK_PERIODIC)
 int hook_stats(struct hook *h, int when, struct hook_info *j)
 {
 	struct stats *s = hook_storage(h, when, sizeof(struct stats), (ctor_cb_t) stats_init, (dtor_cb_t) stats_destroy);