diff --git a/piperider_cli/dbtutil.py b/piperider_cli/dbtutil.py
index 7cdd9b7bc..caa04c4cb 100644
--- a/piperider_cli/dbtutil.py
+++ b/piperider_cli/dbtutil.py
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ def _create_metric(name, filter=None, alias=None, derived_metric=None):
                     return None
 
             if filter is not None:
-                f = get_metric_filter(metric.get('name'), filter)
+                f = get_metric_filter(derived_metric if derived_metric else metric.get('name'), filter)
                 if f is not None:
                     metric_filter.append(f)
                 else: