diff --git a/architecture/METRIC_COMPACTION_ROUTINE.md b/architecture/METRIC_COMPACTION_ROUTINE.md
index dd8678f..eb5d21c 100644
--- a/architecture/METRIC_COMPACTION_ROUTINE.md
+++ b/architecture/METRIC_COMPACTION_ROUTINE.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The Metric Pruning routine is responsible for deleting any metrics that are olde
 ```bash
 # Whether metric pruning routines should run on the configured interval, defaults to true
 METRIC_PRUNING_ENABLED=true
-# How frequenlty metric pruning routines should run
+# How frequently metric pruning routines should run
 # defaults to 1 day
 METRIC_PRUNING_ROUTINE_INTERVAL_SECONDS=10
 # how long (after the proxy service starts) it will wait
diff --git a/routines/metric_partitioning.go b/routines/metric_partitioning.go
index 57c96fa..9d96026 100644
--- a/routines/metric_partitioning.go
+++ b/routines/metric_partitioning.go
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ func partitionsForPeriod(start time.Time, numDaysToPrefill int) ([]PartitionPeri
 
 	daysInCurrentMonth := daysInMonth(start)
 
-	newDaysRemainingInCurrentMonth := daysInCurrentMonth - currentDay
+	// add one to include the current day
+	newDaysRemainingInCurrentMonth := daysInCurrentMonth - currentDay + 1
 
 	// generate partitions for current month
 	totalPartitionsToGenerate := numDaysToPrefill