diff --git a/esp/src/src-react/util/metricGraph.ts b/esp/src/src-react/util/metricGraph.ts
index aa2a7514772..19f79f7eb53 100644
--- a/esp/src/src-react/util/metricGraph.ts
+++ b/esp/src/src-react/util/metricGraph.ts
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ export class MetricGraph extends Graph2<IScope, IScopeEdge, IScope> {
     vertexLabel(v: IScope, options: MetricsOptions): string {
         return v.type === "activity" ? format(options.activityTpl, v) :
                v.type === "function" ? v.id + "()" :
-               v.type === "stage" && v.id.charAt(0) === '>' ? v.id.substring(1) :
+               v.type === "operation" && v.id.charAt(0) === ">" ? v.id.substring(1) :
                v.Label || v.id;
     }