diff --git a/apier/v1/stats_it_test.go b/apier/v1/stats_it_test.go
index 6b1f3ee95..50c8a6a72 100644
--- a/apier/v1/stats_it_test.go
+++ b/apier/v1/stats_it_test.go
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ var (
 		testV1STSOverWriteStats,
 		testV1STSProcessStatWithThreshold2,
 		testV1STSSimulateAccountUpdate,
+		testV1STSGetStatQueueWithoutExpired,
 		testV1STSStopEngine,
 	}
 )
@@ -1450,3 +1451,68 @@ func testV1STSSimulateAccountUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expecting: %+v, received reply: %s", expectedMetrics, metrics)
 	}
 }
+
+func testV1STSGetStatQueueWithoutExpired(t *testing.T) {
+	var result string
+	var reply *engine.StatQueueProfile
+	statConfig = &engine.StatQueueWithCache{
+		StatQueueProfile: &engine.StatQueueProfile{
+			Tenant:      "cgrates.org",
+			ID:          "Sq1Nanao",
+			FilterIDs:   []string{"*string:~*req.StatQ:Sq1Nanao"},
+			QueueLength: 10,
+			TTL:         1,
+			Metrics: []*engine.MetricWithFilters{{
+				MetricID: utils.MetaTCD,
+			}},
+			Blocker:  true,
+			Stored:   true,
+			Weight:   200,
+			MinItems: 1,
+		},
+	}
+	if err := stsV1Rpc.Call(utils.APIerSv1SetStatQueueProfile, statConfig, &result); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if result != utils.OK {
+		t.Error("Unexpected reply returned", result)
+	}
+	if err := stsV1Rpc.Call(utils.APIerSv1GetStatQueueProfile,
+		&utils.TenantID{Tenant: "cgrates.org", ID: "Sq1Nanao"}, &reply); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(statConfig.StatQueueProfile, reply) {
+		t.Errorf("Expecting: %+v, received: %+v", utils.ToJSON(statConfig.StatQueueProfile), utils.ToJSON(reply))
+	}
+
+	var metrics map[string]string
+	expectedMetrics := map[string]string{
+		utils.MetaTCD: utils.NOT_AVAILABLE,
+	}
+	//process event
+	var reply2 []string
+	expected := []string{"Sq1Nanao"}
+	args := engine.StatsArgsProcessEvent{
+		CGREventWithOpts: &utils.CGREventWithOpts{
+			CGREvent: &utils.CGREvent{
+				Tenant: "cgrates.org",
+				ID:     "event1012",
+				Event: map[string]interface{}{
+					"StatQ":     "Sq1Nanao",
+					utils.Usage: 10,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	if err := stsV1Rpc.Call(utils.StatSv1ProcessEvent, &args, &reply2); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(reply2, expected) {
+		t.Errorf("Expecting: %+v, received: %+v", expected, reply2)
+	}
+	//verify metrics after first process
+	if err := stsV1Rpc.Call(utils.StatSv1GetQueueStringMetrics,
+		&utils.TenantIDWithOpts{
+			TenantID: &utils.TenantID{Tenant: "cgrates.org", ID: "Sq1Nanao"}}, &metrics); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectedMetrics, metrics) {
+		t.Errorf("expecting: %+v, received reply: %s", expectedMetrics, metrics)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/data/tariffplans/oldtutorial/Stats.csv b/data/tariffplans/oldtutorial/Stats.csv
index 03243eab1..c5d67031d 100644
--- a/data/tariffplans/oldtutorial/Stats.csv
+++ b/data/tariffplans/oldtutorial/Stats.csv
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #Tenant[0],Id[1],FilterIDs[2],ActivationInterval[3],QueueLength[4],TTL[5],MinItems[6],Metrics[7],MetricFilterIDs[8],Stored[9],Blocker[10],Weight[11],ThresholdIDs[12]
-cgrates.org,Stats1,FLTR_STS1,2014-07-29T15:00:00Z,100,1s,2,*asr;*acc;*tcc;*acd;*tcd,,true,false,20,*none
+cgrates.org,Stats1,FLTR_STS1,2014-07-29T15:00:00Z,100,3s,2,*asr;*acc;*tcc;*acd;*tcd,,true,false,20,*none
 cgrates.org,Stats1,,,,,,*sum#~*req.Usage;*average#~*req.Usage,,,,,
 cgrates.org,Stats1,,,,,,*pdd,*exists:~*req.PDD:,,,,
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/engine/datamanager.go b/engine/datamanager.go
index 47e296d47..d1f5722f3 100644
--- a/engine/datamanager.go
+++ b/engine/datamanager.go
@@ -547,15 +547,14 @@ func (dm *DataManager) GetStatQueue(tenant, id string,
 				if dm.dataDB.GetStorageType() != utils.MetaInternal {
 					// in case of internal we don't marshal
 					if ssq, err = NewStoredStatQueue(sq, dm.ms); err != nil {
-						return
+						return nil, err
 					}
 				}
 				err = dm.dataDB.SetStatQueueDrv(ssq, sq)
 			}
 		}
 		if err != nil {
-			err = utils.CastRPCErr(err)
-			if err == utils.ErrNotFound && cacheWrite {
+			if err = utils.CastRPCErr(err); err == utils.ErrNotFound && cacheWrite {
 				if errCh := Cache.Set(utils.CacheStatQueues, tntID, nil, nil,
 					cacheCommit(transactionID), transactionID); errCh != nil {
 					return nil, errCh
diff --git a/engine/libstats.go b/engine/libstats.go
index 9fa8a6c40..fe5d1059e 100644
--- a/engine/libstats.go
+++ b/engine/libstats.go
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ func NewStoredStatQueue(sq *StatQueue, ms Marshaler) (sSQ *StoredStatQueue, err
 		sSQ.SQItems[i] = sqItm
 	}
 	for metricID, metric := range sq.SQMetrics {
-		if marshaled, err := metric.Marshal(ms); err != nil {
+		marshaled, err := metric.Marshal(ms)
+		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
-		} else {
-			sSQ.SQMetrics[metricID] = marshaled
 		}
+		sSQ.SQMetrics[metricID] = marshaled
 	}
 	return
 }
@@ -242,11 +242,7 @@ func (sq *StatQueue) addStatEvent(tnt, evID string, filterS *FilterS, evNm utils
 	if sq.ttl != nil {
 		expTime = utils.TimePointer(time.Now().Add(*sq.ttl))
 	}
-	sq.SQItems = append(sq.SQItems,
-		struct {
-			EventID    string
-			ExpiryTime *time.Time
-		}{evID, expTime})
+	sq.SQItems = append(sq.SQItems, SQItem{EventID: evID, ExpiryTime: expTime})
 	var pass bool
 	// recreate the request without *opts
 	dDP := newDynamicDP(config.CgrConfig().FilterSCfg().ResourceSConns, config.CgrConfig().FilterSCfg().StatSConns,
diff --git a/engine/stats.go b/engine/stats.go
index ff3875106..bf345ec20 100644
--- a/engine/stats.go
+++ b/engine/stats.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func (sS *StatService) storeStats() {
 				failedSqIDs = append(failedSqIDs, sID) // record failure so we can schedule it for next backup
 			}
 			return
-		}, config.CgrConfig().GeneralCfg().LockingTimeout, lkID)
+		}, sS.cgrcfg.GeneralCfg().LockingTimeout, lkID)
 		// randomize the CPU load and give up thread control
 		time.Sleep(time.Duration(rand.Intn(1000)) * time.Nanosecond)
 	}
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func (sS *StatService) matchingStatQueuesForEvent(tnt string, statsIDs []string,
 		guardian.Guardian.Guard(func() (gRes interface{}, gErr error) {
 			sq, err = sS.dm.GetStatQueue(sqPrfl.Tenant, sqPrfl.ID, true, true, "")
 			return
-		}, config.CgrConfig().GeneralCfg().LockingTimeout, lkID)
+		}, sS.cgrcfg.GeneralCfg().LockingTimeout, lkID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -257,6 +257,33 @@ func (attr *StatsArgsProcessEvent) Clone() *StatsArgsProcessEvent {
 	}
 }
 
+func (sS *StatService) removeExpiredWithStore(sq *StatQueue) (err error) {
+	lkID := utils.StatQueuePrefix + sq.TenantID()
+	guardian.Guardian.Guard(func() (gRes interface{}, gErr error) {
+		err = sq.remExpired()
+		return
+	}, sS.cgrcfg.GeneralCfg().LockingTimeout, lkID)
+	if err = sq.remExpired(); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	sS.storeStatQueue(sq)
+	return
+}
+
+// storeStatQueue will store the sq if needed
+func (sS *StatService) storeStatQueue(sq *StatQueue) {
+	if sS.cgrcfg.StatSCfg().StoreInterval != 0 && sq.dirty != nil { // don't save
+		*sq.dirty = true // mark it to be saved
+		if sS.cgrcfg.StatSCfg().StoreInterval == -1 {
+			sS.StoreStatQueue(sq)
+		} else {
+			sS.ssqMux.Lock()
+			sS.storedStatQueues[sq.TenantID()] = true
+			sS.ssqMux.Unlock()
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // processEvent processes a new event, dispatching to matching queues
 // queues matching are also cached to speed up
 func (sS *StatService) processEvent(tnt string, args *StatsArgsProcessEvent) (statQueueIDs []string, err error) {
@@ -283,24 +310,14 @@ func (sS *StatService) processEvent(tnt string, args *StatsArgsProcessEvent) (st
 		guardian.Guardian.Guard(func() (gRes interface{}, gErr error) {
 			err = sq.ProcessEvent(tnt, args.ID, sS.filterS, evNm)
 			return
-		}, config.CgrConfig().GeneralCfg().LockingTimeout, lkID)
+		}, sS.cgrcfg.GeneralCfg().LockingTimeout, lkID)
 		if err != nil {
 			utils.Logger.Warning(
 				fmt.Sprintf("<StatS> Queue: %s, ignoring event: %s, error: %s",
 					sq.TenantID(), utils.ConcatenatedKey(tnt, args.ID), err.Error()))
 			withErrors = true
 		}
-		if sS.cgrcfg.StatSCfg().StoreInterval != 0 && sq.dirty != nil { // don't save
-			if sS.cgrcfg.StatSCfg().StoreInterval == -1 {
-				*sq.dirty = true
-				sS.StoreStatQueue(sq)
-			} else {
-				*sq.dirty = true // mark it to be saved
-				sS.ssqMux.Lock()
-				sS.storedStatQueues[sq.TenantID()] = true
-				sS.ssqMux.Unlock()
-			}
-		}
+		sS.storeStatQueue(sq)
 		if len(sS.cgrcfg.StatSCfg().ThresholdSConns) != 0 {
 			var thIDs []string
 			if len(sq.sqPrfl.ThresholdIDs) != 0 {
@@ -400,6 +417,9 @@ func (sS *StatService) V1GetStatQueuesForEvent(args *StatsArgsProcessEvent, repl
 
 // V1GetStatQueue returns a StatQueue object
 func (sS *StatService) V1GetStatQueue(args *utils.TenantIDWithOpts, reply *StatQueue) (err error) {
+	if missing := utils.MissingStructFields(args, []string{utils.ID}); len(missing) != 0 { //Params missing
+		return utils.NewErrMandatoryIeMissing(missing...)
+	}
 	tnt := args.Tenant
 	if tnt == utils.EmptyString {
 		tnt = sS.cgrcfg.GeneralCfg().DefaultTenant
@@ -408,6 +428,9 @@ func (sS *StatService) V1GetStatQueue(args *utils.TenantIDWithOpts, reply *StatQ
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if err = sS.removeExpiredWithStore(sq); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
 	*reply = *sq
 	return
 }
@@ -428,6 +451,9 @@ func (sS *StatService) V1GetQueueStringMetrics(args *utils.TenantID, reply *map[
 		}
 		return err
 	}
+	if err = sS.removeExpiredWithStore(sq); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
 	sq.RLock()
 	metrics := make(map[string]string, len(sq.SQMetrics))
 	for metricID, metric := range sq.SQMetrics {
@@ -454,6 +480,9 @@ func (sS *StatService) V1GetQueueFloatMetrics(args *utils.TenantID, reply *map[s
 		}
 		return err
 	}
+	if err = sS.removeExpiredWithStore(sq); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
 	sq.RLock()
 	metrics := make(map[string]float64, len(sq.SQMetrics))
 	for metricID, metric := range sq.SQMetrics {