diff --git a/salt/influxdb/init.sls b/salt/influxdb/init.sls
index f40b1b669..274502f46 100644
--- a/salt/influxdb/init.sls
+++ b/salt/influxdb/init.sls
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ influxdb-setup:
       - file: influxdb_curl_config
       - docker_container: so-influxdb
 
+metrics_link_file:
+  file.managed:
+    - name: /opt/so/saltstack/local/salt/influxdb/metrics_link.txt
+    - contents: {{ salt['cmd.run']('so-influxdb-manage dashboardpath "Security Onion Performance"') }}
+    - require:
+      - docker_container: so-influxdb
+      - cmd: influxdb-setup
+
 # Install cron job to determine size of influxdb for telegraf
 get_influxdb_size:
   cron.present:
diff --git a/salt/influxdb/metrics_link.txt b/salt/influxdb/metrics_link.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/salt/soc/defaults.map.jinja b/salt/soc/defaults.map.jinja
index 95bfb2a76..e16f047e4 100644
--- a/salt/soc/defaults.map.jinja
+++ b/salt/soc/defaults.map.jinja
@@ -2,13 +2,7 @@
 {% from 'vars/globals.map.jinja' import GLOBALS %}
 {% from 'docker/docker.map.jinja' import DOCKER -%}
 {% set INFLUXDB_TOKEN = salt['pillar.get']('secrets:influx_token') %}
-{% set METRICS_LINK = '' %}
-{% if salt['docker.exists']('so-influxdb') %}
-{%   if salt['docker.pid']('so-influxdb') > 0 %}
-{%     set METRICS_LINK = salt['cmd.run']('so-influxdb-manage dashboardpath "Security Onion Performance"') %}
-{%   endif %}
-{% endif %}
-
+{% import_text 'influxdb/metrics_link.txt' as METRICS_LINK %}
 
 {% for module, application_url in GLOBALS.application_urls.items() %}
 {%   do SOCDEFAULTS.soc.server.modules[module].update({'hostUrl': application_url}) %}