diff --git a/salt/soc/defaults.map.jinja b/salt/soc/defaults.map.jinja
index 742d3d0dc..ff23914ec 100644
--- a/salt/soc/defaults.map.jinja
+++ b/salt/soc/defaults.map.jinja
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 {% from 'vars/globals.map.jinja' import GLOBALS %}
 {% from 'docker/docker.map.jinja' import DOCKER -%}
 {%- set INFLUXDB_TOKEN = salt['pillar.get']('secrets:influx_token') %}
+{% if salt['docker.pid']('so-influxdb') > 0 %}
 {%- set METRICS_LINK = salt['cmd.run']('so-influxdb-manage dashboardpath "Security Onion Performance"') %}
+{% else %}
+{% set METRICS_LINK = '' %}
+{% endif %}
+
 
 {% for module, application_url in GLOBALS.application_urls.items() %}
 {%   do SOCDEFAULTS.soc.server.modules[module].update({'hostUrl': application_url}) %}
@@ -20,7 +25,7 @@
 {% do SOCDEFAULTS.soc.server.modules.influxdb.update({'hostUrl': 'https://' ~ GLOBALS.influxdb_host ~ ':8086'}) %}
 {% do SOCDEFAULTS.soc.server.modules.influxdb.update({'token': INFLUXDB_TOKEN}) %}
 {% for tool in SOCDEFAULTS.soc.server.client.tools %}
-{%   if tool.name == "toolInfluxDb" %}
+{%   if tool.name == "toolInfluxDb" and METRICS_LINK | length > 0 %}
 {%     do tool.update({'link': METRICS_LINK}) %}
 {%   endif %}
 {% endfor %}