diff --git a/manifests/multinode_db.pp b/manifests/multinode_db.pp
index f10c50d..79ead21 100644
--- a/manifests/multinode_db.pp
+++ b/manifests/multinode_db.pp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class sunetdrive::multinode_db(){
       }
     }
     if $facts["networking"]["fqdn"] =~ /^multinode-db1\.drive\.(test\.){1}sunet\.se$/ {
+      $statistics_secret = safe_hiera('statistics_secret')
       notify { 'hostmessage':
         message => 'We are on multinode-db1. Set up statistics environment.',
       }