diff --git a/bin/argo-perf-wrapper b/bin/argo-perf-wrapper
index ade92be68267df4001e435d87147ce51a4aa92e7..624ca4d169bc817c5f424928d42b0d80b05b8624 100755
--- a/bin/argo-perf-wrapper
+++ b/bin/argo-perf-wrapper
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class PerfWrapper(object):
 
     def progress_report(self, progress):
         update = {'type': 'application',
-                  'event': 'progress',
+                  'event': 'hardwareprogress',
                   'payload': progress,
                   'uuid': self.app_uuid,
                   }