diff --git a/lib/plugins/graphite/index.js b/lib/plugins/graphite/index.js
index 921e2b1290..49403fc44b 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/graphite/index.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/graphite/index.js
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ export default class GraphitePlugin extends SitespeedioPlugin {
     this.receivedTypesThatFireAnnotations = {};
     this.make = context.messageMaker('graphite').make;
     this.sendAnnotation = options_.sendAnnotation;
-    this.proxyPath = options_.proxyPath;
     this.alias = {};
     this.wptExtras = {};
     this.usingBrowsertime = false;
diff --git a/lib/plugins/graphite/send-annotation.js b/lib/plugins/graphite/send-annotation.js
index 2f3d1b747b..66dc6dbc13 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/graphite/send-annotation.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/graphite/send-annotation.js
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export function send(
   const postOptions = {
     hostname: options.graphite.webHost || options.graphite.host,
     port: options.graphite.httpPort || 8080,
-    path: options.graphite.proxyPath + '/events/',
+    path: options.graphite.proxyPath || '' + '/events/',
     method: 'POST',
     headers: {
       'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',