diff --git a/core/archipelago/src/monitoring/store.rs b/core/archipelago/src/monitoring/store.rs
index 4531a95c..1a55eb47 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/src/monitoring/store.rs
+++ b/core/archipelago/src/monitoring/store.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ impl MetricsStore {
         // Use saturating semantics to avoid underflow
         let _ = self
             .ws_connections
-            .fetch_update(Ordering::Relaxed, Ordering::Relaxed, |v| {
+            .try_update(Ordering::Relaxed, Ordering::Relaxed, |v| {
                 if v > 0 {
                     Some(v - 1)
                 } else {