diff --git a/userspace/engine/stats_manager.h b/userspace/engine/stats_manager.h
index 18f8d8ae..c7c2a5c0 100644
--- a/userspace/engine/stats_manager.h
+++ b/userspace/engine/stats_manager.h
@@ -63,6 +63,24 @@ public:
 		const indexed_vector<falco_rule>& rules,
 		std::string& out) const;
 
+	// Getter functions
+	inline const std::atomic<uint64_t>& get_total() const
+	{
+		return m_total;
+	}
+
+	inline const std::vector<std::unique_ptr<std::atomic<uint64_t>>>& get_by_priority() const
+	{
+		return m_by_priority;
+	}
+
+	inline const std::vector<std::unique_ptr<std::atomic<uint64_t>>>& get_by_rule_id() const
+	{
+		return m_by_rule_id;
+	}
+
+
+private:
 	std::atomic<uint64_t> m_total;
 	std::vector<std::unique_ptr<std::atomic<uint64_t>>> m_by_priority;
 	std::vector<std::unique_ptr<std::atomic<uint64_t>>> m_by_rule_id;
diff --git a/userspace/falco/falco_metrics.cpp b/userspace/falco/falco_metrics.cpp
index 11283ea9..ed6d9762 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/falco_metrics.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/falco_metrics.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ std::string falco_metrics::to_text(const falco::app::state& state)
 			prometheus_text += prometheus_metrics_converter.convert_metric_to_text_prometheus("evt_source", "falcosecurity", "falco", {{"evt_source", source}});
 		}
 		std::vector<metrics_v2> falco_metrics;
-
 		if(state.config->m_metrics_flags & METRICS_V2_RULE_COUNTERS)
 		{
 			const stats_manager& rule_stats_manager = state.engine->get_rule_stats_manager();
@@ -117,9 +116,9 @@ std::string falco_metrics::to_text(const falco::app::state& state)
 																	METRIC_VALUE_TYPE_U64,
 																	METRIC_VALUE_UNIT_COUNT,
 																	METRIC_VALUE_METRIC_TYPE_MONOTONIC,
-																	rule_stats_manager.m_total.load()));
+																	rule_stats_manager.get_total().load()));
 
-			for (size_t i = 0; i < rule_stats_manager.m_by_rule_id.size(); i++)
+			for (size_t i = 0; i < rule_stats_manager.get_by_rule_id().size(); i++)
 			{
 				auto rule = rules.at(i);
 				std::string rules_metric_name = "rules." + rule->name;
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@ std::string falco_metrics::to_text(const falco::app::state& state)
 																	METRIC_VALUE_TYPE_U64,
 																	METRIC_VALUE_UNIT_COUNT,
 																	METRIC_VALUE_METRIC_TYPE_MONOTONIC,
-																	rule_stats_manager.m_by_rule_id[i]->load());
+																	rule_stats_manager.get_by_rule_id()[i]->load());
 				prometheus_metrics_converter.convert_metric_to_unit_convention(metric);
 				const std::map<std::string, std::string>& const_labels = {
 					{"priority", std::to_string(rule->priority)},
diff --git a/userspace/falco/stats_writer.cpp b/userspace/falco/stats_writer.cpp
index a221496f..80e78e6d 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/stats_writer.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/stats_writer.cpp
@@ -377,10 +377,10 @@ void stats_writer::collector::get_metrics_output_fields_additional(
 	{
 		const stats_manager& rule_stats_manager = m_writer->m_engine->get_rule_stats_manager();
 		const indexed_vector<falco_rule>& rules = m_writer->m_engine->get_rules();
-		output_fields["falco.rules.matches_total"] = rule_stats_manager.m_total.load();
-		for (size_t i = 0; i < rule_stats_manager.m_by_rule_id.size(); i++)
+		output_fields["falco.rules.matches_total"] = rule_stats_manager.get_total().load();
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < rule_stats_manager.get_by_rule_id().size(); i++)
 		{
-			auto rule_count = rule_stats_manager.m_by_rule_id[i]->load();
+			auto rule_count = rule_stats_manager.get_by_rule_id()[i]->load();
 			if (rule_count == 0 && !m_writer->m_config->m_metrics_include_empty_values)
 			{
 				continue;