diff --git a/util/cloudwatch.py b/util/cloudwatch.py
index 344433806..cf7aed392 100644
--- a/util/cloudwatch.py
+++ b/util/cloudwatch.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ def get_queue(app):
   """
   Returns a queue to the CloudWatchSender. If a queue/sender do not exist, creates them.
   """
+  global queue
   if queue is None:
-    global queue
     access_key = app.config.get('QUEUE_METRICS_AWS_ACCESS_KEY')
     secret_key = app.config.get('QUEUE_METRICS_AWS_SECRET_KEY')
     queue = Queue()