diff --git a/instrumentation/kamon-akka/src/akka-2.5/scala/kamon/instrumentation/akka/instrumentations/akka_25/DispatcherInstrumentation.scala b/instrumentation/kamon-akka/src/akka-2.5/scala/kamon/instrumentation/akka/instrumentations/akka_25/DispatcherInstrumentation.scala
index ac73a7364..4c8719e28 100644
--- a/instrumentation/kamon-akka/src/akka-2.5/scala/kamon/instrumentation/akka/instrumentations/akka_25/DispatcherInstrumentation.scala
+++ b/instrumentation/kamon-akka/src/akka-2.5/scala/kamon/instrumentation/akka/instrumentations/akka_25/DispatcherInstrumentation.scala
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ object InstrumentNewExecutorServiceOnAkka24 {
     val systemTags = TagSet.of("akka.system", actorSystemName)
 
 
-    if(Kamon.filter(AkkaInstrumentation.TrackDispatcherFilterName).accept(dispatcherName)) {
+    if(Kamon.filter(AkkaInstrumentation.TrackDispatcherFilterName).accept(scheduledActionName)) {
       val defaultEcOption = factory.dispatcherPrerequisites.defaultExecutionContext
 
       if(dispatcherName == Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId && defaultEcOption.isDefined) {
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ object InstrumentNewExecutorServiceOnAkka25 {
     val scheduledActionName = actorSystemName + "/" + dispatcherName
     val systemTags = TagSet.of("akka.system", actorSystemName)
 
-    if(Kamon.filter(AkkaInstrumentation.TrackDispatcherFilterName).accept(dispatcherName)) {
+    if(Kamon.filter(AkkaInstrumentation.TrackDispatcherFilterName).accept(scheduledActionName)) {
       val defaultEcOption = factory.dispatcherPrerequisites.defaultExecutionContext
 
       if(dispatcherName == Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId && defaultEcOption.isDefined) {
diff --git a/instrumentation/kamon-akka/src/akka-2.6/scala/kamon/instrumentation/akka/instrumentations/akka_26/DispatcherInstrumentation.scala b/instrumentation/kamon-akka/src/akka-2.6/scala/kamon/instrumentation/akka/instrumentations/akka_26/DispatcherInstrumentation.scala
index f7e5f19ad..1557c71cb 100644
--- a/instrumentation/kamon-akka/src/akka-2.6/scala/kamon/instrumentation/akka/instrumentations/akka_26/DispatcherInstrumentation.scala
+++ b/instrumentation/kamon-akka/src/akka-2.6/scala/kamon/instrumentation/akka/instrumentations/akka_26/DispatcherInstrumentation.scala
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ object InstrumentNewExecutorServiceOnAkka26 {
     val scheduledActionName = actorSystemName + "/" + dispatcherName
     val systemTags = TagSet.of("akka.system", actorSystemName)
 
-    if(Kamon.filter(AkkaInstrumentation.TrackDispatcherFilterName).accept(dispatcherName)) {
+    if(Kamon.filter(AkkaInstrumentation.TrackDispatcherFilterName).accept(scheduledActionName)) {
       val defaultEcOption = factory.dispatcherPrerequisites.defaultExecutionContext
 
       if(dispatcherName == Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId && defaultEcOption.isDefined) {
diff --git a/instrumentation/kamon-akka/src/test-common/resources/application.conf b/instrumentation/kamon-akka/src/test-common/resources/application.conf
index 0e8f95654..1230b27f7 100644
--- a/instrumentation/kamon-akka/src/test-common/resources/application.conf
+++ b/instrumentation/kamon-akka/src/test-common/resources/application.conf
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ kamon {
 
       dispatchers {
         includes = [ "**" ]
-        excludes = [ "explicitly-excluded" ]
+        excludes = [ "DispatcherMetricsSpec/explicitly-excluded" ]
       }
 
       groups {