diff --git a/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/controller/v1/MetricController.java b/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/controller/v1/MetricController.java
index 45b29f5..34c9855 100644
--- a/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/controller/v1/MetricController.java
+++ b/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/controller/v1/MetricController.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ public class MetricController {
 
     @PostMapping
     @Timed(value = "litmus.create.metric", percentiles = {0.95, 0.99})
-    public ResponseEntity<MetricResponse> createMetric(@RequestBody CreateMetricRequest createMetricRequest, @RequestHeader("x-session-token") String sessionToken){
+    public ResponseEntity<MetricResponse> createMetric(@RequestBody CreateMetricRequest createMetricRequest, @RequestHeader("x-email-id") String emailId){
         log.info("create request received for creating metric : {}", createMetricRequest.getMetricName());
-        return ResponseEntity.ok(metricService.createMetric(createMetricRequest,sessionToken));
+        return ResponseEntity.ok(metricService.createMetric(createMetricRequest,emailId));
     }
 }
diff --git a/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/request/CreateMetricRequest.java b/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/request/CreateMetricRequest.java
index f855bb0..c0e3daf 100644
--- a/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/request/CreateMetricRequest.java
+++ b/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/request/CreateMetricRequest.java
@@ -17,5 +17,4 @@ public class CreateMetricRequest {
     String metricName;
     String athenaQuery;
     MetricType metricType;
-    String createdBy;
 }
diff --git a/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/service/metric/MetricServiceImpl.java b/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/service/metric/MetricServiceImpl.java
index f515920..84145b8 100644
--- a/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/service/metric/MetricServiceImpl.java
+++ b/litmus-core/src/main/java/com/navi/medici/service/metric/MetricServiceImpl.java
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ public class MetricServiceImpl implements MetricService {
     private final JacksonUtils jacksonUtils;
     private final MetricValidator metricRequestValidator;
     @Override
-    public MetricResponse createMetric(CreateMetricRequest createMetricRequest, String sessionToken) {
+    public MetricResponse createMetric(CreateMetricRequest createMetricRequest, String emailId) {
         metricRequestValidator.validateCreateMetricRequest(createMetricRequest);
         MetricEntity metric = MetricEntity.builder()
                 .metricId(UUID.randomUUID().toString())
                 .metricName(createMetricRequest.getMetricName())
                 .metricType(jacksonUtils.objectToString(createMetricRequest.getMetricType()))
-                .createdBy(createMetricRequest.getCreatedBy())
+                .createdBy(emailId)
                 .athenaQuery(createMetricRequest.getAthenaQuery())
                 .build();
         return metricMapper.mapMetricEntityToMetricResponse(metricRepository.save(metric));