diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/container.cpp b/userspace/libsinsp/container.cpp
index 90c2a85ce1..af065d0745 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/container.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/container.cpp
@@ -96,10 +96,13 @@ bool sinsp_container_manager::remove_inactive_containers()
 		for(auto it = containers->begin(); it != containers->end();)
 		{
 			sinsp_container_info::ptr_t container = it->second;
-			auto container_info = container.get();
-			if (m_inspector != nullptr && container_info && container_info->m_image.empty())
+			if (m_inspector != nullptr)
 			{
-				m_inspector->m_sinsp_stats_v2.m_n_missing_container_images++;
+				auto container_info = container.get();
+				if (!container_info || (container_info && container_info->m_image.empty()))
+				{
+					m_inspector->m_sinsp_stats_v2.m_n_missing_container_images++;
+				}
 			}
 			if(containers_in_use.find(it->first) == containers_in_use.end())
 			{
diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/stats.h b/userspace/libsinsp/stats.h
index e28e4ffd59..ccc0a7406e 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/stats.h
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/stats.h
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ typedef struct sinsp_stats_v2
 	uint64_t m_n_failed_thread_lookups;
 	uint64_t m_n_added_threads;
 	uint64_t m_n_removed_threads;
-	uint64_t m_n_missing_container_images;
-	uint64_t m_n_containers;
+	uint32_t m_n_missing_container_images;
+	uint32_t m_n_containers;
 }sinsp_stats_v2;
 
 typedef enum sinsp_stats_v2_resource_utilization {
diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/test/sinsp_stats.ut.cpp b/userspace/libsinsp/test/sinsp_stats.ut.cpp
index 963b90acc6..54a7a9537c 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/test/sinsp_stats.ut.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/test/sinsp_stats.ut.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 TEST_F(sinsp_with_test_input, sinsp_stats_v2_resource_utilization)
 {
 
-	open_inspector(SCAP_MODE_LIVE);
+	open_inspector();
     // Adopted from test: TEST_F(sinsp_with_test_input, PROC_FILTER_nthreads)
     DEFAULT_TREE
 	/* we call a random event to obtain an event associated with this thread info */