diff --git a/hbd/server/templates/alerts.html b/hbd/server/templates/alerts.html
index 8b0da0c..bde9af7 100644
--- a/hbd/server/templates/alerts.html
+++ b/hbd/server/templates/alerts.html
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
               <div class="alert-header">
                 <span class="alert-level ${level}">${alert.level}</span>
                 <a class="alert-hostname" href="/plugins#${alert.hostname}">${alert.hostname}</a>
-                <span class="alert-metric">${alert.metric_path.includes('.') ? alert.metric_path.slice(alert.metric_path.indexOf('.') + 1) : alert.metric_path}</span>
+                <span class="alert-metric">${(alert.metric_path.includes('.') ? alert.metric_path.slice(alert.metric_path.indexOf('.') + 1) : alert.metric_path).replace(/_status_code$/, '')}</span>
               </div>
               <div class="alert-details">
                 <span>${valueText}</span>
diff --git a/hbd/server/threshold.py b/hbd/server/threshold.py
index 2be4588..11d79a3 100644
--- a/hbd/server/threshold.py
+++ b/hbd/server/threshold.py
@@ -1044,8 +1044,8 @@ class ThresholdChecker:
         # Format operator symbol
         op_symbol = threshold.operator.value
 
-        # Short metric label: strip the plugin-name prefix for readability
-        short_path = metric_path.partition(".")[2] or metric_path
+        # Short metric label: strip the plugin-name prefix and _status_code suffix
+        short_path = (metric_path.partition(".")[2] or metric_path).removesuffix("_status_code")
 
         # Use a display-friendly value (inf is the sentinel for "overdue")
         import math
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ class ThresholdChecker:
         if host is not None and not host.watched:
             eventlog(host_name, lvl, message, service="threshold")
             return
-        short_path = metric_path.partition(".")[2] or metric_path
+        short_path = (metric_path.partition(".")[2] or metric_path).removesuffix("_status_code")
         title = f"[{lvl}] {host_name}  {short_path}"
         # Strip the "metric = " prefix from message so body is just the value/detail
         prefix = short_path + " = "
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ class ThresholdChecker:
             
             # Format operator symbol
             op_symbol = threshold.operator.value
-            short_path = metric_path.partition(".")[2] or metric_path
+            short_path = (metric_path.partition(".")[2] or metric_path).removesuffix("_status_code")
 
             # Time to re-notify
             if threshold_value is not None: