if err != nil {
		return 0, fmt.Errorf("query() failure for '%s': %v", query, err)
	}

	log.Debugf("executing query: %s  result:%s", query, val)

	switch v := val.(type) {
	case model.Vector:
		if v.Len() < 1 {
			log.Debugf("no values for query: %s", query)
			return 0, nil
		}

		return float64(v[0].Value), nil
	default:
		return 0, errors.New("bad metric value type returned for query")