diff --git a/infinispan-remote/connect-to-infinispan-server/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tutorial/simple/connect/TutorialsConnectorHelper.java b/infinispan-remote/connect-to-infinispan-server/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tutorial/simple/connect/TutorialsConnectorHelper.java
index 5770a5c9..e5438326 100644
--- a/infinispan-remote/connect-to-infinispan-server/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tutorial/simple/connect/TutorialsConnectorHelper.java
+++ b/infinispan-remote/connect-to-infinispan-server/src/main/java/org/infinispan/tutorial/simple/connect/TutorialsConnectorHelper.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class TutorialsConnectorHelper {
 
    public static final String TUTORIAL_CACHE_NAME = "test";
    public static final String TUTORIAL_CACHE_CONFIG =
-         "<distributed-cache name=\"CACHE_NAME\">\n"
+         "<distributed-cache name=\"CACHE_NAME\" statistics=\"true\">\n"
          + "    <encoding media-type=\"application/x-protostream\"/>\n"
          + "</distributed-cache>";