diff --git a/checks.d/pgbouncer.py b/checks.d/pgbouncer.py
index d84d22bf03..5caabc5e35 100644
--- a/checks.d/pgbouncer.py
+++ b/checks.d/pgbouncer.py
@@ -6,14 +6,16 @@
 
 import psycopg2 as pg
 
+
 class ShouldRestartException(Exception): pass
 
+
 class PgBouncer(AgentCheck):
     """Collects metrics from pgbouncer
     """
-    SOURCE_TYPE_NAME = 'pgbouncer'
     RATE = AgentCheck.rate
     GAUGE = AgentCheck.gauge
+    DB_NAME = 'pgbouncer'
 
     STATS_METRICS = {
         'descriptors': [
@@ -77,13 +79,13 @@ def _collect_stats(self, key, db, instance_tags):
                     continue
 
                 for row in results:
-                    if row[0] == 'pgbouncer':
+                    if row[0] == self.DB_NAME:
                         continue
 
                     desc = scope['descriptors']
                     assert len(row) == len(cols) + len(desc)
 
-                    tags = [t for t in instance_tags]
+                    tags = instance_tags[:]
                     tags += ["%s:%s" % (d[0][1], d[1]) for d in zip(desc, row[:len(desc)])]
 
                     values = zip([scope['metrics'][c] for c in cols], row[len(desc):])
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ def _collect_stats(self, key, db, instance_tags):
             self.log.error("Connection error: %s" % str(e))
             raise ShouldRestartException
 
-    def _get_connection(self, key, host, port, user, password, dbname, use_cached=True):
+    def _get_connection(self, key, host, port, user, password, use_cached=True):
         "Get and memoize connections to instances"
         if key in self.dbs and use_cached:
             return self.dbs[key]
@@ -109,18 +111,17 @@ def _get_connection(self, key, host, port, user, password, dbname, use_cached=Tr
                     "host:%s" % host,
                     "port:%s" % port
                 ]
-                if dbname:
-                    service_check_tags.append("db:%s" % dbname)
+                service_check_tags.append("db:%s" % self.DB_NAME)
 
                 if host == 'localhost' and password == '':
                     # Use ident method
-                    connection = pg.connect("user=%s dbname=%s" % (user, dbname))
+                    connection = pg.connect("user=%s dbname=%s" % (user, self.DB_NAME))
                 elif port != '':
                     connection = pg.connect(host=host, port=port, user=user,
-                        password=password, database=dbname)
+                        password=password, database=self.DB_NAME)
                 else:
                     connection = pg.connect(host=host, user=user, password=password,
-                        database=dbname)
+                        database=self.DB_NAME)
                 status = AgentCheck.OK
                 self.service_check('pgbouncer.can_connect', status, tags=service_check_tags)
                 self.log.debug('pgbouncer status: %s' % status)
@@ -137,7 +138,6 @@ def _get_connection(self, key, host, port, user, password, dbname, use_cached=Tr
                 raise CheckException("Please specify a user to connect to PgBouncer as.")
 
         connection.set_isolation_level(pg.extensions.ISOLATION_LEVEL_AUTOCOMMIT)
-        # connection.autocommit = True
 
         self.dbs[key] = connection
         return connection
@@ -148,9 +148,8 @@ def check(self, instance):
         user = instance.get('username', '')
         password = instance.get('password', '')
         tags = instance.get('tags', [])
-        dbname = 'pgbouncer'
 
-        key = '%s:%s:%s' % (host, port, dbname)
+        key = '%s:%s:%s' % (host, port, self.DB_NAME)
 
         if tags is None:
             tags = []
@@ -158,9 +157,9 @@ def check(self, instance):
             tags = list(set(tags))
 
         try:
-            db = self._get_connection(key, host, port, user, password, dbname)
+            db = self._get_connection(key, host, port, user, password)
             self._collect_stats(key, db, tags)
         except ShouldRestartException:
             self.log.info("Resetting the connection")
-            db = self._get_connection(key, host, port, user, password, dbname, use_cached=False)
+            db = self._get_connection(key, host, port, user, password, use_cached=False)
             self._collect_stats(key, db, tags)