diff --git a/exporters/nova_trait.go b/exporters/nova_trait.go
index c30a76f..4a7c276 100644
--- a/exporters/nova_trait.go
+++ b/exporters/nova_trait.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (e *NovaTraitUsageExporter) collectMetrics(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 		var projectID string
 		var totalVcpus float64
 		var totalInstances float64
-		if err := rows.Scan(&projectID, &totalVcpus, &totalInstances); err != nil {
+		if err := rows.Scan(&projectID, &totalInstances, &totalVcpus); err != nil {
 			log.Println("Error scanning Nova row:", err)
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/exporters/nova_trait_test.go b/exporters/nova_trait_test.go
index 2795039..bd206e9 100644
--- a/exporters/nova_trait_test.go
+++ b/exporters/nova_trait_test.go
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ func TestNovaTraitUsageExporter(t *testing.T) {
 	expectedMetrics := `
         # HELP openstack_project_instances_trait__custom_trait Total number of instances per OpenStack project with image trait CUSTOM_TRAIT
         # TYPE openstack_project_instances_trait__custom_trait gauge
-        openstack_project_instances_trait__custom_trait{project_id="6ee08ba2-2ca1-4c91-b139-4bf0dbaa4096"} 5
+        openstack_project_instances_trait__custom_trait{project_id="6ee08ba2-2ca1-4c91-b139-4bf0dbaa4096"} 4
         openstack_project_instances_trait__custom_trait{project_id="c352b0ed-30ca-4634-9c2d-1947efc29096"} 0
         # HELP openstack_project_vcpus_trait__custom_trait Total number of vcpus per OpenStack project for instances with image trait CUSTOM_TRAIT
         # TYPE openstack_project_vcpus_trait__custom_trait gauge
-        openstack_project_vcpus_trait__custom_trait{project_id="6ee08ba2-2ca1-4c91-b139-4bf0dbaa4096"} 4
+        openstack_project_vcpus_trait__custom_trait{project_id="6ee08ba2-2ca1-4c91-b139-4bf0dbaa4096"} 5
         openstack_project_vcpus_trait__custom_trait{project_id="c352b0ed-30ca-4634-9c2d-1947efc29096"} 0
 
 	`