diff --git a/generators/gae/index.js b/generators/gae/index.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/generators/gae/index.js
+++ b/generators/gae/index.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const execSync = require('child_process').execSync;
 const chalk = require('chalk');
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const BaseGenerator = require('../generator-base');
+const statistics = require('../statistics');
 
 const constants = require('../generator-constants');
 
@@ -497,8 +498,7 @@ module.exports = class extends BaseGenerator {
     get configuring() {
         return {
             insight() {
-                const insight = this.insight();
-                insight.trackWithEvent('generator', 'gae');
+                statistics.sendSubGenEvent('generator', 'gae');
             },
 
             configureProject() {
Use the new statistics mechanism for GAE