diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 517920f..d8d8de0 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ var (
 	// Cloud profiler.
 	enableCloudProfiler = flag.Bool("enable-cloud-profiler", false, "Enable cloud profiler")
 	enableHeap          = flag.Bool("heap", false, "enable heap profile collection")
-	enableCpu           = flag.Bool("cpu", true, "enable heap profile collection")
+	enableCPU           = flag.Bool("cpu", true, "enable cpu profile collection")
 	enableHeapAlloc     = flag.Bool("heap_alloc", false, "enable heap allocation profile collection")
 	enableThread        = flag.Bool("thread", false, "enable thread profile collection")
 	enableContention    = flag.Bool("contention", false, "enable contention profile collection")
@@ -122,9 +122,8 @@ func CreateHTTPClient(ctx context.Context, isHTTP2 bool) (client *storage.Client
 				Min: time.Second,
 				TargetPercentile: 0.99,
 			}))
-	} else {
-		return storage.NewClient(ctx, option.WithHTTPClient(httpClient))
 	}
+	return storage.NewClient(ctx, option.WithHTTPClient(httpClient))
 }
 
 // CreateGrpcClient creates grpc client.
@@ -153,6 +152,8 @@ func ReadObject(ctx context.Context, workerID int, bucketHandle *storage.BucketH
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("while creating reader object: %v", err)
 		}
+		firstByteTime := time.Since(start)
+		stats.Record(ctx, firstByteReadLatency.M(float64(firstByteTime.Milliseconds())))
 
 		// Calls Reader.WriteTo implicitly.
 		_, err = io.Copy(io.Discard, rc)
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ func main() {
 			Service:              "custom-go-benchmark",
 			ServiceVersion:       *version,
 			ProjectID:            *projectID,
-			NoCPUProfiling:       !*enableCpu,
+			NoCPUProfiling:       !*enableCPU,
 			NoHeapProfiling:      !*enableHeap,
 			NoAllocProfiling:     !*enableHeapAlloc,
 			NoGoroutineProfiling: !*enableThread,
@@ -234,6 +235,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Enable stack-driver exporter.
 	registerLatencyView()
+	registerFirstByteLatencyView()
 
 	err = enableSDExporter()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/metrics_exporter.go b/metrics_exporter.go
index 59ad093..2e522c0 100644
--- a/metrics_exporter.go
+++ b/metrics_exporter.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 var (
 	// The restaurant rating in number of stars.
 	readLatency = stats.Float64("readLatency", "Complete read latency", stats.UnitMilliseconds)
+	firstByteReadLatency = stats.Float64("firstByteReadLatency", "First byte read latency", stats.UnitMilliseconds)
 )
 
 var sdExporter *stackdriver.Exporter
@@ -32,6 +33,19 @@ func registerLatencyView() {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to register the readLatency view: %v", err)
 	}
 }
+func registerFirstByteLatencyView() {
+	v := &view.View{
+		Name:        "princer_go_client_first_byte_read_latency",
+		Measure:     firstByteReadLatency,
+		Description: "First byte read latency for a given go-client",
+		TagKeys:     []tag.Key{tag.MustNewKey("princer_first_byte_read_latency")},
+		Aggregation: ochttp.DefaultLatencyDistribution,
+	}
+
+	if err := view.Register(v); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to register the firstByteReadLatency view: %v", err)
+	}
+}
 
 func enableSDExporter() (err error) {
 	sdExporter, err := stackdriver.NewExporter(stackdriver.Options{