diff --git a/api/package-lock.json b/api/package-lock.json
index 831c8da..c9f138e 100644
--- a/api/package-lock.json
+++ b/api/package-lock.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
         "mongoose": "^7.5.0",
         "morgan": "^1.10.0",
         "nocache": "^4.0.0",
+        "prom-client": "^15.1.0",
         "winston": "^3.8.2"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -57,6 +58,14 @@
         "sparse-bitfield": "^3.0.3"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@opentelemetry/api": {
+      "version": "1.7.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@opentelemetry/api/-/api-1.7.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-AdY5wvN0P2vXBi3b29hxZgSFvdhdxPB9+f0B6s//P9Q8nibRWeA3cHm8UmLpio9ABigkVHJ5NMPk+Mz8VCCyrw==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@types/luxon": {
       "version": "3.3.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/luxon/-/luxon-3.3.2.tgz",
@@ -206,6 +215,11 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/bintrees": {
+      "version": "1.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bintrees/-/bintrees-1.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-VOMgTMwjAaUG580SXn3LacVgjurrbMme7ZZNYGSSV7mmtY6QQRh0Eg3pwIcntQ77DErK1L0NxkbetjcoXzVwKw=="
+    },
     "node_modules/body-parser": {
       "version": "1.20.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/body-parser/-/body-parser-1.20.2.tgz",
@@ -1328,6 +1342,18 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/jonschlinkert"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/prom-client": {
+      "version": "15.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/prom-client/-/prom-client-15.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-cCD7jLTqyPdjEPBo/Xk4Iu8jxjuZgZJ3e/oET3L+ZwOuap/7Cw3dH/TJSsZKs1TQLZ2IHpIlRAKw82ef06kmMw==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.4.0",
+        "tdigest": "^0.1.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "^16 || ^18 || >=20"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/proxy-addr": {
       "version": "2.0.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/proxy-addr/-/proxy-addr-2.0.7.tgz",
@@ -1627,6 +1653,14 @@
         "node": ">=4"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/tdigest": {
+      "version": "0.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tdigest/-/tdigest-0.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-+G0LLgjjo9BZX2MfdvPfH+MKLCrxlXSYec5DaPYP1fe6Iyhf0/fSmJ0bFiZ1F8BT6cGXl2LpltQptzjXKWEkKA==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "bintrees": "1.0.2"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/text-hex": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/text-hex/-/text-hex-1.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/api/package.json b/api/package.json
index 2ddf50f..5a509a2 100644
--- a/api/package.json
+++ b/api/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "mongoose": "^7.5.0",
     "morgan": "^1.10.0",
     "nocache": "^4.0.0",
+    "prom-client": "^15.1.0",
     "winston": "^3.8.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/api/src/app.js b/api/src/app.js
index d9e3630..9f477f4 100644
--- a/api/src/app.js
+++ b/api/src/app.js
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ const app = express();
 const apiRouter = express.Router();
 const pubcodeRouter = require("./routes/pubcode-router");
 const log = require("./logger");
+const prom = require('prom-client');
+const register = new prom.Registry();
+prom.collectDefaultMetrics({ register });
+
 const rateLimit = require('express-rate-limit');
 const limiter = rateLimit({
-  windowMs: 1 * 60 * 1000, // 1 minute
+  windowMs: 60 * 1000, // 1 minute
   max: 100, // Limit each IP to 100 requests per `window` (here, per 1 minutes)
   standardHeaders: true, // Return rate limit info in the `RateLimit-*` headers
   legacyHeaders: false, // Disable the `X-RateLimit-*` headers
@@ -25,7 +29,10 @@ app.use(limiter);
 app.use(cors());
 app.use(helmet());
 app.use(nocache());
-
+app.get('/metrics', async (_req, res) => {
+  const appMetrics = await register.metrics();
+  res.end(appMetrics);
+});
 //tells the app to use json as means of transporting data
 app.use(bodyParser.json({ limit: "50mb", extended: true }));
 app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
diff --git a/charts/pubcode/values.yaml b/charts/pubcode/values.yaml
index 9b6f5f9..197f82f 100644
--- a/charts/pubcode/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/pubcode/values.yaml
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ api:
     enabled: true
     host: "{{ .Release.Name }}-api.{{ .Values.global.domain }}"
     targetPort: http # look at line#164 refer to the name.
+  podAnnotations:
+    prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+    prometheus.io/port: "3000"
+    prometheus.io/path: "/metrics"
 
 frontend:
   enabled: true
@@ -160,6 +164,10 @@ frontend:
     enabled: true
     host: "{{ .Release.Name }}.{{ .Values.global.domain }}"
     targetPort: http # look at line#164 refer to the name.
+  podAnnotations:
+    prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+    prometheus.io/port: "3002"
+    prometheus.io/path: "/metrics"
 
 database:
   enabled: true
diff --git a/frontend/Caddyfile b/frontend/Caddyfile
index b80e6d1..0e508ec 100644
--- a/frontend/Caddyfile
+++ b/frontend/Caddyfile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 {
 	auto_https off
-	admin off
+	  admin 0.0.0.0:3002
+    servers {
+      metrics
+    }
 }
 :3000 {
 	log {