diff --git a/cmd/arc/main.go b/cmd/arc/main.go
index c4192d732..23a074da9 100644
--- a/cmd/arc/main.go
+++ b/cmd/arc/main.go
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ func run() error {
 	}()
 
 	go func() {
-		if arcConfig.PrometheusEndpoint != "" && arcConfig.ProfilerAddr != "" {
+		if arcConfig.PrometheusEndpoint != "" && arcConfig.PrometheusAddr != "" {
 			logger.Info("Starting prometheus", slog.String("endpoint", arcConfig.PrometheusEndpoint))
 			http.Handle(arcConfig.PrometheusEndpoint, promhttp.Handler())
-			err = http.ListenAndServe(arcConfig.ProfilerAddr, nil)
+			err = http.ListenAndServe(arcConfig.PrometheusAddr, nil)
 			if err != nil {
 				logger.Error("failed to start prometheus server", slog.String("err", err.Error()))
 			}
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 6ef058b8d..e15670d32 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type ArcConfig struct {
 	LogFormat          string            `mapstructure:"logFormat"`
 	ProfilerAddr       string            `mapstructure:"profilerAddr"`
 	PrometheusEndpoint string            `mapstructure:"prometheusEndpoint"`
+	PrometheusAddr     string            `mapstructure:"prometheusAddr"`
 	GrpcMessageSize    int               `mapstructure:"grpcMessageSize"`
 	Network            string            `mapstructure:"network"`
 	QueueURL           string            `mapstructure:"queueURL"`
diff --git a/config/defaults.go b/config/defaults.go
index a78320c70..f64013b9d 100644
--- a/config/defaults.go
+++ b/config/defaults.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ func getDefaultArcConfig() *ArcConfig {
 		LogFormat:          "text",
 		ProfilerAddr:       "", // optional
 		PrometheusEndpoint: "", // optional
+		PrometheusAddr:     "", // optional
 		GrpcMessageSize:    100000000,
 		Network:            "regtest",
 		QueueURL:           "nats://nats:4222",
diff --git a/config/example_config.yaml b/config/example_config.yaml
index 394f31e74..47ca46009 100644
--- a/config/example_config.yaml
+++ b/config/example_config.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ logLevel: DEBUG # mode of logging. Value can be one of DEBUG | INFO | WARN | ERR
 logFormat: text # format of logging. Value can be one of text | json | tint
 profilerAddr: localhost:9999 # address to start profiler server on (optional)
 prometheusEndpoint: /metrics # endpoint for prometheus metrics (optional)
+prometheusAddr: :2112 # port for serving prometheus metrics
 grpcMessageSize: 100000000 # maximum grpc message size
 network: regtest # bitcoin network to connect to. Value can be one of mainnet | testnet | regtest
 queueURL: nats://nats:4222 # URL for message queue