diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index d6acc3c..9f9c6c5 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 # default value = 9100
 PROMETHEUS_EXPORTER_PORT = 9100
 
+
+# prefix for metric naming
+# default value = "zvks"
+PROMETHEUS_EXPORTER_PREFIX = "zvks"
+
 # setting up max level of logging
 # default - INFO 
 # values : WARN, ERROR, INFO, DEBUG, TRACE
diff --git a/src/endpoints.rs b/src/endpoints.rs
index eb45056..b62d7c7 100644
--- a/src/endpoints.rs
+++ b/src/endpoints.rs
@@ -101,24 +101,6 @@ pub async fn update_metrics(
                     &i.desc.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| std::borrow::Cow::Borrowed(&i.id))
                 );
                 metrics.push(gauge);
-                // if let Some(gauge) = gauge {
-                //     match state.registry.lock() {
-                //         Err(er) => {
-                //             error!("Cannot lock Metric Registry due to {} ", er)
-                //         },
-                //         Ok(registry) => {
-                //             //  todo: error handler
-                //             if let Err(er) = update_or_insert_metric(
-                //                 gauge, 
-                //                 registry,
-                //                 &metric_name
-                //             ) {
-                //                 error!("Update or insert metric crushed: {}", er);
-                //                 return (http::StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, er.to_string())
-                //             }
-                //         },
-                //     }
-                // }
             },
             MetricsValueType::ArrayOfStrings => {
                 trace!("processing an array of strings");
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8a237c5..f560d90 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use axum::{
     routing::{get, post}, 
     Router};
 use prometheus::Registry;
-use std::{str::FromStr, sync::{Arc, Mutex}};
+use std::{collections::HashMap, str::FromStr, sync::{Arc, Mutex}};
 use endpoints::*;
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 use tracing::info;
@@ -43,8 +43,12 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     .init();
     info!("Logger was created and configurated, dotenv vars were loaded (if exist)");
 
+
+    let prefix = std::env::var("PROMETHEUS_EXPORTER_PREFIX")
+    .unwrap_or_else(|_| "zvks".to_owned());
+
     info!("Initializing local Prometehus metrics registry ...");
-    let registry = Registry::new();
+    let registry = Registry::new_custom(Some(prefix), None)?;
 
     info!("Initializing shared state for Prometheus Exporter web-server ...");
     let state = Arc::new(AppState {
diff --git a/src/metrics.rs b/src/metrics.rs
index 40e0a10..e17c115 100644
--- a/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/src/metrics.rs
@@ -50,19 +50,19 @@ impl MetricsProcesser {
         if let Some(status) = metric.status {
             if let Some(device) = metric.device {
                 if let Some(source_id) = &metric.source_id {
-                    let vec = GaugeVec::new(opts!(metric_name, metric_desc), &["status", "device", "source_id"]).unwrap();
+                    let vec = GaugeVec::new(opts!(metric.name.clone(), metric_desc), &["status", "device", "source_id"]).unwrap();
                     vec.with_label_values(&[&status.to_string(), &device.to_string(), &source_id.to_string()]).set(metric.value.as_f64().unwrap_or_else(|| 0.0));
                     debug!("processed metric: {:?}", &vec);
                     return Some(Box::new(vec));
                 }
                 else {
-                    let vec = GaugeVec::new(opts!(metric_name, metric_desc), &["status", "device"]).unwrap();
+                    let vec = GaugeVec::new(opts!(metric.name.clone(), metric_desc), &["status", "device"]).unwrap();
                     vec.with_label_values(&[&status.to_string(), &device.to_string()]).set(metric.value.as_f64().unwrap_or_else(|| 0.0));
                     debug!("processed metric: {:?}", &vec);
                     return Some(Box::new(vec));
                 }
             } else {
-                let vec = GaugeVec::new(opts!(metric_name, metric_desc), &["status"]).unwrap();
+                let vec = GaugeVec::new(opts!(metric.name.clone(), metric_desc), &["status"]).unwrap();
                 vec.with_label_values(&[&status.to_string()]).set(metric.value.as_f64().unwrap_or_else(|| 0.0));
                 debug!("processed metric: {:?}", &vec);
                 return Some(Box::new(vec));
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ impl MetricsProcesser {
         }
 
         let gauge = Gauge::new(
-            metric_name,
+            metric.name.clone(),
             metric_desc
         );
 
diff --git a/src/structs.rs b/src/structs.rs
index 86b60e9..150ef13 100644
--- a/src/structs.rs
+++ b/src/structs.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub mod v3 {
     #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
     pub struct MetricOutput<'a> {
         pub id : String,
+        pub name : String,
         #[serde(rename = "type")]
         json_type : String,
         addr : String,