diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 688e623..fb4d2f8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 ### Added
 
 - The `iocaine_garbage_served` metric will have the same labels applied to it as `iocaine_requests_total`.
+- When metrics are enabled, process metrics such as CPU seconds used, memory usage, etc, are also emitted.
 
 ## [1.0.0] - 2025-03-01
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0da3a63..4315b95 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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- "lazy_static",
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- "log",
- "prettyplease",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "regex",
- "rustc-hash",
- "shlex",
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- "which",
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+ "libc",
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+ "itertools",
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- "winapi",
-]
+checksum = "106dd99e98437432fed6519dedecfade6a06a73bb7b2a1e019fdd2bee5778d94"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
@@ -1642,19 +1401,10 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "rand_xoshiro"
-version = "0.6.0"
+name = "redox_syscall"
+version = "0.5.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6f97cdb2a36ed4183de61b2f824cc45c9f1037f28afe0a322e9fff4c108b5aaa"
-dependencies = [
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "raw-cpuid"
-version = "11.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c6928fa44c097620b706542d428957635951bade7143269085389d42c8a4927e"
+checksum = "0b8c0c260b63a8219631167be35e6a988e9554dbd323f8bd08439c8ed1302bd1"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
@@ -1703,21 +1453,6 @@ version = "0.8.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ring"
-version = "0.17.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c17fa4cb658e3583423e915b9f3acc01cceaee1860e33d59ebae66adc3a2dc0d"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "cfg-if",
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
- "libc",
- "spin",
- "untrusted",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-embed"
 version = "8.5.0"
@@ -1759,12 +1494,6 @@ version = "0.1.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "719b953e2095829ee67db738b3bfa9fa368c94900df327b3f07fe6e794d2fe1f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustc-hash"
-version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
 version = "0.38.43"
@@ -1778,50 +1507,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustls"
-version = "0.23.20"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5065c3f250cbd332cd894be57c40fa52387247659b14a2d6041d121547903b1b"
-dependencies = [
- "aws-lc-rs",
- "once_cell",
- "rustls-pki-types",
- "rustls-webpki",
- "subtle",
- "zeroize",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rustls-native-certs"
-version = "0.8.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7fcff2dd52b58a8d98a70243663a0d234c4e2b79235637849d15913394a247d3"
-dependencies = [
- "openssl-probe",
- "rustls-pki-types",
- "schannel",
- "security-framework",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rustls-pki-types"
-version = "1.10.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d2bf47e6ff922db3825eb750c4e2ff784c6ff8fb9e13046ef6a1d1c5401b0b37"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rustls-webpki"
-version = "0.102.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "64ca1bc8749bd4cf37b5ce386cc146580777b4e8572c7b97baf22c83f444bee9"
-dependencies = [
- "aws-lc-rs",
- "ring",
- "rustls-pki-types",
- "untrusted",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustversion"
 version = "1.0.18"
@@ -1844,36 +1529,10 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "schannel"
-version = "0.1.27"
+name = "scopeguard"
+version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1f29ebaa345f945cec9fbbc532eb307f0fdad8161f281b6369539c8d84876b3d"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "security-framework"
-version = "3.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "271720403f46ca04f7ba6f55d438f8bd878d6b8ca0a1046e8228c4145bcbb316"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "core-foundation",
- "core-foundation-sys",
- "libc",
- "security-framework-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "security-framework-sys"
-version = "2.14.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "49db231d56a190491cb4aeda9527f1ad45345af50b0851622a7adb8c03b01c32"
-dependencies = [
- "core-foundation-sys",
- "libc",
-]
+checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
@@ -1968,12 +1627,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "shlex"
-version = "1.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.4.2"
@@ -1983,12 +1636,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sketches-ddsketch"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c1e9a774a6c28142ac54bb25d25562e6bcf957493a184f15ad4eebccb23e410a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -2014,24 +1661,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "spin"
-version = "0.9.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6980e8d7511241f8acf4aebddbb1ff938df5eebe98691418c4468d0b72a96a67"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "subtle"
-version = "2.6.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.90"
@@ -2128,16 +1763,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-rustls"
-version = "0.26.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f6d0975eaace0cf0fcadee4e4aaa5da15b5c079146f2cffb67c113be122bf37"
-dependencies = [
- "rustls",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-stream"
 version = "0.1.17"
@@ -2398,12 +2023,6 @@ version = "1.0.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "adb9e6ca4f869e1180728b7950e35922a7fc6397f7b641499e8f3ef06e50dc83"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "untrusted"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "utf8parse"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -2456,85 +2075,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wit-bindgen-rt",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen"
-version = "0.2.100"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1edc8929d7499fc4e8f0be2262a241556cfc54a0bea223790e71446f2aab1ef5"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "once_cell",
- "wasm-bindgen-macro",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen-backend"
-version = "0.2.100"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2f0a0651a5c2bc21487bde11ee802ccaf4c51935d0d3d42a6101f98161700bc6"
-dependencies = [
- "bumpalo",
- "log",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
- "wasm-bindgen-shared",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
-version = "0.2.100"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7fe63fc6d09ed3792bd0897b314f53de8e16568c2b3f7982f468c0bf9bd0b407"
-dependencies = [
- "quote",
- "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
-version = "0.2.100"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8ae87ea40c9f689fc23f209965b6fb8a99ad69aeeb0231408be24920604395de"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
- "wasm-bindgen-backend",
- "wasm-bindgen-shared",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
-version = "0.2.100"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1a05d73b933a847d6cccdda8f838a22ff101ad9bf93e33684f39c1f5f0eece3d"
-dependencies = [
- "unicode-ident",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "web-sys"
-version = "0.3.77"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "33b6dd2ef9186f1f2072e409e99cd22a975331a6b3591b12c764e0e55c60d5d2"
-dependencies = [
- "js-sys",
- "wasm-bindgen",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "which"
-version = "4.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "87ba24419a2078cd2b0f2ede2691b6c66d8e47836da3b6db8265ebad47afbfc7"
-dependencies = [
- "either",
- "home",
- "once_cell",
- "rustix",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -2712,9 +2252,3 @@ dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "syn",
 ]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zeroize"
-version = "1.8.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ced3678a2879b30306d323f4542626697a464a97c0a07c9aebf7ebca65cd4dde"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 79c2aa1..b0e143c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
   figment = { version = "0.10.19", features = ["toml", "env"] }
   figment_file_provider_adapter = "0.1.1"
   handlebars = { version = "6.3.0", features = ["dir_source", "rust-embed"] }
-  metrics = "0.24.1"
-  metrics-exporter-prometheus = "0.16.2"
+  prometheus = { version = "0.13.4", features = ["process"] }
   rand = "0.9.0"
   rand_chacha = "0.9.0"
   regex = "1.11.1"
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index c628a3c..9f6dfa8 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 use axum::{
     extract::{Path, State},
     http::StatusCode,
-    middleware,
     response::{Html, IntoResponse, Response},
     routing::get,
     Router,
@@ -15,11 +14,18 @@ use axum::{
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use crate::{
-    assembled_statistical_sequences::AssembledStatisticalSequences, config::Config,
-    garglebargle::GargleBargle, tenx_programmer, wurstsalat_generator_pro::WurstsalatGeneratorPro,
+    assembled_statistical_sequences::AssembledStatisticalSequences,
+    config::Config,
+    garglebargle::GargleBargle,
+    tenx_programmer::{TenXProgrammer, TenXProgrammerCounters},
+    wurstsalat_generator_pro::WurstsalatGeneratorPro,
 };
 
-pub type StatefulIocaine = Arc<Iocaine>;
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct IocaineState {
+    pub iocaine: Arc<Iocaine>,
+    pub counters: Option<TenXProgrammerCounters>,
+}
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Iocaine {
@@ -45,45 +51,48 @@ impl Iocaine {
         })
     }
 
-    fn main_app(self) -> Router {
-        let state: StatefulIocaine = Arc::new(self);
+    fn main_app(self, counters: Option<TenXProgrammerCounters>) -> Router {
+        let state = IocaineState {
+            iocaine: Arc::new(self),
+            counters,
+        };
 
-        let mut app = Router::new()
+        Router::new()
             .route("/", get(poison))
             .route("/{*path}", get(poison))
-            .layer(tower_http::trace::TraceLayer::new_for_http());
-
-        if state.config.metrics.enable {
-            app = app.route_layer(middleware::from_fn_with_state(
-                state.clone(),
-                tenx_programmer::track_metrics,
-            ));
-        }
-
-        app.with_state(state)
+            .layer(tower_http::trace::TraceLayer::new_for_http())
+            .with_state(state)
     }
 
-    async fn start_main_server(self) -> std::result::Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+    async fn start_server(self) -> std::result::Result<(), std::io::Error> {
         let bind = &self.config.server.bind.clone();
+        let metrics_bind = self.config.metrics.bind.clone();
+        let metrics_enabled = self.config.metrics.enable;
 
-        let app = self.main_app();
+        let metrics = TenXProgrammer::new(&self.config.metrics);
+
+        let app = self.main_app(metrics.as_ref().map(|v| v.counters.clone()));
         let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(bind).await?;
-        axum::serve(listener, app)
-            .with_graceful_shutdown(shutdown_signal())
-            .await
+        let main_server = axum::serve(listener, app).with_graceful_shutdown(shutdown_signal());
+
+        if metrics_enabled {
+            let metrics_listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(metrics_bind).await?;
+            let metrics_app = metrics.unwrap().app();
+
+            let metrics_server = axum::serve(metrics_listener, metrics_app)
+                .with_graceful_shutdown(shutdown_signal());
+
+            let _ = tokio::join!(main_server, metrics_server);
+
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            Ok(main_server.await?)
+        }
     }
 
     pub async fn run(self) -> Result<()> {
-        if self.config.metrics.enable {
-            let metrics_bind = &self.config.metrics.bind.clone();
-            let metrics_server = tenx_programmer::start_metrics_server(metrics_bind.to_string());
-            let (main_server, _metrics_server) =
-                tokio::join!(self.start_main_server(), metrics_server);
-            Ok(main_server?)
-        } else {
-            let main_server = self.start_main_server().await;
-            Ok(main_server?)
-        }
+        self.start_server().await.unwrap();
+        Ok(())
     }
 }
 
@@ -109,21 +118,23 @@ pub async fn shutdown_signal() {
 
 async fn poison(
     headers: axum::http::HeaderMap,
-    State(iocaine): State<StatefulIocaine>,
+    State(state): State<IocaineState>,
     path: Option<Path<String>>,
 ) -> std::result::Result<Html<String>, AppError> {
     let default_host = axum::http::HeaderValue::from_static("<unknown>");
     let host = headers.get("host").unwrap_or(&default_host).to_str()?;
     let path = path.unwrap_or(Path("/".to_string()));
 
-    let garbage = AssembledStatisticalSequences::generate(&iocaine, host, &path)?;
+    let garbage = AssembledStatisticalSequences::generate(&state.iocaine, host, &path)?;
 
-    if iocaine.config.metrics.enable {
-        tenx_programmer::add_garbage_metrics(
-            &iocaine.config.metrics,
-            &headers,
-            garbage.len() as u64,
-        )?;
+    if let Some(counters) = state.counters {
+        let labels = TenXProgrammer::build_label_values(&state.iocaine.config.metrics, &headers)?;
+
+        counters.request_counter.with_label_values(&labels).inc();
+        counters
+            .garbage_served_counter
+            .with_label_values(&labels)
+            .inc_by(garbage.len() as u64);
     }
 
     Ok(Html(garbage))
@@ -155,9 +166,3 @@ impl From<std::io::Error> for AppError {
         Self(e.into())
     }
 }
-
-impl From<metrics_exporter_prometheus::BuildError> for AppError {
-    fn from(e: metrics_exporter_prometheus::BuildError) -> Self {
-        Self(e.into())
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/tenx_programmer.rs b/src/tenx_programmer.rs
index 0a5c9fd..2b8675f 100644
--- a/src/tenx_programmer.rs
+++ b/src/tenx_programmer.rs
@@ -3,98 +3,135 @@
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-use axum::{
-    body::Body,
-    extract::{Request, State},
-    middleware::Next,
-    response::Response,
-    routing::get,
-    Router,
-};
-use metrics_exporter_prometheus::PrometheusBuilder;
-use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
+use axum::{routing::get, Router};
 
 use crate::{
-    app::{shutdown_signal, AppError, StatefulIocaine},
+    app::AppError,
     config::{MetricsConfig, MetricsLabel},
 };
 
-fn build_labels(
-    config: &MetricsConfig,
-    headers: &axum::http::HeaderMap,
-) -> Result<Vec<(&'static str, String)>, AppError> {
-    let mut labels = Vec::new();
-    if config.labels.contains(&MetricsLabel::Host) {
-        if let Some(host) = headers.get("host") {
-            let host = host.to_str()?.to_string();
-            labels.push(("host", host));
+use prometheus::{Encoder, IntCounterVec, Opts, Registry, TextEncoder};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct TenXProgrammer {
+    pub registry: Registry,
+    pub counters: TenXProgrammerCounters,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct TenXProgrammerCounters {
+    pub request_counter: IntCounterVec,
+    pub garbage_served_counter: IntCounterVec,
+}
+
+impl TenXProgrammer {
+    fn build_label_names(config: &MetricsConfig) -> Vec<&'static str> {
+        let mut labels = Vec::new();
+
+        if config.labels.contains(&MetricsLabel::Host) {
+            labels.push("host");
         }
+        if config.labels.contains(&MetricsLabel::UserAgent) {
+            labels.push("user_agent");
+        }
+        if config.labels.contains(&MetricsLabel::UserAgentGroup) {
+            labels.push("user_agent_group");
+        }
+
+        labels
     }
 
-    if config.labels.contains(&MetricsLabel::UserAgent)
-        || config.labels.contains(&MetricsLabel::UserAgentGroup)
-    {
-        if let Some(ua) = headers.get("user-agent") {
-            let user_agent = ua.to_str()?.to_string();
+    pub fn build_label_values<'a>(
+        config: &'a MetricsConfig,
+        headers: &'a axum::http::HeaderMap,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<&'a str>, AppError> {
+        let mut values = Vec::new();
+
+        if config.labels.contains(&MetricsLabel::Host) {
+            if let Some(host) = headers.get("host") {
+                let host = host.to_str()?;
+                values.push(host);
+            } else {
+                values.push("<unknown>");
+            }
+        }
+
+        if config.labels.contains(&MetricsLabel::UserAgent)
+            || config.labels.contains(&MetricsLabel::UserAgentGroup)
+        {
+            let ua = match headers.get("user-agent") {
+                Some(agent) => agent.to_str()?,
+                _ => "<unknown>",
+            };
 
             if config.labels.contains(&MetricsLabel::UserAgent) {
-                labels.push(("user-agent", user_agent.clone()));
+                values.push(ua);
             }
-
             if config.labels.contains(&MetricsLabel::UserAgentGroup) {
-                if let Some(group) = config
+                let group = config
                     .agent_group
                     .iter()
-                    .find(|agent_group_config| agent_group_config.agent.is_match(&user_agent))
-                {
-                    labels.push(("user-agent-group", group.group.clone()));
-                }
+                    .find(|agent_group_config| agent_group_config.agent.is_match(ua));
+
+                let group = match group {
+                    Some(cfg) => &cfg.group,
+                    _ => "<unknown>",
+                };
+                values.push(group);
             }
         }
+
+        Ok(values)
     }
 
-    Ok(labels)
-}
-
-pub fn add_garbage_metrics(
-    config: &MetricsConfig,
-    headers: &axum::http::HeaderMap,
-    garbage: u64,
-) -> Result<(), AppError> {
-    let labels = build_labels(config, headers)?;
-
-    metrics::counter!("iocaine_garbage_served", &labels).increment(garbage);
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-pub async fn track_metrics(
-    State(iocaine): State<StatefulIocaine>,
-    req: Request,
-    next: Next,
-) -> Result<Response<Body>, AppError> {
-    let headers = req.headers().clone();
-    let response = next.run(req).await;
-
-    let labels = build_labels(&iocaine.config.metrics, &headers)?;
-
-    metrics::counter!("iocaine_requests_total", &labels).increment(1);
-
-    Ok(response)
-}
-
-pub async fn start_metrics_server(metrics_bind: String) -> std::result::Result<(), AppError> {
-    let metrics_listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(metrics_bind).await?;
-    let recorder_handle = PrometheusBuilder::new().install_recorder()?;
-    let app = Router::new().route("/metrics", get(|| async move { recorder_handle.render() }));
-
-    let ts = SystemTime::now()
-        .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
-        .expect("Time went backwards");
-    let labels = [("service", "iocaine".to_string())];
-    metrics::gauge!("process_start_time_seconds", &labels).set(ts);
-
-    Ok(axum::serve(metrics_listener, app)
-        .with_graceful_shutdown(shutdown_signal())
-        .await?)
+    pub fn new(config: &MetricsConfig) -> Option<Self> {
+        if !config.enable {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        let labels = Self::build_label_names(config);
+        let registry = Registry::new();
+
+        let request_counter_opts =
+            Opts::new("iocaine_requests_total", "Total number of requests served");
+        let request_counter = IntCounterVec::new(request_counter_opts, &labels).unwrap();
+        registry
+            .register(Box::new(request_counter.clone()))
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let garbage_served_counter_opts = Opts::new(
+            "iocaine_garbage_served",
+            "Total amount of garbage served (in bytes)",
+        );
+        let garbage_served_counter =
+            IntCounterVec::new(garbage_served_counter_opts, &labels).unwrap();
+        registry
+            .register(Box::new(garbage_served_counter.clone()))
+            .unwrap();
+
+        Some(Self {
+            registry,
+            counters: TenXProgrammerCounters {
+                request_counter,
+                garbage_served_counter,
+            },
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn app(self) -> Router {
+        Router::new().route(
+            "/metrics",
+            get(|| async move {
+                let encoder = TextEncoder::new();
+                let mut buffer = Vec::<u8>::new();
+
+                let metrics = self.registry.gather();
+                encoder.encode(&metrics, &mut buffer).unwrap();
+                let metrics = prometheus::gather();
+                encoder.encode(&metrics, &mut buffer).unwrap();
+
+                String::from_utf8(buffer).unwrap()
+            }),
+        )
+    }
 }