diff --git a/config/docker-testval.config.src b/config/docker-testval.config.src
index 21ffeda59..f7f1c3fbd 100644
--- a/config/docker-testval.config.src
+++ b/config/docker-testval.config.src
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@
    %% we only really need the params below if this file is changed to specify a radio device
    %% as without one miner_lora is not started
    %% including the params anyway in case someone needs it in this env
-   {region_override, 'US915'}
+   {region_override, 'US915'},
+   {metrics, [block_metrics, grpc_metrics]},
+   {metrics_port, ${METRICS_PORT:-9090}}
   ]},
  {grpcbox,
   [
diff --git a/config/docker-val.config.src b/config/docker-val.config.src
index 29a64fc93..50190a73d 100644
--- a/config/docker-val.config.src
+++ b/config/docker-val.config.src
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@
    %% we only really need the params below if this file is changed to specify a radio device
    %% as without one miner_lora is not started
    %% including the params anyway in case someone needs it in this env
-   {region_override, 'US915'}
+   {region_override, 'US915'},
+   {metrics, [block_metrics, grpc_metrics]},
+   {metrics_port, ${METRICS_PORT:-9090}}
   ]},
  {grpcbox,
   [
diff --git a/config/test_val.config.src b/config/test_val.config.src
index 0bf7449ac..1e9edce77 100644
--- a/config/test_val.config.src
+++ b/config/test_val.config.src
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
    %% including the params anyway in case someone needs it in this env
    {region_override, 'US915'},
    {gateway_and_mux_enable, false},
+   {metrics, [block_metrics, grpc_metrics]},
+   {metrics_port, ${METRICS_PORT:-9090}},
    {seed_validators, [
        {"1ZPNnNd9k5qiQXXigKifQpCPiy5HTbszQDSyLM56ywk7ihNRvt6", "18.223.171.149", 8080},     %% test-val2
        {"1ZYe21WzqJGkWjXvyEt2c8ALSrufPfjzqfQP2SGy61UJd2h9EbL", "3.17.164.253", 8080},       %% test-val3
diff --git a/config/val.config.src b/config/val.config.src
index 68f7c9516..e3f79a89f 100644
--- a/config/val.config.src
+++ b/config/val.config.src
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
    {sidecar_parallelism_limit, ${SIDECAR_PARALLELISM_LIMIT:-3}},
    {hotfix_dir, "${HOTFIX_DIR:-/opt/miner/hotfix}"},
    {update_dir, "${UPDATE_DIR:-/opt/miner/update}"},
+   {metrics, [block_metrics, grpc_metrics]},
+   {metrics_port, ${METRICS_PORT:-9090}},
    %% these two now disable all the poc stuff
    {use_ebus, false},
    {radio_device, undefined},