diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 6a4ca57..4b64bf4 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORT=3000 # the api port
-METRICS_PORT=9100 # the port on which prometheus metrics are hosted on, endpoint: /metrics
+METRICS_PORT=3001 # the port on which prometheus metrics are hosted on, endpoint: /metrics
 PLAUSIBLE_DOMAIN=plausible.io # the plausible instance domain
 PLAUSIBLE_API_KEY="api_key_goes_here" # your plausible API key
 ALLOWED_ORIGINS="https://example.com" # allowed CORS origins