diff --git a/charms/jupyter-ui/src/charm.py b/charms/jupyter-ui/src/charm.py
index fbfb4b63..5992b97d 100755
--- a/charms/jupyter-ui/src/charm.py
+++ b/charms/jupyter-ui/src/charm.py
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ def _get_env_vars(self):
             "UI": config["ui"],
             "USERID_HEADER": "kubeflow-userid",
             "USERID_PREFIX": "",
+            "METRICS": True,
         }
 
         return ret_env_vars