diff --git a/shotover/benches/benches/chain.rs b/shotover/benches/benches/chain.rs
index f303f80f9..3639f09e0 100644
--- a/shotover/benches/benches/chain.rs
+++ b/shotover/benches/benches/chain.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use shotover::transforms::throttling::RequestThrottlingConfig;
 use shotover::transforms::{TransformConfig, Wrapper};
 
 fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
-    super::init();
+    crate::init();
     let rt = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap();
     let mut group = c.benchmark_group("transform");
     group.noise_threshold(0.2);
diff --git a/shotover/benches/benches/codec/cassandra.rs b/shotover/benches/benches/codec/cassandra.rs
index 0035d90b6..13f5a63fa 100644
--- a/shotover/benches/benches/codec/cassandra.rs
+++ b/shotover/benches/benches/codec/cassandra.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use shotover::message::Message;
 use tokio_util::codec::{Decoder, Encoder};
 
 fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    crate::init();
     let mut group = c.benchmark_group("cassandra_codec");
     group.noise_threshold(0.2);
 
diff --git a/shotover/benches/benches/codec/kafka.rs b/shotover/benches/benches/codec/kafka.rs
index 734824e46..99810c13e 100644
--- a/shotover/benches/benches/codec/kafka.rs
+++ b/shotover/benches/benches/codec/kafka.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const KAFKA_REQUESTS: &[(&[u8], &str)] = &[
 ];
 
 fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    crate::init();
     let mut group = c.benchmark_group("kafka_codec");
     group.noise_threshold(0.2);
 
diff --git a/shotover/benches/benches/main.rs b/shotover/benches/benches/main.rs
index 68cb60ba4..297e22588 100644
--- a/shotover/benches/benches/main.rs
+++ b/shotover/benches/benches/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use criterion::criterion_main;
+use metrics_exporter_prometheus::PrometheusBuilder;
 
 mod chain;
 mod codec;
@@ -6,6 +7,9 @@ mod codec;
 fn init() {
     std::env::set_var("RUST_BACKTRACE", "1");
     std::env::set_var("RUST_LIB_BACKTRACE", "0");
+
+    let recorder = PrometheusBuilder::new().build_recorder();
+    metrics::set_boxed_recorder(Box::new(recorder)).ok();
 }
 
 criterion_main!(