diff --git a/substrate/substrate-dump/src/dumper.ts b/substrate/substrate-dump/src/dumper.ts
index cbd5a7ea6..04eac4cf2 100644
--- a/substrate/substrate-dump/src/dumper.ts
+++ b/substrate/substrate-dump/src/dumper.ts
@@ -99,10 +99,11 @@ export class Dumper {
                 : this.options.withTrace ? '' : undefined
         }
 
-        return this.src().getFinalizedBlocks([{
+        const blocks = this.src().getFinalizedBlocks([{
             range,
             request
         }])
+        return blocks;
     }
 
     private async *process(from?: number, prevHash?: string): AsyncIterable<BlockData[]> {
@@ -140,6 +141,9 @@ export class Dumper {
                     )
                 }
             }
+            const metrics = this.rpc().getMetrics();
+            this.prometheus().setSuccesfulRequestCount(metrics.requestsServed);
+            this.prometheus().setFailedRequestCount(metrics.connectionErrors);
 
             yield batch.blocks
 
@@ -205,7 +209,7 @@ export class Dumper {
             const prometheus = this.prometheus();
             if (this.options.metricsPort) {
                 await prometheus.serve();
-                this.log().info(`prometheus metrics are available on port {port}`)
+                this.log().info(`prometheus metrics are available on port ${this.options.metricsPort}`)
             }
             await archive.appendRawBlocks({
                 blocks: (nextBlock, prevHash) => this.saveMetadata(this.process(nextBlock, prevHash)),
diff --git a/substrate/substrate-dump/src/prometheus.ts b/substrate/substrate-dump/src/prometheus.ts
index c2a9c94ae..4316781c4 100644
--- a/substrate/substrate-dump/src/prometheus.ts
+++ b/substrate/substrate-dump/src/prometheus.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export class PrometheusServer {
     private port?: number | string
     private chainHeightGauge: Gauge;
     private lastWrittenBlockGauge: Gauge;
+    private rpcRequestsGauge: Gauge;
 
     constructor(port: number) {
         this.port = port;
@@ -22,6 +23,13 @@ export class PrometheusServer {
             registers: [this.registry]
         });
 
+        this.rpcRequestsGauge = new Gauge({
+            name: 'sqd_rpc_requests_count',
+            help: 'Number of rpc requests of different kinds',
+            labelNames: ['kind'],
+            registers: [this.registry]
+        });
+
         collectDefaultMetrics({register: this.registry})
     }
 
@@ -33,6 +41,17 @@ export class PrometheusServer {
         this.lastWrittenBlockGauge.set(block);
     }
 
+    setSuccesfulRequestCount(requests: number) {
+        this.rpcRequestsGauge.set({
+            'kind': 'successful'
+        }, requests)
+    }
+
+    setFailedRequestCount(requests: number) {
+        this.rpcRequestsGauge.set({
+            'kind': 'failed'
+        }, requests)
+    }
 
     serve(): Promise<ListeningServer> {
         return createPrometheusServer(this.registry, this.port)