diff --git a/modules/electrs.nix b/modules/electrs.nix
index f594783..4804eb7 100644
--- a/modules/electrs.nix
+++ b/modules/electrs.nix
@@ -34,13 +34,18 @@ in {
     address = mkOption {
       type = types.str;
       default = "127.0.0.1";
-      description = "RPC listening address.";
+      description = "RPC and monitoring listening address.";
     };
     port = mkOption {
       type = types.port;
       default = 50001;
       description = "RPC port.";
     };
+    monitoringPort = mkOption {
+      type = types.port;
+      default = 4224;
+      description = "Prometheus monitoring port.";
+    };
     extraArgs = mkOption {
       type = types.separatedString " ";
       default = "";
@@ -87,7 +92,8 @@ in {
           } \
           --db-dir='${cfg.dataDir}' \
           --daemon-dir='${bitcoind.dataDir}' \
-          --electrum-rpc-addr=${toString cfg.address}:${toString cfg.port} \
+          --electrum-rpc-addr=${cfg.address}:${toString cfg.port} \
+          --monitoring-addr=${cfg.address}:${toString cfg.monitoringPort} \
           --daemon-rpc-addr=${builtins.elemAt bitcoind.rpcbind 0}:${toString bitcoind.rpc.port} \
           ${cfg.extraArgs}
         '';
diff --git a/test/scenarios/withnetns.py b/test/scenarios/withnetns.py
index 5f3be5a..8aec4f5 100644
--- a/test/scenarios/withnetns.py
+++ b/test/scenarios/withnetns.py
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@ btcpayserver_ip = "169.254.1.24"
 
 
 def electrs():
-    machine.wait_until_succeeds(
-        "ip netns exec nb-electrs nc -z localhost 4224"
-    )  # prometeus metrics provider
+    # prometeus metrics provider
+    machine.wait_until_succeeds(f"nc -z {electrs_ip} 4224")
 
 
 def nbxplorer():