diff --git a/utils/grpc/runtime.go b/utils/grpc/runtime.go
index 13a4db6..7d16597 100644
--- a/utils/grpc/runtime.go
+++ b/utils/grpc/runtime.go
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ type RuntimeServer struct {
 	sharedpb.UnimplementedRuntimeServiceServer
 }
 
+var Startime = time.Now()
+
 //implementation of the shared helper function
 func (s *RuntimeServer) CheckRuntime(ctx context.Context, req *sharedpb.SignedRuntimeInfoRequest) (*sharedpb.RuntimeInfoReport, error) {
 	//get connection object
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ func (s *RuntimeServer) CheckRuntime(ctx context.Context, req *sharedpb.SignedRu
 		res.Extra = []byte(nil)
 		res.PeerId = []byte(nil)
 		res.ServiceName = []byte(s.serviceName)
+		res.StartTime = Startime
 		res.CurentTime = time.Now()
 		res.GitHash = []byte(nil)
 		res.Version = []byte(nil)
diff --git a/utils/grpc/setup_server.go b/utils/grpc/setup_server.go
index 8b02606..4784785 100644
--- a/utils/grpc/setup_server.go
+++ b/utils/grpc/setup_server.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package grpc
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net"
 
@@ -36,15 +37,17 @@ func (s *GrpcServer) serverTypeToServerName(server interface{}) {
 	case escrow.EscrowServiceServer:
 		s.serverName = "escrow"
 	case guard.GuardServiceServer:
-		s.serverName = "guard"
+		s.serverName = "guard-interceptor"
 	case hub.HubQueryServiceServer:
 		s.serverName = "hub"
+	case string:
+		s.serverName = fmt.Sprintf("%v", server)
 	default:
 		s.serverName = "unknown"
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *GrpcServer) GrpcServer(port string, dbURL string, rdURL string, server interface{}) *GrpcServer {
+func (s *GrpcServer) GrpcServer(port string, dbURL string, rdURL string, server interface{}, options ...grpc.ServerOption) *GrpcServer {
 
 	s.serverTypeToServerName(server)
 
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ func (s *GrpcServer) GrpcServer(port string, dbURL string, rdURL string, server
 
 	s.lis = lis
 
-	s.CreateServer(s.serverName).
+	s.CreateServer(s.serverName, options...).
 		CreateHealthServer().
 		RegisterServer(server).
 		RegisterHealthServer().
@@ -76,10 +79,11 @@ func (s *GrpcServer) AcceptConnection() *GrpcServer {
 	return s
 }
 
-func (s *GrpcServer) CreateServer(serverName string) *GrpcServer {
+func (s *GrpcServer) CreateServer(serverName string, options ...grpc.ServerOption) *GrpcServer {
 	//create grpc server
 	s.serverName = serverName
-	s.server = grpc.NewServer(middleware.GrpcServerOption)
+	options = append(options, middleware.GrpcServerOption)
+	s.server = grpc.NewServer(options...)
 	return s
 }