diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 037f41e..c36f822 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -169,12 +169,17 @@ func (r *Runner) WithTaskHelpers(t ...taskhelper.Helper) *Runner {
 }
 
 func (r *Runner) WithDefaultHTTPServer(metricNamespace string) *Runner {
-	return r.WithDefaultHTTPServerAndPrometheusRegisterer(metricNamespace, prometheus.DefaultRegisterer)
+	return r.WithDefaultHTTPServerAndPrometheusRegisterer(metricNamespace, prometheus.DefaultRegisterer, prometheus.DefaultGatherer)
 }
 
-func (r *Runner) WithDefaultHTTPServerAndPrometheusRegisterer(metricNamespace string, registerer prometheus.Registerer) *Runner {
+// WithDefaultHTTPServerAndPrometheusRegisterer is here to create a default HTTP server with already the metrics API setup.
+// Usually you will use it as follows:
+//
+//	promRegistry := prometheus.NewRegistry()
+//	app.NewRunner().WithDefaultHTTPServerAndPrometheusRegisterer(metricNamespace, promRegistry, promRegistry)
+func (r *Runner) WithDefaultHTTPServerAndPrometheusRegisterer(metricNamespace string, registerer prometheus.Registerer, gatherer prometheus.Gatherer) *Runner {
 	r.serverBuilder = echo.NewBuilder(addr).
-		APIRegistration(echo.NewMetricsAPI(true, registerer)).
+		APIRegistration(echo.NewMetricsAPI(true, registerer, gatherer)).
 		MetricNamespace(metricNamespace).
 		PrometheusRegisterer(registerer)
 	return r
diff --git a/echo/metrics.go b/echo/metrics.go
index 2f2a149..0007bd8 100644
--- a/echo/metrics.go
+++ b/echo/metrics.go
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ func init() {
 	flag.StringVar(&telemetryPath, "web.telemetry-path", "/metrics", "Path under which to expose metrics.")
 }
 
-func NewMetricsAPI(disableCompression bool, r prometheus.Registerer) Register {
-	return &metrics{disableCompression: disableCompression, promRegisterer: r}
+func NewMetricsAPI(disableCompression bool, r prometheus.Registerer, gatherer prometheus.Gatherer) Register {
+	return &metrics{
+		disableCompression: disableCompression,
+		promRegisterer:     r,
+		promGatherer:       gatherer}
 }
 
 // metrics is a struct than handles the endpoint /metrics
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ type metrics struct {
 	// * https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/issues/622g
 	disableCompression bool
 	promRegisterer     prometheus.Registerer
+	promGatherer       prometheus.Gatherer
 }
 
 func (m *metrics) RegisterRoute(e *echo.Echo) {
@@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ func (m *metrics) RegisterRoute(e *echo.Echo) {
 	e.GET(telemetryPath, echo.WrapHandler(
 		promhttp.InstrumentMetricHandler(
 			m.promRegisterer, promhttp.HandlerFor(
-				prometheus.DefaultGatherer, promhttp.HandlerOpts{
+				m.promGatherer, promhttp.HandlerOpts{
 					DisableCompression: m.disableCompression,
 				},
 			),