diff --git a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/collections.go b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/collections.go
index f81cf4690..c3bcf9b7a 100644
--- a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/collections.go
+++ b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/collections.go
@@ -235,13 +235,15 @@ func NewCollectionsUpgradeCmd() *cobra.Command {
 func runCollectionsInspect(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	flags := cmd.Flags()
 
-	var err error
-	// XXX: set global
-	prometheusURL, err = flags.GetString("url")
+	url, err := flags.GetString("url")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if url != "" {
+		csConfig.Cscli.PrometheusUrl = url
+	}
+
 	for _, name := range args {
 		InspectItem(name, cwhub.COLLECTIONS)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/main.go b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/main.go
index d0320ac36..e80e8cb41 100644
--- a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/main.go
+++ b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/main.go
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ var dbClient *database.Client
 var OutputFormat string
 var OutputColor string
 
-var prometheusURL string
-
 var mergedConfig string
 
 func initConfig() {
diff --git a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/metrics.go b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/metrics.go
index 0e4926b72..d8f7d0f84 100644
--- a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/metrics.go
+++ b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/metrics.go
@@ -284,7 +284,23 @@ var noUnit bool
 
 
 func runMetrics(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	if err := csConfig.LoadPrometheus(); err != nil {
+	flags := cmd.Flags()
+
+	url, err := flags.GetString("url")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if url != "" {
+		csConfig.Cscli.PrometheusUrl = url
+	}
+
+	noUnit, err = flags.GetBool("no-unit")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err = csConfig.LoadPrometheus(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to load prometheus config: %w", err)
 	}
 
@@ -296,16 +312,7 @@ func runMetrics(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("prometheus is not enabled, can't show metrics")
 	}
 
-	if prometheusURL == "" {
-		prometheusURL = csConfig.Cscli.PrometheusUrl
-	}
-
-	if prometheusURL == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("no prometheus url, please specify in %s or via -u", *csConfig.FilePath)
-	}
-
-	err := FormatPrometheusMetrics(color.Output, prometheusURL+"/metrics", csConfig.Cscli.Output)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err = FormatPrometheusMetrics(color.Output, csConfig.Cscli.PrometheusUrl, csConfig.Cscli.Output); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -321,8 +328,10 @@ func NewMetricsCmd() *cobra.Command {
 		DisableAutoGenTag: true,
 		RunE: runMetrics,
 	}
-	cmdMetrics.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&prometheusURL, "url", "u", "", "Prometheus url (http://<ip>:<port>/metrics)")
-	cmdMetrics.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&noUnit, "no-unit", false, "Show the real number instead of formatted with units")
+
+	flags := cmdMetrics.PersistentFlags()
+	flags.StringP("url", "u", "", "Prometheus url (http://<ip>:<port>/metrics)")
+	flags.Bool("no-unit", false, "Show the real number instead of formatted with units")
 
 	return cmdMetrics
 }
diff --git a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/parsers.go b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/parsers.go
index c1f33e804..0f7e0d4f8 100644
--- a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/parsers.go
+++ b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/parsers.go
@@ -223,13 +223,15 @@ func NewParsersUpgradeCmd() *cobra.Command {
 func runParsersInspect(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	flags := cmd.Flags()
 
-	var err error
-	// XXX: set global
-	prometheusURL, err = flags.GetString("url")
+	url, err := flags.GetString("url")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if url != "" {
+		csConfig.Cscli.PrometheusUrl = url
+	}
+
 	InspectItem(args[0], cwhub.PARSERS)
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/postoverflows.go b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/postoverflows.go
index 6c3aa6c80..f94169f56 100644
--- a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/postoverflows.go
+++ b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/postoverflows.go
@@ -223,13 +223,15 @@ func NewPostOverflowsUpgradeCmd() *cobra.Command {
 func runPostOverflowsInspect(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	flags := cmd.Flags()
 
-	var err error
-	// XXX: set global
-	prometheusURL, err = flags.GetString("url")
+	url, err := flags.GetString("url")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if url != "" {
+		csConfig.Cscli.PrometheusUrl = url
+	}
+
 	InspectItem(args[0], cwhub.PARSERS_OVFLW)
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/scenarios.go b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/scenarios.go
index 553ffa472..9a9aa825f 100644
--- a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/scenarios.go
+++ b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/scenarios.go
@@ -223,13 +223,15 @@ func NewCmdScenariosUpgrade() *cobra.Command {
 func runScenariosInspect(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	flags := cmd.Flags()
 
-	var err error
-	// XXX: set global
-	prometheusURL, err = flags.GetString("url")
+	url, err := flags.GetString("url")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if url != "" {
+		csConfig.Cscli.PrometheusUrl = url
+	}
+
 	InspectItem(args[0], cwhub.SCENARIOS)
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/support.go b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/support.go
index 7d80d6471..15c53d004 100644
--- a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/support.go
+++ b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/support.go
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ func collectMetrics() ([]byte, []byte, error) {
 	}
 
 	humanMetrics := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-	err = FormatPrometheusMetrics(humanMetrics, csConfig.Cscli.PrometheusUrl+"/metrics", "human")
+	err = FormatPrometheusMetrics(humanMetrics, csConfig.Cscli.PrometheusUrl, "human")
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("could not fetch promtheus metrics: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, csConfig.Cscli.PrometheusUrl+"/metrics", nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, csConfig.Cscli.PrometheusUrl, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("could not create requests to prometheus endpoint: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/utils.go b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/utils.go
index 3cf427c89..82b98cbef 100644
--- a/cmd/crowdsec-cli/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/crowdsec-cli/utils.go
@@ -210,15 +210,6 @@ func InspectItem(name string, objecitemType string) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if prometheusURL == "" {
-		//This is technically wrong to do this, as the prometheus section contains a listen address, not an URL to query prometheus
-		//But for ease of use, we will use the listen address as the prometheus URL because it will be 127.0.0.1 in the default case
-		listenAddr := csConfig.Prometheus.ListenAddr
-		listenPort := csConfig.Prometheus.ListenPort
-		prometheusURL = fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d/metrics", listenAddr, listenPort)
-		log.Debugf("No prometheus URL provided using: %s", prometheusURL)
-	}
-
 	fmt.Printf("\nCurrent metrics : \n")
 	ShowMetrics(hubItem)
 }
@@ -256,18 +247,18 @@ func manageCliDecisionAlerts(ip *string, ipRange *string, scope *string, value *
 func ShowMetrics(hubItem *cwhub.Item) {
 	switch hubItem.Type {
 	case cwhub.PARSERS:
-		metrics := GetParserMetric(prometheusURL, hubItem.Name)
+		metrics := GetParserMetric(hubItem.Name)
 		parserMetricsTable(color.Output, hubItem.Name, metrics)
 	case cwhub.SCENARIOS:
-		metrics := GetScenarioMetric(prometheusURL, hubItem.Name)
+		metrics := GetScenarioMetric(hubItem.Name)
 		scenarioMetricsTable(color.Output, hubItem.Name, metrics)
 	case cwhub.COLLECTIONS:
 		for _, item := range hubItem.Parsers {
-			metrics := GetParserMetric(prometheusURL, item)
+			metrics := GetParserMetric(item)
 			parserMetricsTable(color.Output, item, metrics)
 		}
 		for _, item := range hubItem.Scenarios {
-			metrics := GetScenarioMetric(prometheusURL, item)
+			metrics := GetScenarioMetric(item)
 			scenarioMetricsTable(color.Output, item, metrics)
 		}
 		for _, item := range hubItem.Collections {
@@ -283,10 +274,10 @@ func ShowMetrics(hubItem *cwhub.Item) {
 }
 
 // GetParserMetric is a complete rip from prom2json
-func GetParserMetric(url string, itemName string) map[string]map[string]int {
+func GetParserMetric(itemName string) map[string]map[string]int {
 	stats := make(map[string]map[string]int)
 
-	result := GetPrometheusMetric(url)
+	result := GetPrometheusMetric()
 	for idx, fam := range result {
 		if !strings.HasPrefix(fam.Name, "cs_") {
 			continue
@@ -364,7 +355,7 @@ func GetParserMetric(url string, itemName string) map[string]map[string]int {
 	return stats
 }
 
-func GetScenarioMetric(url string, itemName string) map[string]int {
+func GetScenarioMetric(itemName string) map[string]int {
 	stats := make(map[string]int)
 
 	stats["instantiation"] = 0
@@ -373,7 +364,7 @@ func GetScenarioMetric(url string, itemName string) map[string]int {
 	stats["pour"] = 0
 	stats["underflow"] = 0
 
-	result := GetPrometheusMetric(url)
+	result := GetPrometheusMetric()
 	for idx, fam := range result {
 		if !strings.HasPrefix(fam.Name, "cs_") {
 			continue
@@ -419,7 +410,7 @@ func GetScenarioMetric(url string, itemName string) map[string]int {
 	return stats
 }
 
-func GetPrometheusMetric(url string) []*prom2json.Family {
+func GetPrometheusMetric() []*prom2json.Family {
 	mfChan := make(chan *dto.MetricFamily, 1024)
 
 	// Start with the DefaultTransport for sane defaults.
@@ -432,7 +423,7 @@ func GetPrometheusMetric(url string) []*prom2json.Family {
 
 	go func() {
 		defer trace.CatchPanic("crowdsec/GetPrometheusMetric")
-		err := prom2json.FetchMetricFamilies(url, mfChan, transport)
+		err := prom2json.FetchMetricFamilies(csConfig.Cscli.PrometheusUrl, mfChan, transport)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("failed to fetch prometheus metrics : %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/csconfig/prometheus.go b/pkg/csconfig/prometheus.go
index eea768ab7..f92771bb1 100644
--- a/pkg/csconfig/prometheus.go
+++ b/pkg/csconfig/prometheus.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type PrometheusCfg struct {
 func (c *Config) LoadPrometheus() error {
 	if c.Cscli != nil && c.Cscli.PrometheusUrl == "" && c.Prometheus != nil {
 		if c.Prometheus.ListenAddr != "" && c.Prometheus.ListenPort != 0 {
-			c.Cscli.PrometheusUrl = fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d", c.Prometheus.ListenAddr, c.Prometheus.ListenPort)
+			c.Cscli.PrometheusUrl = fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d/metrics", c.Prometheus.ListenAddr, c.Prometheus.ListenPort)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/csconfig/prometheus_test.go b/pkg/csconfig/prometheus_test.go
index 79c9ec58f..c16002221 100644
--- a/pkg/csconfig/prometheus_test.go
+++ b/pkg/csconfig/prometheus_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func TestLoadPrometheus(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				Cscli: &CscliCfg{},
 			},
-			expectedURL: "http://127.0.0.1:6060",
+			expectedURL: "http://127.0.0.1:6060/metrics",
 		},
 	}