diff --git a/server/model/monitor.js b/server/model/monitor.js
index 78485c4c..ff73036c 100644
--- a/server/model/monitor.js
+++ b/server/model/monitor.js
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ class Monitor extends BeanModel {
         let previousBeat = null;
         let retries = 0;
 
-        this.prometheus = await Prometheus.createAndInitMetrics(this);
+        this.prometheus = new Prometheus(this);
 
         const beat = async () => {
 
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ class Monitor extends BeanModel {
             await R.store(bean);
 
             log.debug("monitor", `[${this.name}] prometheus.update`);
-            await this.prometheus?.update(bean, tlsInfo);
+            this.prometheus?.update(bean, tlsInfo);
 
             previousBeat = bean;
 
diff --git a/server/prometheus.js b/server/prometheus.js
index 05a02839..f26125d2 100644
--- a/server/prometheus.js
+++ b/server/prometheus.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-const { R } = require("redbean-node");
 const PrometheusClient = require("prom-client");
 const { log } = require("../src/util");
 
@@ -10,102 +9,36 @@ const commonLabels = [
     "monitor_port",
 ];
 
-class Prometheus {
-
-    /**
-     * Metric: monitor_cert_days_remaining
-     * @type {PrometheusClient.Gauge<string> | null}
-     */
-    static monitorCertDaysRemaining = null;
-
-    /**
-     * Metric: monitor_cert_is_valid
-     * @type {PrometheusClient.Gauge<string> | null}
-     */
-    static monitorCertIsValid = null;
-
-    /**
-     * Metric: monitor_response_time
-     * @type {PrometheusClient.Gauge<string> | null}
-     */
-    static monitorResponseTime = null;
-
-    /**
-     * Metric: monitor_status
-     * @type {PrometheusClient.Gauge<string> | null}
-     */
-    static monitorStatus = null;
-
-    /**
-     * All registered metric labels.
-     * @type {string[] | null}
-     */
-    static monitorLabelNames = null;
-
-    /**
-     * Monitor labels/values combination.
-     * @type {{}}
-     */
-    monitorLabelValues;
+const monitorCertDaysRemaining = new PrometheusClient.Gauge({
+    name: "monitor_cert_days_remaining",
+    help: "The number of days remaining until the certificate expires",
+    labelNames: commonLabels
+});
+
+const monitorCertIsValid = new PrometheusClient.Gauge({
+    name: "monitor_cert_is_valid",
+    help: "Is the certificate still valid? (1 = Yes, 0= No)",
+    labelNames: commonLabels
+});
+const monitorResponseTime = new PrometheusClient.Gauge({
+    name: "monitor_response_time",
+    help: "Monitor Response Time (ms)",
+    labelNames: commonLabels
+});
+
+const monitorStatus = new PrometheusClient.Gauge({
+    name: "monitor_status",
+    help: "Monitor Status (1 = UP, 0= DOWN, 2= PENDING, 3= MAINTENANCE)",
+    labelNames: commonLabels
+});
 
-    /**
-     * Initialize metrics and get all label names the first time called.
-     * @returns {void}
-     */
-    static async initMetrics() {
-        if (!this.monitorLabelNames) {
-            let labelNames = await R.getCol("SELECT name FROM tag");
-            this.monitorLabelNames = [ ...commonLabels, ...labelNames ];
-        }
-        if (!this.monitorCertDaysRemaining) {
-            this.monitorCertDaysRemaining = new PrometheusClient.Gauge({
-                name: "monitor_cert_days_remaining",
-                help: "The number of days remaining until the certificate expires",
-                labelNames: this.monitorLabelNames
-            });
-        }
-        if (!this.monitorCertIsValid) {
-            this.monitorCertIsValid = new PrometheusClient.Gauge({
-                name: "monitor_cert_is_valid",
-                help: "Is the certificate still valid? (1 = Yes, 0 = No)",
-                labelNames: this.monitorLabelNames
-            });
-        }
-        if (!this.monitorResponseTime) {
-            this.monitorResponseTime = new PrometheusClient.Gauge({
-                name: "monitor_response_time",
-                help: "Monitor Response Time (ms)",
-                labelNames: this.monitorLabelNames
-            });
-        }
-        if (!this.monitorStatus) {
-            this.monitorStatus = new PrometheusClient.Gauge({
-                name: "monitor_status",
-                help: "Monitor Status (1 = UP, 0 = DOWN, 2 = PENDING, 3 = MAINTENANCE)",
-                labelNames: this.monitorLabelNames
-            });
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Wrapper to create a `Prometheus` instance and ensure metrics are initialized.
-     * @param {Monitor} monitor Monitor object to monitor
-     * @returns {Promise<Prometheus>} `Prometheus` instance
-     */
-    static async createAndInitMetrics(monitor) {
-        await Prometheus.initMetrics();
-        let tags = await monitor.getTags();
-        return new Prometheus(monitor, tags);
-    }
+class Prometheus {
+    monitorLabelValues = {};
 
     /**
-     * Creates a prometheus metric instance.
-     *
-     * Note: Make sure to call `Prometheus.initMetrics()` once prior creating Prometheus instances.
-     * @param {Monitor} monitor Monitor object to monitor
-     * @param {Promise<LooseObject<any>[]>} tags Tags of the monitor
+     * @param {object} monitor Monitor object to monitor
      */
-    constructor(monitor, tags) {
+    constructor(monitor) {
         this.monitorLabelValues = {
             monitor_name: monitor.name,
             monitor_type: monitor.type,
@@ -113,12 +46,6 @@ class Prometheus {
             monitor_hostname: monitor.hostname,
             monitor_port: monitor.port
         };
-        Object.values(tags)
-            // only label names that were known at first metric creation.
-            .filter(tag => Prometheus.monitorLabelNames.includes(tag.name))
-            .forEach(tag => {
-                this.monitorLabelValues[tag.name] = tag.value;
-            });
     }
 
     /**
@@ -128,6 +55,7 @@ class Prometheus {
      * @returns {void}
      */
     update(heartbeat, tlsInfo) {
+
         if (typeof tlsInfo !== "undefined") {
             try {
                 let isValid;
@@ -136,7 +64,7 @@ class Prometheus {
                 } else {
                     isValid = 0;
                 }
-                Prometheus.monitorCertIsValid.set(this.monitorLabelValues, isValid);
+                monitorCertIsValid.set(this.monitorLabelValues, isValid);
             } catch (e) {
                 log.error("prometheus", "Caught error");
                 log.error("prometheus", e);
@@ -144,7 +72,7 @@ class Prometheus {
 
             try {
                 if (tlsInfo.certInfo != null) {
-                    Prometheus.monitorCertDaysRemaining.set(this.monitorLabelValues, tlsInfo.certInfo.daysRemaining);
+                    monitorCertDaysRemaining.set(this.monitorLabelValues, tlsInfo.certInfo.daysRemaining);
                 }
             } catch (e) {
                 log.error("prometheus", "Caught error");
@@ -154,7 +82,7 @@ class Prometheus {
 
         if (heartbeat) {
             try {
-                Prometheus.monitorStatus.set(this.monitorLabelValues, heartbeat.status);
+                monitorStatus.set(this.monitorLabelValues, heartbeat.status);
             } catch (e) {
                 log.error("prometheus", "Caught error");
                 log.error("prometheus", e);
@@ -162,10 +90,10 @@ class Prometheus {
 
             try {
                 if (typeof heartbeat.ping === "number") {
-                    Prometheus.monitorResponseTime.set(this.monitorLabelValues, heartbeat.ping);
+                    monitorResponseTime.set(this.monitorLabelValues, heartbeat.ping);
                 } else {
                     // Is it good?
-                    Prometheus.monitorResponseTime.set(this.monitorLabelValues, -1);
+                    monitorResponseTime.set(this.monitorLabelValues, -1);
                 }
             } catch (e) {
                 log.error("prometheus", "Caught error");
@@ -180,10 +108,10 @@ class Prometheus {
      */
     remove() {
         try {
-            Prometheus.monitorCertDaysRemaining?.remove(this.monitorLabelValues);
-            Prometheus.monitorCertIsValid?.remove(this.monitorLabelValues);
-            Prometheus.monitorResponseTime?.remove(this.monitorLabelValues);
-            Prometheus.monitorStatus?.remove(this.monitorLabelValues);
+            monitorCertDaysRemaining.remove(this.monitorLabelValues);
+            monitorCertIsValid.remove(this.monitorLabelValues);
+            monitorResponseTime.remove(this.monitorLabelValues);
+            monitorStatus.remove(this.monitorLabelValues);
         } catch (e) {
             console.error(e);
         }