diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1a3bc3a..aa7c2e7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ ipld-ethcl-indexer.log
 report.json
 cover.profile
 temp/*
+.vscode/*
 pkg/beaconclient/ssz-data/
 *.test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example.ipld-ethcl-indexer-config.json b/example.ipld-ethcl-indexer-config.json
index 64e7600..0929773 100644
--- a/example.ipld-ethcl-indexer-config.json
+++ b/example.ipld-ethcl-indexer-config.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "driver": "PGX"
   },
   "bc": {
-    "address": "10.203.8.51",
+    "address": "localhost",
     "port": 5052,
     "type": "lighthouse",
     "bootRetryInterval": 30,
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "connectionProtocol": "http"
   },
   "t": {
-    "skipSync": false
+    "skipSync": true
   },
   "log": {
     "level": "debug",
diff --git a/pkg/beaconclient/metrics.go b/pkg/beaconclient/metrics.go
index ebee265..4a56fe6 100644
--- a/pkg/beaconclient/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/beaconclient/metrics.go
@@ -46,8 +46,11 @@ func CreateBeaconClientMetrics() *BeaconClientMetrics {
 func prometheusRegisterHelper(name string, help string, varPointer *uint64) {
 	prometheus.MustRegister(prometheus.NewCounterFunc(
 		prometheus.CounterOpts{
-			Name: name,
-			Help: help,
+			Namespace:   "beacon_client",
+			Subsystem:   "",
+			Name:        name,
+			Help:        help,
+			ConstLabels: map[string]string{},
 		},
 		func() float64 {
 			return float64(atomic.LoadUint64(varPointer))