diff --git a/pkg/prom/middleware.go b/pkg/prom/middleware.go
index 741fed9a..b2daa79f 100644
--- a/pkg/prom/middleware.go
+++ b/pkg/prom/middleware.go
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ package prom
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+	"time"
 
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
 )
 
+// HTTPMiddleware http connection metric reader
 func HTTPMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	if !metrics {
 		return next
@@ -14,12 +16,14 @@ func HTTPMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		httpCount.Inc()
 
-		timer := prometheus.NewTimer(httpDuration)
+		start := time.Now()
 		next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
-		timer.ObserveDuration()
+		duration := time.Now().Sub(start)
+		httpDuration.Observe(float64(duration.Seconds()))
 	})
 }
 
+// WSMiddleware websocket connection counter
 func WSMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	if !metrics {
 		return next
@@ -27,9 +31,18 @@ func WSMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		wsCount.Inc()
-
-		timer := prometheus.NewTimer(wsDuration)
 		next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
-		timer.ObserveDuration()
+		wsCount.Dec()
 	})
 }
+
+// IPCMiddleware unix-socket connection counter
+func IPCMiddleware(server *rpc.Server, client rpc.Conn) {
+	if metrics {
+		ipcCount.Inc()
+	}
+	server.ServeCodec(rpc.NewCodec(client), 0)
+	if metrics {
+		ipcCount.Dec()
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/prom/prom.go b/pkg/prom/prom.go
index 828ed160..f17ef546 100644
--- a/pkg/prom/prom.go
+++ b/pkg/prom/prom.go
@@ -19,12 +19,8 @@ var (
 
 	httpCount    prometheus.Counter
 	httpDuration prometheus.Histogram
-
-	wsCount    prometheus.Counter
-	wsDuration prometheus.Histogram
-
-	ipcCount    prometheus.Counter
-	ipcDuration prometheus.Gauge
+	wsCount      prometheus.Gauge
+	ipcCount     prometheus.Gauge
 )
 
 // Init module initialization
@@ -35,39 +31,27 @@ func Init() {
 		Namespace: namespace,
 		Subsystem: subsystemHTTP,
 		Name:      "count",
-		Help:      "",
+		Help:      "http request count",
 	})
 	httpDuration = promauto.NewHistogram(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
 		Namespace: namespace,
 		Subsystem: subsystemHTTP,
 		Name:      "duration",
-		Help:      "",
+		Help:      "http request duration",
 	})
 
-	wsCount = promauto.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+	wsCount = promauto.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 		Namespace: namespace,
 		Subsystem: subsystemWS,
 		Name:      "count",
-		Help:      "",
-	})
-	wsDuration = promauto.NewHistogram(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
-		Namespace: namespace,
-		Subsystem: subsystemWS,
-		Name:      "duration",
-		Help:      "",
+		Help:      "websocket conntection count",
 	})
 
-	ipcCount = promauto.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+	ipcCount = promauto.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 		Namespace: namespace,
 		Subsystem: subsystemIPC,
 		Name:      "count",
-		Help:      "",
-	})
-	ipcDuration = promauto.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
-		Namespace: namespace,
-		Subsystem: subsystemIPC,
-		Name:      "duration",
-		Help:      "",
+		Help:      "unix socket connection count",
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/rpc/ipc.go b/pkg/rpc/ipc.go
index 297be5ab..4e170ebe 100644
--- a/pkg/rpc/ipc.go
+++ b/pkg/rpc/ipc.go
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 package rpc
 
 import (
-	"C"
-
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/netutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/vulcanize/ipld-eth-server/pkg/prom"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -38,6 +38,22 @@ func ipcListen(endpoint string) (net.Listener, error) {
 	return l, nil
 }
 
+func ipcServe(srv *rpc.Server, listener net.Listener) {
+	for {
+		conn, err := listener.Accept()
+		if netutil.IsTemporaryError(err) {
+			log.WithError(err).Warn("rpc accept error")
+			continue
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Warn("unknown error")
+			continue
+		}
+		log.WithField("addr", conn.RemoteAddr()).Trace("accepted ipc connection")
+		go prom.IPCMiddleware(srv, conn)
+	}
+}
+
 // StartIPCEndpoint starts an IPC endpoint.
 func StartIPCEndpoint(ipcEndpoint string, apis []rpc.API) (net.Listener, *rpc.Server, error) {
 	// Register all the APIs exposed by the services.
@@ -53,6 +69,7 @@ func StartIPCEndpoint(ipcEndpoint string, apis []rpc.API) (net.Listener, *rpc.Se
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
-	go handler.ServeListener(listener)
+
+	go ipcServe(handler, listener)
 	return listener, handler, nil
 }