diff --git a/roles/setup_install_cumulus/templates/cumulus_bootnode.service.j2 b/roles/setup_install_cumulus/templates/cumulus_bootnode.service.j2
index 2bda978..2a56880 100644
--- a/roles/setup_install_cumulus/templates/cumulus_bootnode.service.j2
+++ b/roles/setup_install_cumulus/templates/cumulus_bootnode.service.j2
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ ExecStart={{ default_base_path }}/cumulus \
   --public-addr /dns/{{ default_public_dns }}/tcp/{{ default_p2p_port_wss }}/wss \
   --rpc-port {{ default_rpc_port }} \
   --prometheus-port {{ default_prom_port }} \
+  --prometheus-external \
   --relay-chain-rpc-urls {{ default_relay_rpc }} {{ default_relay_rpc_fallback }} \
   --wasm-execution Compiled \
   --sync {{ default_syncmode | default('warp') }} \
   --no-hardware-benchmarks \
   --rpc-external \
   --rpc-methods safe \
-  --prometheus-external \
   --rpc-cors all \
   --allow-private-ipv4
 
diff --git a/roles/setup_install_cumulus/templates/cumulus_endpoint.service.j2 b/roles/setup_install_cumulus/templates/cumulus_endpoint.service.j2
index 69568e8..cd9553b 100644
--- a/roles/setup_install_cumulus/templates/cumulus_endpoint.service.j2
+++ b/roles/setup_install_cumulus/templates/cumulus_endpoint.service.j2
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ ExecStart={{ default_base_path }}/cumulus \
   --public-addr /dns/{{ default_public_dns }}/tcp/{{ default_p2p_port_wss }}/wss \
   --rpc-port {{ default_rpc_port }} \
   --prometheus-port {{ default_prom_port }} \
+  --prometheus-external \
   --relay-chain-rpc-urls {{ default_relay_rpc }} {{ default_relay_rpc_fallback }} \
   --wasm-execution Compiled \
   --no-hardware-benchmarks \
diff --git a/roles/setup_install_encointer/templates/encointer_endpoint.service.j2 b/roles/setup_install_encointer/templates/encointer_endpoint.service.j2
index 7a5f625..b5d5668 100644
--- a/roles/setup_install_encointer/templates/encointer_endpoint.service.j2
+++ b/roles/setup_install_encointer/templates/encointer_endpoint.service.j2
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ ExecStart={{ default_base_path }}/encointer \
   --public-addr /dns/{{ default_public_dns }}/tcp/{{ default_p2p_port_wss }}/wss \
   --rpc-port {{ default_rpc_port }} \
   --prometheus-port {{ default_prom_port }} \
+  --prometheus-external \
   --relay-chain-rpc-urls {{ default_relay_rpc }} {{ default_relay_rpc_fallback }} \
   --wasm-execution Compiled \
   --execution native-else-wasm \