diff --git a/bittorrent/http/tracker.go b/bittorrent/http/tracker.go
index a2edabc..f029de2 100644
--- a/bittorrent/http/tracker.go
+++ b/bittorrent/http/tracker.go
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jzelinskie/trakr/bittorrent"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	prometheus.MustRegister(promResponseDurationMilliseconds)
+	recordResponseDuration("action", nil, time.Second)
+}
+
 var promResponseDurationMilliseconds = prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
 	prometheus.HistogramOpts{
 		Name:    "trakr_http_response_duration_milliseconds",
diff --git a/bittorrent/udp/tracker.go b/bittorrent/udp/tracker.go
index 4efa640..2ff6ac6 100644
--- a/bittorrent/udp/tracker.go
+++ b/bittorrent/udp/tracker.go
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jzelinskie/trakr/bittorrent/udp/bytepool"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	prometheus.MustRegister(promResponseDurationMilliseconds)
+	recordResponseDuration("action", nil, time.Second)
+}
+
 var promResponseDurationMilliseconds = prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
 	prometheus.HistogramOpts{
 		Name:    "trakr_udp_response_duration_milliseconds",
diff --git a/cmd/trakr/main.go b/cmd/trakr/main.go
index 65409c5..f250c87 100644
--- a/cmd/trakr/main.go
+++ b/cmd/trakr/main.go
@@ -2,17 +2,57 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"runtime/pprof"
 	"syscall"
 
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 
 	"github.com/jzelinskie/trakr"
 )
 
+type ConfigFile struct {
+	Config struct {
+		PrometheusAddr string `yaml:"prometheus_addr"`
+		trakr.MultiTracker
+	} `yaml:"trakr"`
+}
+
+// ParseConfigFile returns a new ConfigFile given the path to a YAML
+// configuration file.
+//
+// It supports relative and absolute paths and environment variables.
+func ParseConfigFile(path string) (*ConfigFile, error) {
+	if path == "" {
+		return nil, errors.New("no config path specified")
+	}
+
+	f, err := os.Open(os.ExpandEnv(path))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	contents, err := ioutil.ReadAll(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var cfgFile ConfigFile
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(contents, &cfgFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &cfgFile, nil
+}
+
 func main() {
 	var configFilePath string
 	var cpuProfilePath string
@@ -33,19 +73,30 @@ func main() {
 					defer pprof.StopCPUProfile()
 				}
 
-				mt, err := trakr.MultiTrackerFromFile(configFilePath)
+				configFile, err := ParseConfigFile(configFilePath)
 				if err != nil {
 					return errors.New("failed to read config: " + err.Error())
 				}
 
+				go func() {
+					promServer := http.Server{
+						Addr:    configFile.Config.PrometheusAddr,
+						Handler: prometheus.Handler(),
+					}
+					log.Println("started serving prometheus stats on", configFile.Config.PrometheusAddr)
+					if err := promServer.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
+						log.Fatal(err)
+					}
+				}()
+
 				go func() {
 					shutdown := make(chan os.Signal)
 					signal.Notify(shutdown, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
 					<-shutdown
-					mt.Stop()
+					configFile.Config.MultiTracker.Stop()
 				}()
 
-				if err := mt.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
+				if err := configFile.Config.MultiTracker.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
 					return errors.New("failed to cleanly shutdown: " + err.Error())
 				}
 
diff --git a/example_config.yaml b/example_config.yaml
index 66e8ef1..b6e7760 100644
--- a/example_config.yaml
+++ b/example_config.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 trakr:
   announce_interval: 15m
+  gc_interval: 15m
+  gc_expiration: 15m
   allow_ip_spoofing: true
   default_num_want: 50
+  prometheus_addr: localhost:6880
 
   http:
     addr: 0.0.0.0:6881
diff --git a/tracker.go b/tracker.go
index 27d2686..a4dab7c 100644
--- a/tracker.go
+++ b/tracker.go
@@ -18,15 +18,10 @@
 package trakr
 
 import (
-	"errors"
-	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/jzelinskie/trakr/bittorrent/http"
 	"github.com/jzelinskie/trakr/bittorrent/udp"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
 // GenericConfig is a block of configuration who's structure is unknown.
@@ -49,61 +44,28 @@ type MultiTracker struct {
 	peerStore   PeerStore
 	httpTracker http.Tracker
 	udpTracker  udp.Tracker
-}
-
-// decodeConfigFile unmarshals an io.Reader into a new MultiTracker.
-func decodeConfigFile(r io.Reader) (*MultiTracker, error) {
-	contents, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	cfgFile := struct {
-		mt MultiTracker `yaml:"trakr"`
-	}{}
-	err = yaml.Unmarshal(contents, cfgFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return &cfgFile.mt, nil
-}
-
-// MultiTrackerFromFile returns a new MultiTracker given the path to a YAML
-// configuration file.
-//
-// It supports relative and absolute paths and environment variables.
-func MultiTrackerFromFile(path string) (*MultiTracker, error) {
-	if path == "" {
-		return nil, errors.New("no config path specified")
-	}
-
-	f, err := os.Open(os.ExpandEnv(path))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
-
-	cfg, err := decodeConfigFile(f)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return cfg, nil
+	closing     chan struct{}
 }
 
 // Stop provides a thread-safe way to shutdown a currently running
 // MultiTracker.
 func (t *MultiTracker) Stop() {
+	close(t.closing)
 }
 
 // ListenAndServe listens on the protocols and addresses specified in the
 // HTTPConfig and UDPConfig then blocks serving BitTorrent requests until
 // t.Stop() is called or an error is returned.
 func (t *MultiTracker) ListenAndServe() error {
+	t.closing = make(chan struct{})
 	// Build an TrackerFuncs from the PreHooks and PostHooks.
 	// Create a PeerStore instance.
 	// Create a HTTP Tracker instance.
 	// Create a UDP Tracker instance.
+	select {
+	case <-t.closing:
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }