diff --git a/nixos/machines/cherry/configuration.nix b/nixos/machines/cherry/configuration.nix
index 9a0cbc6..6aac578 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/cherry/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/cherry/configuration.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
     ./telemetry/opentelemetry.nix
     ./telemetry/prometheus.nix
+    ./telemetry/prometheus-exporter-node.nix
     ./telemetry/telegraf.nix
 
   ];
diff --git a/nixos/machines/cherry/telemetry/opentelemetry.nix b/nixos/machines/cherry/telemetry/opentelemetry.nix
index 7eb12f6..2795172 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/cherry/telemetry/opentelemetry.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/cherry/telemetry/opentelemetry.nix
@@ -1,29 +1,5 @@
 { pkgs, config, ... }:
-let
-  prometheus_port = 8090;
-in
 {
-
-  imports = [
-
-    # prometheus export
-    {
-      services.opentelemetry-collector.settings = {
-        exporters.prometheus.endpoint = "127.0.0.1:${toString prometheus_port}";
-        service.pipelines.metrics.exporters = [ "prometheus" ];
-      };
-      services.prometheus.scrapeConfigs = [
-        {
-          job_name = "opentelemetry";
-          metrics_path = "/metrics";
-          scrape_interval = "10s";
-          static_configs = [{ targets = [ "localhost:${toString prometheus_port}" ]; }];
-        }
-      ];
-    }
-
-  ];
-
   services.opentelemetry-collector = {
     enable = true;
     package = pkgs.unstable.opentelemetry-collector-contrib;
@@ -61,13 +37,6 @@ in
               }
             ];
           }
-
-          {
-            job_name = "node-exporter";
-            static_configs = [{
-              targets = [ "127.0.0.1:${toString config.services.prometheus.exporters.node.port}" ];
-            }];
-          }
         ];
       };
 
diff --git a/nixos/machines/cherry/telemetry/prometheus-exporter-node.nix b/nixos/machines/cherry/telemetry/prometheus-exporter-node.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5047e10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/machines/cherry/telemetry/prometheus-exporter-node.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ config, ... }:
+{
+  services.opentelemetry-collector.settings.receivers.prometheus.config.scrape_configs = [
+    {
+      job_name = "node-exporter";
+      static_configs = [{
+        targets = [ "127.0.0.1:${toString config.services.prometheus.exporters.node.port}" ];
+      }];
+    }
+  ];
+  services.prometheus.exporters.node = {
+    enable = true;
+    enabledCollectors = [ "systemd" ];
+    port = 9002;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/nixos/machines/cherry/telemetry/prometheus.nix b/nixos/machines/cherry/telemetry/prometheus.nix
index 24d5e71..3bc35ae 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/cherry/telemetry/prometheus.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/cherry/telemetry/prometheus.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }: {
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+let
+  prometheus_port = 8090;
+in
+{
 
   services.nginx = {
     enable = true;
@@ -17,13 +21,24 @@
   services.prometheus = {
     checkConfig = "syntax-only";
     enable = true;
-    exporters = {
-      node = {
-        enable = true;
-        enabledCollectors = [ "systemd" ];
-        port = 9002;
-      };
-    };
-
   };
+
+
+  imports = [
+    # open telemetry connection
+    {
+      services.opentelemetry-collector.settings = {
+        exporters.prometheus.endpoint = "127.0.0.1:${toString prometheus_port}";
+        service.pipelines.metrics.exporters = [ "prometheus" ];
+      };
+      services.prometheus.scrapeConfigs = [
+        {
+          job_name = "opentelemetry";
+          metrics_path = "/metrics";
+          scrape_interval = "10s";
+          static_configs = [{ targets = [ "localhost:${toString prometheus_port}" ]; }];
+        }
+      ];
+    }
+  ];
 }