diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 6d28828..273dbd9 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ services:
       - VERIFY_SSL=False
       - ZVM_HOST=192.168.50.60
       - ZVM_PORT=443
+      - SCRAPE_SPEED=30 #how often should the exporter scrape the Zerto API
       - CLIENT_ID=api-script
       - CLIENT_SECRET=js51tDM8oappYUGRJBhF7bcsedNoHA5j
       - LOGGING_LEVEL=INFO
diff --git a/grafana/provisioning/prometheus.yaml b/grafana/provisioning/prometheus.yaml
index 069bcf5..432a4c6 100644
--- a/grafana/provisioning/prometheus.yaml
+++ b/grafana/provisioning/prometheus.yaml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ datasources:
   isDefault: true
   version: 1
   editable: false
-  scrapeInterval: 10s
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+  scrapeInterval: 30s
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diff --git a/prometheus/prometheus.yml b/prometheus/prometheus.yml
index 2f81d99..fd4723b 100644
--- a/prometheus/prometheus.yml
+++ b/prometheus/prometheus.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 global:
-  scrape_interval:     10s
-  evaluation_interval: 10s 
+  scrape_interval:     30s
+  evaluation_interval: 20s 
 
 scrape_configs:
   - job_name: 'ransomexporter'
-    scrape_interval: 10s
+    scrape_interval: 30s
     static_configs:
          - targets: ['zertoexporter:9999']
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