diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/Metrics.java b/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/Metrics.java
index 7be788fe..981c4cb1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/Metrics.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/Metrics.java
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public PrometheusMetrics(Map<String, String> params, Map<String, String> infoMet
             int port = 2112;
             boolean shortNames = true;
             boolean https = true;
-            boolean perModelMetricsEnabled = true;
+            boolean perModelMetricsEnabled = false;
             String memMetrics = "all"; // default to all
             for (Entry<String, String> ent : params.entrySet()) {
                 switch (ent.getKey()) {