diff --git a/deploy/examples/example-stan-cluster-metrics.yaml b/deploy/examples/example-stan-cluster-metrics.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27909a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/examples/example-stan-cluster-metrics.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+---
+apiVersion: "streaming.nats.io/v1alpha1"
+kind: "NatsStreamingCluster"
+metadata:
+  name: "example-stan"
+spec:
+  # Number of nodes in the cluster
+  size: 3
+
+  # NATS Streaming Server image to use, by default
+  # the operator will use a stable version
+  # 
+  image: "nats-streaming:0.12.2"
+
+  # Service to which NATS Streaming Cluster nodes will connect.
+  # 
+  natsSvc: "example-nats"
+
+  config:
+    debug: true
+    trace: true
+    raftLogging: true
+
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      annotations:
+        prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+        prometheus.io/port: "7777"
+    spec:
+      containers:
+
+      # Need to list the first container for the server, the operator
+      # will fill in the rest of the parameters.
+      - name: "stan"
+
+      # Define the sidecar container and the paths that should be polled.
+      - name: "metrics"
+        image: "synadia/prometheus-nats-exporter:0.2.0"
+        args: ["-varz", "-channelz", "-serverz", "-DV", "http://localhost:8222"]
+        ports:
+        - name: "metrics"
+          containerPort: 7777
+          protocol: TCP
diff --git a/internal/operator/constants.go b/internal/operator/constants.go
index 1aedef6..618d843 100644
--- a/internal/operator/constants.go
+++ b/internal/operator/constants.go
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ import "time"
 
 const (
 	// Version is the version of the NATS Streaming Operator.
-	Version = "0.2.0"
-	
+	Version = "0.3.0"
+
 	// DefaultNATSStreamingImage is the default image
 	// of NATS Streaming that will be used, meant to be
 	// the latest release available.
-	DefaultNATSStreamingImage = "nats-streaming:0.11.2"
+	DefaultNATSStreamingImage = "nats-streaming:0.12.2"
 
 	// DefaultNATSStreamingClusterSize is the default size
 	// for the cluster.  Clustering is done via Raft so
@@ -31,4 +31,7 @@ const (
 
 	// ResyncPeriod is how often the operator will be checking the resources.
 	ResyncPeriod = 5 * time.Second
+
+	// MonitoringPort is the port for the server monitoring endpoint.
+	MonitoringPort = 8222
 )
diff --git a/internal/operator/controller.go b/internal/operator/controller.go
index 96db960..1b40008 100644
--- a/internal/operator/controller.go
+++ b/internal/operator/controller.go
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ func stanContainerCmd(o *stanv1alpha1.NatsStreamingCluster, pod *k8scorev1.Pod)
 		"/nats-streaming-server",
 		"-cluster_id", o.Name,
 		"-nats_server", fmt.Sprintf("nats://%s:4222", o.Spec.NatsService),
+		"-m", fmt.Sprintf("%d", MonitoringPort),
 	}
 
 	var storeArgs []string
diff --git a/test/operator/basic_test.go b/test/operator/basic_test.go
index 3650bc5..71287e1 100644
--- a/test/operator/basic_test.go
+++ b/test/operator/basic_test.go
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ func TestCreateClusterWithDebugFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			if !strings.Contains(s, expectedFlag) {
 				return fmt.Errorf("Does not contain %s flag", expectedFlag)
 			}
+
+			expectedFlag = "-m"
+			if !strings.Contains(s, expectedFlag) {
+				return fmt.Errorf("Does not contain %s flag", expectedFlag)
+			}
 		}
 
 		got := len(result.Items)
@@ -315,7 +320,7 @@ func TestCreateWithCustomStoreDirTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		for _, item := range result.Items {
 			got := strings.Join(item.Spec.Containers[0].Command, " ")
-			expected := `/nats-streaming-server -cluster_id stan-cluster-custom-store-dir-test -nats_server nats://example-nats:4222 -store file --cluster_node_id="stan-cluster-custom-store-dir-test-1" -dir /my-store-dir/stan-cluster-custom-store-dir-test-1`
+			expected := `/nats-streaming-server -cluster_id stan-cluster-custom-store-dir-test -nats_server nats://example-nats:4222 -m 8222 -store file --cluster_node_id="stan-cluster-custom-store-dir-test-1" -dir /my-store-dir/stan-cluster-custom-store-dir-test-1`
 			if got != expected {
 				return fmt.Errorf("Expected %s, got: %s", expected, got)
 			}