diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 402ea6ff2..8846a5b61 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ set(EXAMPLES
   examples/5-Benchmark.cxx
   examples/6-Increment.cxx
   examples/7-InternalBenchamrk.cxx
+  examples/8-DbFiller.cxx
   examples/10-Buffering.cxx
 )
 
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ foreach (example ${EXAMPLES})
 endforeach()
 
 set_target_properties(5-Benchmark PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "o2-monitoring-benchmark")
+set_target_properties(8-DbFiller PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "o2-monitoring-dbfiller")
 
 ####################################
 # Tests
@@ -238,7 +240,7 @@ endforeach()
 ####################################
 
 # Install library
-install(TARGETS Monitoring 5-Benchmark
+install(TARGETS Monitoring 5-Benchmark 8-DbFiller
   EXPORT MonitoringTargets
   LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
   ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
diff --git a/examples/8-DbFiller.cxx b/examples/8-DbFiller.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4370333ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/8-DbFiller.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+///
+/// \file 8-DbFiller.cxx
+/// \author Adam Wegrzynek <adam.wegrzynek@cern.ch>
+///
+
+#include "Monitoring/MonitoringFactory.h"
+#include <boost/program_options.hpp>
+#include <random>
+
+using o2::monitoring::Metric;
+using namespace o2::monitoring;
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[])
+{
+  std::srand(std::time(nullptr));
+
+  std::random_device rd;
+  std::mt19937 mt(rd());
+
+  std::uniform_real_distribution<double> doubleDist(1.0, 100.0);
+  std::uniform_int_distribution<> intDist(1, 100);
+
+  boost::program_options::options_description desc("Allowed options");
+  desc.add_options()
+    ("url", boost::program_options::value<std::string>()->required(), "URL to monitoring backend (or list of comma seperated URLs)")
+    ("measurements", boost::program_options::value<int>()->default_value(1), "Number of different measurements")
+    ("flps", boost::program_options::value<int>()->default_value(1), "Number of FLPs")
+    ("since", boost::program_options::value<int>()->default_value(60), "Start filling since (s)")
+    ("interval", boost::program_options::value<int>()->default_value(1), "Interval between metrics (s)");
+
+  boost::program_options::variables_map vm;
+  boost::program_options::store(boost::program_options::parse_command_line(argc, argv, desc), vm);
+  boost::program_options::notify(vm);
+
+  auto monitoring = MonitoringFactory::Get(vm["url"].as<std::string>());
+  monitoring->addGlobalTag(tags::Key::Subsystem, tags::Value::QC);
+
+  auto now = Metric::getCurrentTimestamp();
+  auto interval = std::chrono::seconds(vm["interval"].as<int>());
+  auto since = now - std::chrono::seconds(vm["since"].as<int>());
+
+  for (;;) {
+    since = since + interval;
+    for (int i = 1; i <= vm["measurements"].as<int>(); i++) {
+      for (int k = 1; k <= vm["flps"].as<int>(); k++) {
+        auto metric = Metric{"metric" + std::to_string(i), Metric::DefaultVerbosity, since}
+          .addValue(doubleDist(mt), "double")
+          .addValue(intDist(mt), "int")
+          .addValue(std::rand() % 2, "onOff")
+          .addTag(tags::Key::FLP, k);
+        monitoring->send(std::move(metric));
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::microseconds(1));
+      }
+    }
+    if (since > now) break;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/include/Monitoring/Metric.h b/include/Monitoring/Metric.h
index ff0abd76f..ca36f510d 100644
--- a/include/Monitoring/Metric.h
+++ b/include/Monitoring/Metric.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Metric
 
   /// Constructor that  does not require any value to be specified, .addValue needs to be used
   /// \param name             metric name
-  Metric(const std::string& name, Verbosity verbosity = Metric::DefaultVerbosity);
+  Metric(const std::string& name, Verbosity verbosity = Metric::DefaultVerbosity, const std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock>& timestamp = Metric::getCurrentTimestamp());
 
   /// Adds additional int value to metric
   /// \param value
diff --git a/src/Metric.cxx b/src/Metric.cxx
index 0750de36c..264db921d 100644
--- a/src/Metric.cxx
+++ b/src/Metric.cxx
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Metric&& Metric::addValue(const std::variant<int, std::string, double, uint64_t>
   return std::move(*this);
 }
 
-Metric::Metric(const std::string& name, Verbosity verbosity) : mName(name), mTimestamp(Metric::getCurrentTimestamp()), mVerbosity(verbosity)
+Metric::Metric(const std::string& name, Verbosity verbosity, const std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::system_clock>& timestamp) : mName(name), mTimestamp(timestamp), mVerbosity(verbosity)
 {
   overwriteVerbosity();
 }