diff --git a/etc/systemd/httpserver.env b/etc/systemd/httpserver.env
index eb1ed39a..8b657547 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/httpserver.env
+++ b/etc/systemd/httpserver.env
@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@ SSLCERT=""
 SSLKEY=""
 ADDR=":8080"
 NAME=""
+
+# Set host, database, username and password to write metrics to
+INFLUX_DB="https://localhost/metrics"
+INFLUX_USERNAME=""
+INFLUX_PASSWORD=""
diff --git a/etc/systemd/httpserver.service b/etc/systemd/httpserver.service
index f3bf3496..897df0c6 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/httpserver.service
+++ b/etc/systemd/httpserver.service
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ Group=gopi
 EnvironmentFile=/opt/gopi/etc/httpserver.env
 ExecStart=/opt/gopi/bin/httpserver \
     -ssl.cert="${SSLCERT}" -ssl.key="${SSLKEY}" -addr="${ADDR}" -name="${NAME}" \
+    -influxdb.url="${INFLUX_DB}" \
     serve /opt/gopi/var/htdocs
 Restart=on-failure