diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index c457c88dead489e86e9dc1da837e18ca74cba7da..3eac0445f2e62ae7013d4f269bd598a6828f50cc 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to open a database connection: %v", err)
 	}
 	server.db = db
-	collectors.NewDBStatsCollector(db, server.service)
+
+	collector := collectors.NewDBStatsCollector(db, server.service)
+	prometheus.DefaultRegisterer.Register(collector)
 
 	rcs, ok := server.conf.Get("sr.ht", "redis-host")
 	if !ok {