diff --git a/scripts/spring-dash/grafana-datasource.yml b/scripts/spring-dash/grafana-datasource.yml
index fbd1a99efe..1690e77aec 100644
--- a/scripts/spring-dash/grafana-datasource.yml
+++ b/scripts/spring-dash/grafana-datasource.yml
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ datasources:
 - name: prometheus
   type: prometheus
   access: direct
-  url: http://localhost:9090
+  url: http://10.200.10.1:9090
diff --git a/scripts/spring-dash/prometheus.sh b/scripts/spring-dash/prometheus.sh
index ec2a9f3f27..604a789cfb 100755
--- a/scripts/spring-dash/prometheus.sh
+++ b/scripts/spring-dash/prometheus.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+echo "##################################################"
+echo "# IMPORTANT: Once per operating system restart, you must run 'sudo ifconfig lo0 alias 10.200.10.1/24' to allow Prometheus to scrape targets on the host"
+echo "##################################################"
 docker run -p 9090:9090 \
 -v $(pwd)/prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml \
 prom/prometheus:v2.2.0