diff --git a/pkg/observe/aleph.go b/pkg/observe/aleph.go
index 215f0a6..83b7c5f 100644
--- a/pkg/observe/aleph.go
+++ b/pkg/observe/aleph.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/parnurzeal/gorequest"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 )
 
 type AlephStage struct {
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ type AlephStatus struct {
 }
 
 func GetAlephStatus(host string, token string, skipTLS bool) ([]error, string) {
+	timer:= prometheus.NewTimer(requestDurationMetric)
+	defer timer.ObserveDuration()
 	request := gorequest.New()
 	_, body, err := request.Get(host).
 		Set("Authorization", "ApiKey "+token).
diff --git a/pkg/observe/metrics.go b/pkg/observe/metrics.go
index 6c7d1f3..04f79ca 100644
--- a/pkg/observe/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/observe/metrics.go
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ var (
 			"hostname",
 		},
 	)
+	requestDurationMetric = prometheus.NewHistogram(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+		Name:        "aleph_http_request_duration_seconds",
+		Help:        "Histogram for the runtime of the request to the aleph api",
+		Buckets:     prometheus.LinearBuckets(0.01,0.01,10),
+	})
 )
 
 // RegisterPrometheus adds the prometheus handler to the mux router