diff --git a/chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index ca3a06dc6..8fb75b259 100644
--- a/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ spec:
             {{- range $k, $v := .Values.extraArgs}}
             - --{{$k}}={{$v}}
             {{- end }}
-
             {{- if .Values.upstream.enabled }}
             - --agent-name={{ .Values.upstream.agentName }}
             {{- if .Values.upstream.host }}
@@ -159,6 +158,9 @@ spec:
             - --upstream-insecure-skip-verify=true
             {{- end}}
             {{- end }}
+            {{- if ne .Values.prometheusURL "" }}
+            - --prometheus={{ .Values.prometheusURL }}
+            {{- end }}
           resources:
             {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
           livenessProbe:
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index 6ccf8ec32..f314b6b0b 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ nameOverride: ""
 pingMode: "unprivileged"
 allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
 
+# Prometheus URL
+prometheusURL: ""
+
 data:
   defaultSearchWindow: 1h
   cacheTimeoutDays: 90
diff --git a/checks/prometheus.go b/checks/prometheus.go
index b14dde923..b67ab6ece 100644
--- a/checks/prometheus.go
+++ b/checks/prometheus.go
@@ -34,8 +34,13 @@ func (c *PrometheusChecker) Check(ctx *context.Context, extConfig external.Check
 	results = append(results, result)
 
 	//nolint:staticcheck
-	if check.Host != "" && check.URL == "" {
-		check.URL = check.Host
+	if check.Host != "" {
+		return results.Failf("host field is deprecated, use url field instead")
+	}
+
+	// Use global prometheus url if check's url is empty
+	if check.URL == "" {
+		check.URL = prometheus.PrometheusURL
 	}
 
 	connection, err := ctx.GetConnection(check.Connection)
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 93596971e..a4724d7c3 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/flanksource/canary-checker/pkg/cache"
 	"github.com/flanksource/canary-checker/pkg/db"
 	"github.com/flanksource/canary-checker/pkg/jobs/canary"
+	"github.com/flanksource/canary-checker/pkg/prometheus"
 	"github.com/flanksource/canary-checker/pkg/runner"
 	"github.com/flanksource/canary-checker/pkg/telemetry"
 	"github.com/flanksource/commons/logger"
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ var Root = &cobra.Command{
 var (
 	httpPort                 = 8080
 	publicEndpoint           = "http://localhost:8080"
-	prometheusURL            string
 	pushServers, pullServers []string
 	sharedLibrary            []string
 	exposeEnv                bool
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func ServerFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.StringSliceVar(&pushServers, "push-servers", []string{}, "push check results to multiple canary servers")
 	flags.StringSliceVar(&pullServers, "pull-servers", []string{}, "push check results to multiple canary servers")
 	flags.StringVar(&runner.RunnerName, "name", "local", "Server name shown in aggregate dashboard")
-	flags.StringVar(&prometheusURL, "prometheus", "", "URL of the prometheus server that is scraping this instance")
+	flags.StringVar(&prometheus.PrometheusURL, "prometheus", "", "URL of the prometheus server that is scraping this instance")
 	flags.StringVar(&db.ConnectionString, "db", "DB_URL", "Connection string for the postgres database. Use embedded:///path/to/dir to use the embedded database")
 	flags.IntVar(&db.DefaultExpiryDays, "cache-timeout", 90, "Cache timeout in days")
 	flags.StringVarP(&cache.DefaultWindow, "default-window", "", "1h", "Default search window")
diff --git a/cmd/serve.go b/cmd/serve.go
index b10ba65e8..ae0e8a7c4 100644
--- a/cmd/serve.go
+++ b/cmd/serve.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func serve() {
 	push.AddServers(pushServers)
 	go push.Start()
 
-	runner.Prometheus, _ = prometheus.NewPrometheusAPI(prometheusURL)
+	runner.Prometheus, _ = prometheus.NewPrometheusAPI(prometheus.PrometheusURL)
 
 	if debug {
 		logger.Infof("Starting pprof at /debug")
diff --git a/pkg/prometheus/prometheus.go b/pkg/prometheus/prometheus.go
index 091d42a25..6824675f2 100644
--- a/pkg/prometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/pkg/prometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ type PrometheusClient struct {
 	v1.API
 }
 
+var PrometheusURL string
+
 func (p PrometheusClient) GetHistogramQuantileLatency(percentile, checkKey, duration string) (latency float64, err error) {
 	modelValue, _, err := p.Query(context.TODO(), fmt.Sprintf("histogram_quantile(%v, sum(rate(canary_check_duration_bucket{key='%v'}[%v])) by (le))", percentile, checkKey, duration), time.Now())
 	if err != nil {