diff --git a/cmd/rio/main.go b/cmd/rio/main.go
index ac15f77..5956544 100644
--- a/cmd/rio/main.go
+++ b/cmd/rio/main.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func runServer(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	acmeDnsProvider := ctx.String("acme-dns-provider")
 	acmeDisable := ctx.Bool("acme-disable")
 	defaultCsp := ctx.String("default-csp")
-	lokiUrl := ctx.String("loki-url")
+	metricsUrl := ctx.String("metrics-url")
 	metricsBotList := ctx.String("metrics-bot-list")
 	tokenFile := ctx.String("token-file")
 
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ func runServer(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	// Set up the Loki metrics
-	var lokiConfig metrics.LokiMetricConfig
-	if lokiUrl == "" {
-		lokiConfig = metrics.LokiMetricConfig{
+	var lokiConfig metrics.MetricConfig
+	if metricsUrl == "" {
+		lokiConfig = metrics.MetricConfig{
 			Enabled: false,
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ func runServer(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		}
 		log.Infof("Read %d bot patterns from disk", len(patterns))
 
-		lokiConfig = metrics.LokiMetricConfig{
+		lokiConfig = metrics.MetricConfig{
 			Enabled:       true,
 			BotUserAgents: &patterns,
-			Url:           lokiUrl,
+			Url:           metricsUrl,
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -414,10 +414,10 @@ func main() {
 				EnvVars: []string{"DEFAULT_CSP"},
 			},
 			&cli.StringFlag{
-				Name:    "loki-url",
-				Usage:   "The URL for Loki metric pings",
+				Name:    "metrics-url",
+				Usage:   "The URL for metric pings",
 				Value:   "",
-				EnvVars: []string{"LOKI_URL"},
+				EnvVars: []string{"METRICS_URL"},
 			},
 			&cli.StringFlag{
 				Name:    "metrics-bot-list",
diff --git a/internal/context/context.go b/internal/context/context.go
index 10cec07..d5b0720 100644
--- a/internal/context/context.go
+++ b/internal/context/context.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ type GlobalContext struct {
 	DefaultCSP   string
 	PagesDomain  string
 	Gitea        *gitea.GiteaClient
-	MetricConfig *metrics.LokiMetricConfig
+	MetricConfig *metrics.MetricConfig
 	Cache        *CacheContext
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/metrics/metrics.go b/internal/metrics/metrics.go
index b21ed7d..c3aa1c3 100644
--- a/internal/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/internal/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -2,25 +2,22 @@ package metrics
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"regexp"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-type LokiMetricConfig struct {
+type MetricConfig struct {
 	Url           string
 	BotUserAgents *[]regexp.Regexp
 	Enabled       bool
 }
 
 // Checks if we should send a metric ping to Loki based on the served path.
-func (c *LokiMetricConfig) ShouldSendMetrics(path, userAgent string) bool {
+func (c *MetricConfig) ShouldSendMetrics(path, userAgent string) bool {
 	if !strings.HasSuffix(path, ".html") || !c.Enabled {
 		return false
 	}
@@ -35,35 +32,21 @@ func (c *LokiMetricConfig) ShouldSendMetrics(path, userAgent string) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func (c *LokiMetricConfig) SendMetricPing(domain, path, referrer string) {
-	msg := fmt.Sprintf("path=\"%s\" referrer=\"%s\"", path, referrer)
-	data := map[string]interface{}{
-		"streams": []map[string]interface{}{
-			{
-				"stream": map[string]string{
-					// Labels
-					"service": "rio",
-					"domain":  domain,
-					"type":    "metric",
-				},
-				"values": [][]interface{}{
-					{
-						strconv.Itoa(int(time.Now().UnixNano())),
-						msg,
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
+func (c *MetricConfig) SendMetricPing(domain, path, referrer string) {
+	data := map[string]string{
+		"domain":  domain,
+		"path":    path,
+		"referer": referrer,
 	}
 	jsonData, err := json.Marshal(data)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("Failed to send metric ping to Loki: %v", err)
+		log.Errorf("Failed to send metric ping: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
 
 	log.Debugf("Sending payload %s", string(jsonData))
 
-	// Send the ping to the Loki server
+	// Send the ping to the server
 	go func() {
 		res, err := http.Post(
 			c.Url,
@@ -71,19 +54,13 @@ func (c *LokiMetricConfig) SendMetricPing(domain, path, referrer string) {
 			strings.NewReader(string(jsonData)),
 		)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Errorf("Failed to send payload to Loki: %v", err)
+			log.Errorf("Failed to send payload to: %v", err)
 			return
 		}
 
 		defer res.Body.Close()
-		if res.StatusCode != 204 {
-			log.Errorf("Loki returned non-204 status code %d", res.StatusCode)
-			body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Warnf("Failed to read body. No more specific error message")
-				return
-			}
-			log.Errorf("-> %s", body)
+		if res.StatusCode != 200 {
+			log.Errorf("Server returned non-200 status code %d", res.StatusCode)
 		}
 	}()
 }
@@ -91,7 +68,7 @@ func (c *LokiMetricConfig) SendMetricPing(domain, path, referrer string) {
 // Reads a JSON array of bot user agents from disk and parses them
 // into regular expressions.
 func ReadBotPatterns(file string) ([]regexp.Regexp, error) {
-	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(file)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warnf("Failed to read bot metrics file: %v", err)
 		return []regexp.Regexp{}, err
diff --git a/internal/metrics/metrics_test.go b/internal/metrics/metrics_test.go
index 02c64aa..0af990a 100644
--- a/internal/metrics/metrics_test.go
+++ b/internal/metrics/metrics_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestShouldPing(t *testing.T) {
-	cfg := LokiMetricConfig{
+	cfg := MetricConfig{
 		Enabled: true,
 		Url:     "",
 		BotUserAgents: &[]regexp.Regexp{