diff --git a/internal/servicecheck/httptrace.go b/internal/servicecheck/httptrace.go
index 4991d0cd..9ea8663e 100644
--- a/internal/servicecheck/httptrace.go
+++ b/internal/servicecheck/httptrace.go
@@ -8,19 +8,16 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 )
 
-// TODO:
-// - RoundTripperCounter and RoundTripper duration useful? Was never officially documented and I don't see anything usable with it
-
 // unique type for context.Context to avoid collisions.
-type kubenurseContextKey struct{}
+type kubenurseTypeKey struct{}
 
-//http.RoundTripper
+// http.RoundTripper
 // TODO: Easier method to get a round tripper?
 type RoundTripperFunc func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
 
-//
 func (rt RoundTripperFunc) RoundTrip(r *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 	return rt(r)
 }
@@ -28,21 +25,54 @@ func (rt RoundTripperFunc) RoundTrip(r *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 // Ensure RoundTripperFunc is a http.RoundTripper
 var _ http.RoundTripper = (*RoundTripperFunc)(nil)
 
-// TODO: Description
 // This collects traces and logs errors. As promhttp.InstrumentRoundTripperTrace doesn't process
 // errors, this is custom made and inspired by prometheus/client_golang's promhttp
-func withHttptrace(registry *prometheus.Registry, next http.RoundTripper, latencyVec *prometheus.HistogramVec) http.RoundTripper {
-	collectMetric := func(traceType string, start time.Time, r *http.Request, err error) {
+func withHttptrace(registry *prometheus.Registry, next http.RoundTripper) http.RoundTripper {
+	httpclientReqTotal := prometheus.NewCounterVec(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Namespace: metricsNamespace,
+			Name:      "httpclient_requests_total",
+			Help:      "A counter for requests from the kubenurse http client.",
+		},
+		// []string{"code", "method", "type"}, // TODO
+		[]string{"code", "method"},
+	)
+
+	httpclientReqDuration := prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
+		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+			Namespace: metricsNamespace,
+			Name:      "httpclient_request_duration_seconds",
+			Help:      "A latency histogram of request latencies from the kubenurse http client.",
+			Buckets:   prometheus.DefBuckets,
+		},
+		// []string{"type"}, // TODO
+		[]string{},
+	)
+
+	httpclientTraceReqDuration := prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
+		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+			Namespace: metricsNamespace,
+			Name:      "httpclient_trace_request_duration_seconds",
+			Help:      "Latency histogram for requests from the kubenurse http client. Time in seconds since the start of the http request.",
+			Buckets:   []float64{.0005, .005, .01, .025, .05, .1, .25, .5, 1}, // TODO: Which buckets are really needed?
+		},
+		[]string{"event"},
+		// []string{"event", "type"}, // TODO
+	)
+
+	registry.MustRegister(httpclientReqTotal, httpclientReqDuration, httpclientTraceReqDuration)
+
+	collectMetric := func(traceEventType string, start time.Time, r *http.Request, err error) {
 		td := time.Since(start).Seconds()
-		kubenurseCheckLabel := r.Context().Value(kubenurseContextKey{}).(string)
+		kubenurseTypeLabel := r.Context().Value(kubenurseTypeKey{}).(string)
 
 		// If we got an error inside a trace, log it and do not collect metrics
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("httptrace: failed %s for %s with %v", traceType, kubenurseCheckLabel, err)
+			log.Printf("httptrace: failed %s for %s with %v", traceEventType, kubenurseTypeLabel, err)
 			return
 		}
 
-		latencyVec.WithLabelValues(traceType, kubenurseCheckLabel).Observe(td)
+		httpclientTraceReqDuration.WithLabelValues(traceEventType).Observe(td) // TODO: add back kubenurseTypeKey
 	}
 
 	// Return a http.RoundTripper for tracing requests
@@ -84,6 +114,14 @@ func withHttptrace(registry *prometheus.Registry, next http.RoundTripper, latenc
 		// Do request with tracing enabled
 		r = r.WithContext(httptrace.WithClientTrace(r.Context(), trace))
 
-		return next.RoundTrip(r)
+		// // TODO: uncomment when issue #55 is solved (N^2 request will increase cardinality of path_ metrics too much otherwise)
+		// typeFromCtxFn := promhttp.WithLabelFromCtx("type", func(ctx context.Context) string {
+		// 	return ctx.Value(kubenurseTypeKey{}).(string)
+		// })
+
+		rt := next
+		rt = promhttp.InstrumentRoundTripperCounter(httpclientReqTotal, rt)
+		rt = promhttp.InstrumentRoundTripperDuration(httpclientReqDuration, rt)
+		return rt.RoundTrip(r)
 	})
 }
diff --git a/internal/servicecheck/servicecheck.go b/internal/servicecheck/servicecheck.go
index 6d9d7185..97a01dbc 100644
--- a/internal/servicecheck/servicecheck.go
+++ b/internal/servicecheck/servicecheck.go
@@ -46,19 +46,7 @@ func New(_ context.Context, discovery *kubediscovery.Client, promRegistry *prome
 		[]string{"type"},
 	)
 
-	// TODO: Add label for which request it was as this is not helpful in this current state
-	// TODO: Do we want to have it also as summary?
-	latencyVec := prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
-		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
-			Namespace: metricsNamespace,
-			Name:      "httpclient_trace_request_duration_seconds",
-			Help:      "Latency histogram for requests from the kubenurse http client. Time in seconds since the start of the http request.",
-			Buckets:   []float64{.0005, .005, .01, .025, .05, .1, .25, .5, 1}, // TODO: Which buckets are really needed?
-		},
-		[]string{"event", "type"},
-	)
-
-	promRegistry.MustRegister(errorCounter, durationHistogram, latencyVec)
+	promRegistry.MustRegister(errorCounter, durationHistogram)
 
 	// setup http transport
 	tlsConfig, err := generateTLSConfig(os.Getenv("KUBENURSE_EXTRA_CA"))
@@ -87,7 +75,7 @@ func New(_ context.Context, discovery *kubediscovery.Client, promRegistry *prome
 
 	httpClient := &http.Client{
 		Timeout:   5 * time.Second,
-		Transport: withHttptrace(promRegistry, transport, latencyVec),
+		Transport: withHttptrace(promRegistry, transport),
 	}
 
 	return &Checker{
@@ -241,7 +229,7 @@ func (c *Checker) measure(check Check, label string) (string, error) {
 
 	// Add our label (check type) to the context so our http tracer can annotate
 	// metrics and errors based with the label
-	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), kubenurseContextKey{}, label)
+	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), kubenurseTypeKey{}, label)
 
 	// Execute check
 	res, err := check(ctx)