diff --git a/incommmingBuffer.db b/incommmingBuffer.db
index 26b6ed9..6e0e7e4 100644
Binary files a/incommmingBuffer.db and b/incommmingBuffer.db differ
diff --git a/prometheus.go b/prometheus.go
index 57bd096..2e26641 100644
--- a/prometheus.go
+++ b/prometheus.go
@@ -1,43 +1,102 @@
 package steward
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 )
 
+// metrics are generally used to hold the structure around metrics
+// handling
 type metrics struct {
-	helloNodes            map[node]struct{}
-	HelloNodes            prometheus.Gauge
-	TotalRunningProcesses prometheus.Gauge
+	// sayHelloNodes are the register where the register where nodes
+	// who have sent an sayHello are stored. Since the sayHello
+	// subscriber is a handler that will be just be called when a
+	// hello message is received we need to store the metrics somewhere
+	// else, that is why we store it here....at least for now.
+	sayHelloNodes map[node]struct{}
+	// The channel to pass metrics that should be processed
+	metricsCh chan metricType
 }
 
+// HERE:
 func newMetrics() *metrics {
 	m := metrics{
-		helloNodes: make(map[node]struct{}),
-		TotalRunningProcesses: promauto.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
-			Name: "total_running_processes",
-			Help: "The current number of total running processes",
-		}),
-		HelloNodes: promauto.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
-			Name: "hello_nodes",
-			Help: "The current number of total nodes who have said hello",
-		}),
+		sayHelloNodes: make(map[node]struct{}),
 	}
+	m.metricsCh = make(chan metricType)
 
 	return &m
 }
 
-func (s *server) startMetrics() {
+type Metricer interface {
+	Set(float64)
+}
 
+type metricType struct {
+	metric prometheus.Collector
+	value  float64
+}
+
+func (s *server) startMetrics() {
+	// go func(ch chan metricType) {
+	// 	for {
+	// 		s.metrics.metricsCh <- metricType{
+	// 			metric: prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+	// 				Name: "total_running_processes",
+	// 				Help: "The current number of total running processes",
+	// 			}),
+	// 			value: float64(len(s.processes)),
+	// 		}
+	// 		time.Sleep(time.Second * 2)
+	// 	}
+	// }(s.metrics.metricsCh)
+
+	// go func(ch chan metricType) {
+	// 	for {
+	// 		s.metrics.metricsCh <- metricType{
+	// 			metric: prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+	// 				Name: "hello_nodes",
+	// 				Help: "The current number of total nodes who have said hello",
+	// 			}),
+	// 			value: float64(len(s.metrics.sayHelloNodes)),
+	// 		}
+	// 		time.Sleep(time.Second * 2)
+	// 	}
+	// }(s.metrics.metricsCh)
+
+	// Receive and process all metrics
 	go func() {
 		for {
-			s.metrics.TotalRunningProcesses.Set(float64(len(s.processes)))
-			s.metrics.HelloNodes.Set(float64(len(s.metrics.helloNodes)))
-			time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+			for f := range s.metrics.metricsCh {
+				fmt.Printf("********** RANGED A METRIC = %v, %v\n", f.metric, f.value)
+				// // Try to register the metric of the interface type prometheus.Collector
+				// prometheus.Register(f.metric)
+
+				// Check the real type of the interface type
+				switch ff := f.metric.(type) {
+				case prometheus.Gauge:
+
+					// Try to register. If it is already registered we need to check the error
+					// to get the previously registered collector, and update it's value. If it
+					// is not registered we register the new collector, and sets it's value.
+					err := prometheus.Register(ff)
+					if err != nil {
+						are, ok := err.(prometheus.AlreadyRegisteredError)
+						if ok {
+							// already registered, use the one we have and put it into ff
+							ff = are.ExistingCollector.(prometheus.Gauge)
+
+						}
+					}
+
+					ff.Set(f.value)
+				}
+
+			}
+
 		}
 	}()
 
diff --git a/publisher.go b/publisher.go
index 9f1a599..70a689f 100644
--- a/publisher.go
+++ b/publisher.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 )
 
 type Message struct {
@@ -150,6 +151,15 @@ func (s *server) printProcessesMap() {
 	for _, v := range s.processes {
 		fmt.Printf("*** - : %v\n", v)
 	}
+
+	s.metrics.metricsCh <- metricType{
+		metric: prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Name: "total_running_processes",
+			Help: "The current number of total running processes",
+		}),
+		value: float64(len(s.processes)),
+	}
+
 	fmt.Println("--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------")
 }
 
diff --git a/subscriberMethodTypes.go b/subscriberMethodTypes.go
index fcc22af..3592b74 100644
--- a/subscriberMethodTypes.go
+++ b/subscriberMethodTypes.go
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os/exec"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 )
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -103,8 +105,18 @@ type methodEventSayHello struct{}
 
 func (m methodEventSayHello) handler(s *server, message Message, node string) ([]byte, error) {
 	log.Printf("################## Received hello from %v ##################\n", message.FromNode)
-	s.metrics.helloNodes[message.FromNode] = struct{}{}
+	// Since the handler is only called to handle a specific type of message we need
+	// to store it elsewhere, and choice for now is under s.metrics.sayHelloNodes
+	s.metrics.sayHelloNodes[message.FromNode] = struct{}{}
 
+	// update the prometheus metrics
+	s.metrics.metricsCh <- metricType{
+		metric: prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Name: "hello_nodes",
+			Help: "The current number of total nodes who have said hello",
+		}),
+		value: float64(len(s.metrics.sayHelloNodes)),
+	}
 	outMsg := []byte("confirmed from: " + node + ": " + fmt.Sprint(message.ID))
 	return outMsg, nil
 }