diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 079db67..7bfef0f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -152,9 +152,12 @@ services:
     image: prom/prometheus:${PROMETHEUS_VERSION:-v2.46.0}
     user: ":"
     networks: [dvnode]
+    environment:
+      PROM_REMOTE_WRITE_TOKEN: ${PROM_REMOTE_WRITE_TOKEN:-"obol-monitoring-token-needed"}
     volumes:
-      - ./prometheus/prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml
+      - ./prometheus:/etc/prometheus
       - ./data/prometheus:/prometheus
+    entrypoint: /etc/prometheus/run.sh
     restart: unless-stopped
 
   grafana:
diff --git a/prometheus/prometheus.yml b/prometheus/prometheus.yml.example
similarity index 100%
rename from prometheus/prometheus.yml
rename to prometheus/prometheus.yml.example
diff --git a/prometheus/run.sh b/prometheus/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4fcc981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prometheus/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ -z "$PROM_REMOTE_WRITE_TOKEN" ]
+then
+  echo "\$PROM_REMOTE_WRITE_TOKEN variable is empty" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+sed "s|\$PROM_REMOTE_WRITE_TOKEN|${PROM_REMOTE_WRITE_TOKEN}|g" \
+    /etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml.example > /etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml
+
+/bin/prometheus \
+  --config.file=/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml