diff --git a/integration-tests/configs/prometheus/config.yaml b/integration-tests/configs/prometheus/config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9c8dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/configs/prometheus/config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#
+# Integration Test Config: General
+#
+
+listenAddressSingleHTTPFrontend: 0.0.0.0:1337
+
+logLevel: "DEBUG"
+checkForUpdates: false
+
+prometheus:
+  enabled: true
+  defaultGoMetrics: false
+
+actions:
+  - title: Hello OliveTin
+    shell: echo "Hello OliveTin"
diff --git a/integration-tests/runner.mjs b/integration-tests/runner.mjs
index e880a44..be5b75b 100644
--- a/integration-tests/runner.mjs
+++ b/integration-tests/runner.mjs
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ class OliveTinTestRunner {
   baseUrl() {
     return this.BASE_URL
   }
+
+  metricsUrl() {
+    return new URL('metrics', this.baseUrl());
+  }
 }
 
 class OliveTinTestRunnerStartLocalProcess extends OliveTinTestRunner {
diff --git a/integration-tests/test/prometheus.mjs b/integration-tests/test/prometheus.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c25e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/test/prometheus.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { describe, it, before, after } from 'mocha'
+import { expect } from 'chai'
+
+import { By } from 'selenium-webdriver'
+
+let metrics = [
+  {'name': 'olivetin_actions_requested_count', 'type': 'counter', 'desc': 'The actions requested count'},
+  {'name': 'olivetin_config_action_count', 'type': 'gauge', 'desc': 'The number of actions in the config file'},
+  {'name': 'olivetin_config_reloaded_count', 'type': 'counter', 'desc': 'The number of times the config has been reloaded'},
+  {'name': 'olivetin_sv_count', 'type': 'gauge', 'desc': 'The number entries in the sv map'},
+]
+
+describe('config: prometheus', function () {
+  before(async function () {
+    await runner.start('prometheus')
+  })
+
+  after(async () => {
+    await runner.stop()
+  })
+
+  it('Metrics are available with correct types', async () => {
+    webdriver.get(runner.metricsUrl())
+    const prometheusOutput = await webdriver.findElement(By.tagName('pre')).getText()
+
+    expect(prometheusOutput).to.not.be.null
+    metrics.forEach(({name, type, desc}) => {
+      const metaLines = `# HELP ${name} ${desc}\n`
+        + `# TYPE ${name} ${type}\n`
+      expect(prometheusOutput).to.match(new RegExp(metaLines))
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/internal/config/config_reloader.go b/internal/config/config_reloader.go
index c33f91a..0a34add 100644
--- a/internal/config/config_reloader.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_reloader.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 var (
 	metricConfigActionCount = promauto.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 		Name: "olivetin_config_action_count",
-		Help: "Then number of actions in the config file",
+		Help: "The number of actions in the config file",
 	})
 
 	metricConfigReloadedCount = promauto.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
diff --git a/internal/executor/executor.go b/internal/executor/executor.go
index 4e54947..ea038e9 100644
--- a/internal/executor/executor.go
+++ b/internal/executor/executor.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	metricActionsRequested = promauto.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+	metricActionsRequested = promauto.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 		Name: "olivetin_actions_requested_count",
 		Help: "The actions requested count",
 	})