diff --git a/examples/cbindings/waku_example.c b/examples/cbindings/waku_example.c
index b80b9af8f..1f6f0256a 100644
--- a/examples/cbindings/waku_example.c
+++ b/examples/cbindings/waku_example.c
@@ -305,10 +305,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
                                     \"storeMessageDbUrl\": \"%s\",  \
                                     \"storeMessageRetentionPolicy\": \"%s\",  \
                                     \"storeMaxNumDbConnections\": %d , \
-                                    \"logLevel\": \"FATAL\", \
+                                    \"logLevel\": \"DEBUG\", \
                                     \"discv5Discovery\": true, \
                                     \"discv5BootstrapNodes\": \
-                                        [\"enr:-QESuEB4Dchgjn7gfAvwB00CxTA-nGiyk-aALI-H4dYSZD3rUk7bZHmP8d2U6xDiQ2vZffpo45Jp7zKNdnwDUx6g4o6XAYJpZIJ2NIJpcIRA4VDAim11bHRpYWRkcnO4XAArNiZub2RlLTAxLmRvLWFtczMud2FrdS5zYW5kYm94LnN0YXR1cy5pbQZ2XwAtNiZub2RlLTAxLmRvLWFtczMud2FrdS5zYW5kYm94LnN0YXR1cy5pbQYfQN4DgnJzkwABCAAAAAEAAgADAAQABQAGAAeJc2VjcDI1NmsxoQOvD3S3jUNICsrOILlmhENiWAMmMVlAl6-Q8wRB7hidY4N0Y3CCdl-DdWRwgiMohXdha3UyDw\", \"enr:-QEkuEBIkb8q8_mrorHndoXH9t5N6ZfD-jehQCrYeoJDPHqT0l0wyaONa2-piRQsi3oVKAzDShDVeoQhy0uwN1xbZfPZAYJpZIJ2NIJpcIQiQlleim11bHRpYWRkcnO4bgA0Ni9ub2RlLTAxLmdjLXVzLWNlbnRyYWwxLWEud2FrdS5zYW5kYm94LnN0YXR1cy5pbQZ2XwA2Ni9ub2RlLTAxLmdjLXVzLWNlbnRyYWwxLWEud2FrdS5zYW5kYm94LnN0YXR1cy5pbQYfQN4DgnJzkwABCAAAAAEAAgADAAQABQAGAAeJc2VjcDI1NmsxoQKnGt-GSgqPSf3IAPM7bFgTlpczpMZZLF3geeoNNsxzSoN0Y3CCdl-DdWRwgiMohXdha3UyDw\"], \
+                                        [\"enr:-QEKuED9AJm2HGgrRpVaJY2nj68ao_QiPeUT43sK-aRM7sMJ6R4G11OSDOwnvVacgN1sTw-K7soC5dzHDFZgZkHU0u-XAYJpZIJ2NIJpcISnYxMvim11bHRpYWRkcnO4WgAqNiVib290LTAxLmRvLWFtczMuc3RhdHVzLnByb2Quc3RhdHVzLmltBnZfACw2JWJvb3QtMDEuZG8tYW1zMy5zdGF0dXMucHJvZC5zdGF0dXMuaW0GAbveA4Jyc40AEAUAAQAgAEAAgAEAiXNlY3AyNTZrMaEC3rRtFQSgc24uWewzXaxTY8hDAHB8sgnxr9k8Rjb5GeSDdGNwgnZfg3VkcIIjKIV3YWt1Mg0\", \"enr:-QEcuED7ww5vo2rKc1pyBp7fubBUH-8STHEZHo7InjVjLblEVyDGkjdTI9VdqmYQOn95vuQH-Htku17WSTzEufx-Wg4mAYJpZIJ2NIJpcIQihw1Xim11bHRpYWRkcnO4bAAzNi5ib290LTAxLmdjLXVzLWNlbnRyYWwxLWEuc3RhdHVzLnByb2Quc3RhdHVzLmltBnZfADU2LmJvb3QtMDEuZ2MtdXMtY2VudHJhbDEtYS5zdGF0dXMucHJvZC5zdGF0dXMuaW0GAbveA4Jyc40AEAUAAQAgAEAAgAEAiXNlY3AyNTZrMaECxjqgDQ0WyRSOilYU32DA5k_XNlDis3m1VdXkK9xM6kODdGNwgnZfg3VkcIIjKIV3YWt1Mg0\", \"enr:-QEcuEAoShWGyN66wwusE3Ri8hXBaIkoHZHybUB8cCPv5v3ypEf9OCg4cfslJxZFANl90s-jmMOugLUyBx4EfOBNJ6_VAYJpZIJ2NIJpcIQI2hdMim11bHRpYWRkcnO4bAAzNi5ib290LTAxLmFjLWNuLWhvbmdrb25nLWMuc3RhdHVzLnByb2Quc3RhdHVzLmltBnZfADU2LmJvb3QtMDEuYWMtY24taG9uZ2tvbmctYy5zdGF0dXMucHJvZC5zdGF0dXMuaW0GAbveA4Jyc40AEAUAAQAgAEAAgAEAiXNlY3AyNTZrMaEDP7CbRk-YKJwOFFM4Z9ney0GPc7WPJaCwGkpNRyla7mCDdGNwgnZfg3VkcIIjKIV3YWt1Mg0\"], \
                                     \"discv5UdpPort\": 9999, \
                                     \"dnsDiscoveryUrl\": \"enrtree://AMOJVZX4V6EXP7NTJPMAYJYST2QP6AJXYW76IU6VGJS7UVSNDYZG4@boot.prod.status.nodes.status.im\", \
                                     \"dnsDiscoveryNameServers\": [\"8.8.8.8\", \"1.0.0.1\"] \
@@ -353,6 +353,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     show_main_menu();
     while(1) {
         handle_user_input();
+
+        // Uncomment the following if need to test the metrics retrieval
+        // WAKU_CALL( waku_get_metrics(ctx,
+        //                           event_handler,
+        //                           userData) );
     }
 
     pthread_mutex_destroy(&mutex);
diff --git a/library/libwaku.h b/library/libwaku.h
index a95cbda90..525fec69a 100644
--- a/library/libwaku.h
+++ b/library/libwaku.h
@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ int waku_get_my_peerid(void* ctx,
                     WakuCallBack callback,
                     void* userData);
 
+int waku_get_metrics(void* ctx,
+                    WakuCallBack callback,
+                    void* userData);
+
 int waku_peer_exchange_request(void* ctx,
                                int numPeers,
                                WakuCallBack callback,
diff --git a/library/libwaku.nim b/library/libwaku.nim
index 69d523d14..3774ad0a8 100644
--- a/library/libwaku.nim
+++ b/library/libwaku.nim
@@ -796,6 +796,20 @@ proc waku_get_my_peerid(
     userData,
   )
 
+proc waku_get_metrics(
+    ctx: ptr WakuContext, callback: WakuCallBack, userData: pointer
+): cint {.dynlib, exportc.} =
+  initializeLibrary()
+  checkLibwakuParams(ctx, callback, userData)
+
+  handleRequest(
+    ctx,
+    RequestType.DEBUG,
+    DebugNodeRequest.createShared(DebugNodeMsgType.RETRIEVE_METRICS),
+    callback,
+    userData,
+  )
+
 proc waku_start_discv5(
     ctx: ptr WakuContext, callback: WakuCallBack, userData: pointer
 ): cint {.dynlib, exportc.} =
diff --git a/library/waku_thread/inter_thread_communication/requests/debug_node_request.nim b/library/waku_thread/inter_thread_communication/requests/debug_node_request.nim
index 53715e0ed..dc0bc72f5 100644
--- a/library/waku_thread/inter_thread_communication/requests/debug_node_request.nim
+++ b/library/waku_thread/inter_thread_communication/requests/debug_node_request.nim
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 import std/json
-import chronicles, chronos, results, eth/p2p/discoveryv5/enr, strutils, libp2p/peerid
+import
+  chronicles,
+  chronos,
+  results,
+  eth/p2p/discoveryv5/enr,
+  strutils,
+  libp2p/peerid,
+  metrics
 import ../../../../waku/factory/waku, ../../../../waku/node/waku_node
 
 type DebugNodeMsgType* = enum
   RETRIEVE_LISTENING_ADDRESSES
   RETRIEVE_MY_ENR
   RETRIEVE_MY_PEER_ID
+  RETRIEVE_METRICS
 
 type DebugNodeRequest* = object
   operation: DebugNodeMsgType
@@ -21,6 +29,10 @@ proc destroyShared(self: ptr DebugNodeRequest) =
 proc getMultiaddresses(node: WakuNode): seq[string] =
   return node.info().listenAddresses
 
+proc getMetrics(): string =
+  {.gcsafe.}:
+    return defaultRegistry.toText() ## defaultRegistry is {.global.} in metrics module
+
 proc process*(
     self: ptr DebugNodeRequest, waku: Waku
 ): Future[Result[string, string]] {.async.} =
@@ -35,6 +47,8 @@ proc process*(
     return ok(waku.node.enr.toURI())
   of RETRIEVE_MY_PEER_ID:
     return ok($waku.node.peerId())
+  of RETRIEVE_METRICS:
+    return ok(getMetrics())
 
   error "unsupported operation in DebugNodeRequest"
   return err("unsupported operation in DebugNodeRequest")
diff --git a/vendor/nim-metrics b/vendor/nim-metrics
index 11d0cddfb..ecf64c607 160000
--- a/vendor/nim-metrics
+++ b/vendor/nim-metrics
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 11d0cddfb0e711aa2a8c75d1892ae24a64c299fc
+Subproject commit ecf64c6078d1276d3b7d9b3d931fbdb70004db11
diff --git a/waku.nimble b/waku.nimble
index ae84d7a7a..5be212264 100644
--- a/waku.nimble
+++ b/waku.nimble
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ proc buildLibrary(name: string, srcDir = "./", params = "", `type` = "static") =
     extra_params &= " " & paramStr(i)
   if `type` == "static":
     exec "nim c" & " --out:build/" & name &
-      ".a --threads:on --app:staticlib --opt:size --noMain --mm:refc --header --undef:metrics --nimMainPrefix:libwaku --skipParentCfg:on -d:discv5_protocol_id=d5waku " &
+      ".a --threads:on --app:staticlib --opt:size --noMain --mm:refc --header -d:metrics --nimMainPrefix:libwaku --skipParentCfg:on -d:discv5_protocol_id=d5waku " &
       extra_params & " " & srcDir & name & ".nim"
   else:
     exec "nim c" & " --out:build/" & name &
-      ".so --threads:on --app:lib --opt:size --noMain --mm:refc --header --undef:metrics --nimMainPrefix:libwaku --skipParentCfg:on -d:discv5_protocol_id=d5waku " &
+      ".so --threads:on --app:lib --opt:size --noMain --mm:refc --header -d:metrics --nimMainPrefix:libwaku --skipParentCfg:on -d:discv5_protocol_id=d5waku " &
       extra_params & " " & srcDir & name & ".nim"
 
 proc buildMobileAndroid(srcDir = ".", params = "") =