diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a23e793..f65e372 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ RUN case "$(uname -m)" in \
     && tar -xjvf monero-linux-${ARCH}-${MONERO_VERSION}.tar.bz2 --strip-components 1 \
     && rm -f monero-linux-${ARCH}-${MONERO_VERSION}.tar.bz2
 
-
 ##################
 # -- exporter -- #
 ##################
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 71c8aa2..d1c5f7b 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-/opt/monero/monero-exporter \
-  --bind-addr "${EXPORTER_BIND:-":9000"}" \
-  --monero-addr "http://127.0.0.1:18081" \
-  --telemetry-path "${EXPORTER_PATH:-"/metrics"}" &
+if [ "${EXPORTER_ENABLED:-"true"}" = "true" ]; then
+  /opt/monero/monero-exporter \
+    --bind-addr "${EXPORTER_BIND:-":9000"}" \
+    --monero-addr "http://127.0.0.1:18081" \
+    --telemetry-path "${EXPORTER_PATH:-"/metrics"}" &
+fi
 
 /opt/monero/monerod "$@"