diff --git a/templates/config.hcl.j2 b/templates/config.hcl.j2
index 3fccbce..766bad9 100644
--- a/templates/config.hcl.j2
+++ b/templates/config.hcl.j2
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ consul {
   address = "127.0.0.1:8500"
 }
 
+telemetry {
+ collection_interval = "5s",
+ publish_allocation_metrics = true,
+ publish_node_metrics = true,
+ prometheus_metrics = true
+}
+
 {% if  nomad_vault_enabled %}
 vault {
   enabled = true