diff --git a/otelcollector/telegraf/telegraf-prometheus-collector.conf b/otelcollector/telegraf/telegraf-prometheus-collector.conf
index fc7b96039..ddced005c 100644
--- a/otelcollector/telegraf/telegraf-prometheus-collector.conf
+++ b/otelcollector/telegraf/telegraf-prometheus-collector.conf
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
   namespace = "$POD_NAMESPACE"
   podname = "$POD_NAME"
   ostype = "$OS_TYPE"
-  mip="$MINIMAL_INGESTION_PROFILE"
-  operatormodel="$AZMON_OPERATOR_ENABLED"
-  operatormodelcfgmapsetting="$AZMON_OPERATOR_ENABLED_CFG_MAP_SETTING"
-  operatormodelchartsetting="$AZMON_OPERATOR_ENABLED_CHART_SETTING"
+  mip = "$MINIMAL_INGESTION_PROFILE"
+  operatormodel = "$AZMON_OPERATOR_ENABLED"
+  operatormodelcfgmapsetting = "$AZMON_OPERATOR_ENABLED_CFG_MAP_SETTING"
+  operatormodelchartsetting = "$AZMON_OPERATOR_ENABLED_CHART_SETTING"
 
 # Configuration for telegraf agent
 [agent]
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@
   ## Enable additional diagnostic logging.
   # enable_diagnostic_logging = false
 
+[[outputs.file]]
+  ## Files to write to, "stdout" is a specially handled file.
+  files = ["/tmp/rashmi-metrics.out"]
+
 ###############################################################################
 #                            PROCESSOR PLUGINS                                #
 ###############################################################################