diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index e54281cc..a5dbc4db 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -47,9 +47,15 @@ type Sentry struct {
 	DSN string `yaml:"dsn"`
 }
 
+type Metrics struct {
+	Namespace string   `yaml:"namespace"`
+	Tags      []string `yaml:"tags"`
+}
+
 type Settings struct {
 	DynamoDB  *DynamoDB  `yaml:"dynamodb"`
 	Reporting *Reporting `yaml:"reporting"`
+	Metrics   *Metrics   `yaml:"metrics"`
 	Kafka     *Kafka     `yaml:"kafka"`
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/kafkalib/batch.go b/lib/kafkalib/batch.go
index 5d252470..3de08b2f 100644
--- a/lib/kafkalib/batch.go
+++ b/lib/kafkalib/batch.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/artie-labs/reader/lib/logger"
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/jitter"
+	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/telemetry/metrics"
 	"github.com/segmentio/kafka-go"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -66,12 +67,18 @@ func (b *Batch) NextChunk() []kafka.Message {
 }
 
 func (b *Batch) Publish(ctx context.Context) error {
-	kafkaWriter := FromContext(ctx)
 	for b.HasNext() {
 		var err error
+		var count int64
+		tags := map[string]string{
+			"what": "error",
+		}
 		for attempts := 0; attempts < MaxRetries; attempts++ {
-			err = kafkaWriter.WriteMessages(ctx, b.NextChunk()...)
+			chunk := b.NextChunk()
+			count = int64(len(chunk))
+			err = FromContext(ctx).WriteMessages(ctx, chunk...)
 			if err == nil {
+				tags["what"] = "success"
 				break
 			}
 
@@ -83,6 +90,7 @@ func (b *Batch) Publish(ctx context.Context) error {
 			time.Sleep(sleepDuration)
 		}
 
+		metrics.FromContext(ctx).Count("kafka.publish", count, tags)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ad7319a7..f61b160a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/artie-labs/reader/lib/kafkalib"
 	"github.com/artie-labs/reader/lib/logger"
 	"github.com/artie-labs/reader/sources/dynamodb"
+	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/telemetry/metrics"
+	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/telemetry/metrics/datadog"
 	"log"
 )
 
@@ -23,6 +25,19 @@ func main() {
 	ctx := config.InjectIntoContext(context.Background(), cfg)
 	ctx = logger.InjectLoggerIntoCtx(ctx)
 	ctx = kafkalib.InjectIntoContext(ctx)
+	if cfg.Metrics != nil {
+		logger.FromContext(ctx).Info("injecting datadog")
+		client, err := datadog.NewDatadogClient(ctx, map[string]interface{}{
+			datadog.Namespace: cfg.Metrics.Namespace,
+			datadog.Tags:      cfg.Metrics.Tags,
+		})
+
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.FromContext(ctx).WithError(err).Fatal("failed to create datadog client")
+		}
+
+		ctx = metrics.InjectMetricsClientIntoCtx(ctx, client)
+	}
 
 	ddb := dynamodb.Load(ctx)
 	ddb.Run(ctx)