diff --git a/app/exporter.py b/app/exporter.py
index 5790c74..edcbad1 100644
--- a/app/exporter.py
+++ b/app/exporter.py
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
 
 
 class MetricExporter:
-    def __init__(self, polling_interval_seconds, aws_access_key, aws_access_secret, aws_assumed_role_name, group_by, targets):
+    def __init__(self, polling_interval_seconds, metric_name, aws_access_key, aws_access_secret, aws_assumed_role_name, group_by, targets):
         self.polling_interval_seconds = polling_interval_seconds
+        self.metric_name = metric_name
         self.targets = targets
         self.aws_access_key = aws_access_key
         self.aws_access_secret = aws_access_secret
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ def __init__(self, polling_interval_seconds, aws_access_key, aws_access_secret,
             for group in group_by["groups"]:
                 self.labels.add(group["label_name"])
         self.aws_daily_cost_usd = Gauge(
-            "aws_daily_cost_usd", "Daily cost of an AWS account in USD", self.labels)
+            self.metric_name, "Daily cost of an AWS account in USD", self.labels)
 
     def run_metrics_loop(self):
         while True:
diff --git a/exporter_config.yaml b/exporter_config.yaml
index a61266f..60a91ff 100644
--- a/exporter_config.yaml
+++ b/exporter_config.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 exporter_port: $EXPORTER_PORT|9090 # the port that exposes cost metrics
 polling_interval_seconds: $POLLING_INTERVAL_SECONDS|28800 # by default it is 8 hours because for daily cost, AWS only updates the data once per day
+metric_name: aws_daily_cost_usd # change the metric name if needed
 
 aws_access_key: $AWS_ACCESS_KEY # for prod deployment, DO NOT put the actual value here
 aws_access_secret: $AWS_ACCESS_SECRET # for prod deployment, DO NOT put the actual value here
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 2c46159..fccdce6 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def get_configs():
 def main(config):
     app_metrics = MetricExporter(
         polling_interval_seconds=config["polling_interval_seconds"],
+        metric_name=config["metric_name"],
         aws_access_key=config["aws_access_key"],
         aws_access_secret=config["aws_access_secret"],
         aws_assumed_role_name=config["aws_assumed_role_name"],