diff --git a/ziti-probe/README.md b/ziti-probe/README.md
index d702a6552..9a2907d9d 100644
--- a/ziti-probe/README.md
+++ b/ziti-probe/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Ziti Probe
 
 ## Setup
 
-create config type for metric collection service with the following schema (this is optional)
+create `ziti-probe-config.v1` config type for metric collection service with the following schema
+ (this is optional)
 ```json
 {
   "$id": "http://ziti-edge.netfoundry.io/schemas/ziti-probe-config.v1.json",
@@ -19,6 +20,12 @@ create config type for metric collection service with the following schema (this
     "dbName": {
       "type": "string"
     },
+    "dbUser": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "dbPassword": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
     "interval": {
       "type": "integer",
       "minimum": 1,
@@ -33,7 +40,9 @@ it wil be used to configure the service in the next step), This is optional
 {
   "dbType": "influxdb", // only influxdb is currently supported 
   "dbName": "ziti", // name of database in Influxdb, ziti is the default
-  "interval": 60 // how often metrics are uploaded (in seconds), 60 is the default
+  "dbUser": "superuser", // optional
+  "dbPassword": "supersecret", // optional
+  "interval": 60 // how often metrics are uploaded (in seconds), 300 (every 5 minutes) is the default
 }
 ```
 create service with a router termination
@@ -54,7 +63,8 @@ $ ziti-probe run <identity-file>
 ```
  #### What's happening?
  1. `ziti-probe` authenticates to Ziti controller with provided identity
- 1. it checks that `probe-service` is available and get configuration. If configuration is not assigned default values are used.
+ 1. it checks that `probe-service` is available and get configuration. 
+ If configuration is not assigned default values are used.
  1. it opens connections to all edge routers configured for `probe-service` (refer to ziti policies)
  1. each connection performs a round-trip latency probe to each of edge routers every 30 seconds
  1. `ziti-probe` then submits collected metrics to `probe-service`. 
diff --git a/ziti-probe/subcmd/run.go b/ziti-probe/subcmd/run.go
index 3e60c73c1..4817239b7 100644
--- a/ziti-probe/subcmd/run.go
+++ b/ziti-probe/subcmd/run.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/netfoundry/ziti-foundation/metrics/metrics_pb"
 	"github.com/netfoundry/ziti-sdk-golang/ziti"
 	"github.com/netfoundry/ziti-sdk-golang/ziti/config"
+	"github.com/netfoundry/ziti-sdk-golang/ziti/edge"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"net"
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ var log = pfxlog.Logger()
 type probeCfg struct {
 	dbName string
 	dbType string
+	dbUser string
+	dbPassword string
 	interval int
 }
 
@@ -55,7 +58,6 @@ type probe struct{
 }
 
 var theProbe = &probe{
-	cfg: &defaultConfig,
 	closer: make(chan interface{}),
 }
 
@@ -67,8 +69,8 @@ func (p *probe) sendMetrics() {
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-time.After(time.Duration(p.cfg.interval) * time.Second):
-			message := p.latest.Load().(*metrics_pb.MetricsMessage)
-			if message == nil {
+			message, ok := p.latest.Load().(*metrics_pb.MetricsMessage)
+			if !ok  {
 				continue
 			}
 			bp, err := metrics.AsBatch(message)
@@ -95,23 +97,29 @@ func (p *probe) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		if cfg, err := config.NewFromFile(args[0]); err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("failed to load config from file[%s]", args[0], err)
 		} else {
+			cfg.ConfigTypes = append(cfg.ConfigTypes, "ziti-probe-config.v1")
 			p.ctx = ziti.NewContextWithConfig(cfg)
 		}
 
 	}
 
-	_, _ = p.ctx.GetServices()
+	if _, err = p.ctx.GetServices(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("failed to load available services")
+	}
 
-	_, found := p.ctx.GetService("probe-service")
+	service, found := p.ctx.GetService("probe-service")
 	if !found {
 		log.Fatal("required service was not found")
 	}
 
-	p.indb, err = p.createInfluxDbClient()
+	p.cfg = getProbeConfig(service)
+
+	p.indb, err = p.createInfluxDbClient(p.cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(err)
 		return
 	}
+
 	_, res, err := p.indb.Ping()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("failed to get server info", err)
@@ -129,7 +137,22 @@ func (p *probe) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
     p.ctx.Close()
 }
 
-func (p *probe) createInfluxDbClient() (*influxdb.Client, error)  {
+func getProbeConfig(service *edge.Service) *probeCfg {
+	cfg, found := service.Configs["ziti-probe-config.v1"]
+	if !found {
+		return &defaultConfig
+	}
+
+	return &probeCfg{
+		dbName:     cfg["dbName"].(string),
+		dbType:     cfg["dbType"].(string),
+		dbUser:     cfg["dbUser"].(string),
+		dbPassword: cfg["dbPassword"].(string),
+		interval:   int(cfg["interval"].(float64)),
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *probe) createInfluxDbClient(cfg *probeCfg) (*influxdb.Client, error) {
 
 	httpC := &http.Client{
 		Transport: &http.Transport{
@@ -143,6 +166,8 @@ func (p *probe) createInfluxDbClient() (*influxdb.Client, error)  {
 	config := influxdb.NewConfig()
 	u, _ := url.Parse("http://probe-service")
 	config.URL = *u
+	config.Username = cfg.dbUser
+	config.Password = cfg.dbPassword
 	clt, _ := influxdb.NewClient(config)
 
 	ic := reflect.ValueOf(clt)