diff --git a/src/bin/main.rs b/src/bin/main.rs
index bb62c0c..29a5824 100644
--- a/src/bin/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/main.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ fn run_server(config: &Config) -> Result<()> {
     let app = App::new(store, index, daemon);
 
     let query = Query::new(app.clone(), &metrics);
-    let rpc = RPC::start(config.rpc_addr, query.clone());
+    let rpc = RPC::start(config.rpc_addr, query.clone(), &metrics);
     while let None = signal.wait(Duration::from_secs(5)) {
         query.update_mempool()?;
         if tip != app.daemon().getbestblockhash()? {
diff --git a/src/rpc.rs b/src/rpc.rs
index 967a3f9..365285c 100644
--- a/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/src/rpc.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ use std::sync::mpsc::{channel, sync_channel, Receiver, Sender, SyncSender, TrySe
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::thread;
 
+use metrics::{Gauge, HistogramOpts, HistogramVec, MetricOpts, Metrics};
 use query::Query;
-use util::{HeaderEntry, Timer};
+use util::HeaderEntry;
 
 use errors::*;
 
@@ -50,17 +51,24 @@ struct Connection {
     stream: TcpStream,
     addr: SocketAddr,
     chan: Channel,
+    stats: Arc<Stats>,
 }
 
 impl Connection {
-    pub fn new(query: Arc<Query>, stream: TcpStream, addr: SocketAddr) -> Connection {
+    pub fn new(
+        query: Arc<Query>,
+        stream: TcpStream,
+        addr: SocketAddr,
+        stats: Arc<Stats>,
+    ) -> Connection {
         Connection {
-            query: query,
+            query,
             last_header_entry: None, // disable header subscription for now
             status_hashes: HashMap::new(),
             stream,
             addr,
             chan: Channel::new(),
+            stats,
         }
     }
 
@@ -189,6 +197,10 @@ impl Connection {
     }
 
     fn handle_command(&mut self, method: &str, params: &[Value], id: &Number) -> Result<Value> {
+        let timer = self.stats
+            .latency
+            .with_label_values(&[method])
+            .start_timer();
         let result = match method {
             "blockchain.headers.subscribe" => self.blockchain_headers_subscribe(),
             "server.version" => self.server_version(),
@@ -208,6 +220,7 @@ impl Connection {
             "blockchain.transaction.get_merkle" => self.blockchain_transaction_get_merkle(&params),
             &_ => bail!("unknown method {} {:?}", method, params),
         };
+        timer.observe_duration();
         // TODO: return application errors should be sent to the client
         Ok(match result {
             Ok(result) => json!({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": id, "result": result}),
@@ -225,8 +238,11 @@ impl Connection {
     }
 
     fn update_subscriptions(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<Value>> {
+        let timer = self.stats
+            .latency
+            .with_label_values(&["periodic_update"])
+            .start_timer();
         let mut result = vec![];
-        let mut timer = Timer::new();
         if let Some(ref mut last_entry) = self.last_header_entry {
             let entry = self.query.get_best_header()?;
             if *last_entry != entry {
@@ -251,18 +267,15 @@ impl Connection {
                 "params": [script_hash.be_hex_string(), new_status_hash]}));
             *status_hash = new_status_hash;
         }
-        timer.tick("total");
-        debug!(
-            "updating {} subscriptions {:?}",
-            self.status_hashes.len(),
-            timer
-        );
+        timer.observe_duration();
+        self.stats
+            .subscriptions
+            .set(self.status_hashes.len() as i64);
         Ok(result)
     }
 
     fn send_values(&mut self, values: &[Value]) -> Result<()> {
         for value in values {
-            debug!("[{}] <- {}", self.addr, value);
             let line = value.to_string() + "\n";
             self.stream
                 .write_all(line.as_bytes())
@@ -277,7 +290,6 @@ impl Connection {
             match msg {
                 Message::Request(line) => {
                     let cmd: Value = from_str(&line).chain_err(|| "invalid JSON format")?;
-                    debug!("[{}] -> {}", self.addr, cmd);
                     let reply = match (cmd.get("method"), cmd.get("params"), cmd.get("id")) {
                         (
                             Some(&Value::String(ref method)),
@@ -366,6 +378,11 @@ pub struct RPC {
     notification: Sender<()>,
 }
 
+struct Stats {
+    latency: HistogramVec,
+    subscriptions: Gauge,
+}
+
 impl RPC {
     fn start_notification_worker(
         receiver: Receiver<()>,
@@ -386,7 +403,17 @@ impl RPC {
         });
     }
 
-    pub fn start(addr: SocketAddr, query: Arc<Query>) -> RPC {
+    pub fn start(addr: SocketAddr, query: Arc<Query>, metrics: &Metrics) -> RPC {
+        let stats = Arc::new(Stats {
+            latency: metrics.histogram(
+                HistogramOpts::new("electrum_rpc", "Electrum RPC latency (seconds)"),
+                &["method"],
+            ),
+            subscriptions: metrics.gauge(MetricOpts::new(
+                "electrum_subscriptions",
+                "# of Electrum subscriptions",
+            )),
+        });
         let (tx, rx) = channel();
         let listener = TcpListener::bind(addr).expect(&format!("bind({}) failed", addr));
         info!("RPC server running on {}", addr);
@@ -397,9 +424,10 @@ impl RPC {
                 let (stream, addr) = listener.accept().expect("accept failed");
                 let query = query.clone();
                 let senders = senders.clone();
+                let stats = stats.clone();
                 thread::spawn(move || {
                     info!("[{}] connected peer", addr);
-                    let conn = Connection::new(query, stream, addr);
+                    let conn = Connection::new(query, stream, addr, stats);
                     senders.lock().unwrap().push(conn.chan.sender());
                     conn.run();
                     info!("[{}] disconnected peer", addr);