diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/update_home.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/update_home.ts
index 02f994770..6c8ddad54 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/jobs/update_home.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/update_home.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import client from 'prom-client'
 import { LibraryItem } from '../entity/library_item'
 import { PublicItem } from '../entity/public_item'
 import { Subscription } from '../entity/subscription'
 import { User } from '../entity/user'
+import { registerMetric } from '../prometheus'
 import { redisDataSource } from '../redis_data_source'
 import { findUnseenPublicItems } from '../services/home'
 import { searchLibraryItems } from '../services/library_item'
@@ -434,6 +436,18 @@ const mixHomeItems = (
   return sections
 }
 
+// use prometheus to monitor the latency of each step
+const latency = new client.Histogram({
+  name: 'update_home_latency',
+  help: 'Latency of update home job',
+  labelNames: ['step'],
+  buckets: [0.1, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10],
+})
+
+registerMetric(latency)
+
+latency.observe(10)
+
 export const updateHome = async (data: UpdateHomeJobData) => {
   const { userId, cursor } = data
   logger.info('Updating home for user', data)
@@ -447,22 +461,19 @@ export const updateHome = async (data: UpdateHomeJobData) => {
 
     logger.info(`Updating home for user ${userId}`)
 
-    logger.profile('justAdded')
+    let end = latency.startTimer({ step: 'justAdded' })
     const justAddedCandidates = await getJustAddedCandidates(userId)
-    logger.profile('justAdded', {
-      level: 'info',
-      message: `Found ${justAddedCandidates.length} just added candidates`,
-    })
+    end()
 
-    logger.profile('selecting')
+    logger.info(`Found ${justAddedCandidates.length} just added candidates`)
+
+    end = latency.startTimer({ step: 'select' })
     const candidates = await selectCandidates(
       user,
       justAddedCandidates.map((c) => c.id)
     )
-    logger.profile('selecting', {
-      level: 'info',
-      message: `Found ${candidates.length} candidates`,
-    })
+    end()
+    logger.info(`Found ${candidates.length} candidates`)
 
     if (!justAddedCandidates.length && !candidates.length) {
       logger.info('No candidates found')
@@ -471,26 +482,21 @@ export const updateHome = async (data: UpdateHomeJobData) => {
 
     // TODO: integrity check on candidates
 
-    logger.profile('ranking')
+    end = latency.startTimer({ step: 'ranking' })
     const rankedCandidates = await rankCandidates(userId, candidates)
-    logger.profile('ranking', {
-      level: 'info',
-      message: `Ranked ${rankedCandidates.length} candidates`,
-    })
+    end()
 
-    logger.profile('mixing')
+    logger.info(`Ranked ${rankedCandidates.length} candidates`)
+
+    end = latency.startTimer({ step: 'mixing' })
     const sections = mixHomeItems(justAddedCandidates, rankedCandidates)
-    logger.profile('mixing', {
-      level: 'info',
-      message: `Created ${sections.length} sections`,
-    })
+    end()
 
-    logger.profile('saving')
+    logger.info(`Mixed ${sections.length} sections`)
+
+    end = latency.startTimer({ step: 'saving' })
     await appendSectionsToHome(userId, sections, cursor)
-    logger.profile('saving', {
-      level: 'info',
-      message: 'Sections appended to home',
-    })
+    end()
 
     logger.info('Home updated for user', { userId })
   } catch (error) {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/prometheus.ts b/packages/api/src/prometheus.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffaa0516c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/prometheus.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import client, { Metric } from 'prom-client'
+
+const registry = new client.Registry()
+
+export const registerMetric = (metric: Metric) =>
+  registry.registerMetric(metric)
+
+export const getMetrics = async () => registry.metrics()
diff --git a/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts b/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
index f77f92a55..42b775845 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ import {
 import { updateHome, UPDATE_HOME_JOB } from './jobs/update_home'
 import { updatePDFContentJob } from './jobs/update_pdf_content'
 import { uploadContentJob, UPLOAD_CONTENT_JOB } from './jobs/upload_content'
+import { getMetrics } from './prometheus'
 import { redisDataSource } from './redis_data_source'
 import { CACHED_READING_POSITION_PREFIX } from './services/cached_reading_position'
 import { getJobPriority } from './utils/createTask'
@@ -258,10 +259,15 @@ const main = async () => {
     }
 
     let output = ''
-    const metrics: JobType[] = ['active', 'failed', 'completed', 'prioritized']
-    const counts = await queue.getJobCounts(...metrics)
+    const jobsTypes: JobType[] = [
+      'active',
+      'failed',
+      'completed',
+      'prioritized',
+    ]
+    const counts = await queue.getJobCounts(...jobsTypes)
 
-    metrics.forEach((metric, idx) => {
+    jobsTypes.forEach((metric, idx) => {
       output += `# TYPE omnivore_queue_messages_${metric} gauge\n`
       output += `omnivore_queue_messages_${metric}{queue="${QUEUE_NAME}"} ${counts[metric]}\n`
     })
@@ -298,7 +304,12 @@ const main = async () => {
       output += `omnivore_queue_messages_oldest_job_age_seconds{queue="${QUEUE_NAME}"} ${0}\n`
     }
 
-    res.status(200).setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain').send(output)
+    const metrics = await getMetrics()
+
+    res
+      .status(200)
+      .setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
+      .send(output + metrics)
   })
 
   const server = app.listen(port, () => {