diff --git a/srcpkgs/prometheus/files/prometheus/log/run b/srcpkgs/prometheus/files/prometheus/log/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d93cf9f498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/prometheus/files/prometheus/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec logger -p daemon.info -t prometheus
diff --git a/srcpkgs/prometheus/files/prometheus/run b/srcpkgs/prometheus/files/prometheus/run
index fbc074e65d..8311d78552 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/prometheus/files/prometheus/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/prometheus/files/prometheus/run
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 
 cd "${WRKDIR}"
 
-exec chpst -u _prometheus prometheus --config.file=/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml $ARGS
+exec chpst -o 8192 -u _prometheus prometheus --config.file=/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml $ARGS 2>&1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/prometheus/template b/srcpkgs/prometheus/template
index 7cb6556a36..6bc73ef76e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/prometheus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/prometheus/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'prometheus'
 pkgname=prometheus
 version=2.8.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=go
 go_import_path="github.com/prometheus/prometheus"
 go_package="github.com/prometheus/prometheus/cmd/prometheus github.com/prometheus/prometheus/cmd/promtool"