diff --git a/suripu-research/pom.xml b/suripu-research/pom.xml
index 71175114f..45a761add 100644
--- a/suripu-research/pom.xml
+++ b/suripu-research/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
             <version>1.2.2</version>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.yammer.metrics</groupId>
+            <artifactId>metrics-graphite</artifactId>
+            <version>2.2.0</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/suripu-research/src/main/java/com/hello/suripu/research/SuripuResearch.java b/suripu-research/src/main/java/com/hello/suripu/research/SuripuResearch.java
index 36f828f7e..11a8a72e9 100644
--- a/suripu-research/src/main/java/com/hello/suripu/research/SuripuResearch.java
+++ b/suripu-research/src/main/java/com/hello/suripu/research/SuripuResearch.java
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
 import com.amazonaws.auth.DefaultAWSCredentialsProviderChain;
 import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.AmazonDynamoDB;
 import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.AmazonKinesisAsyncClient;
+import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.ObjectGraphRoot;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.bundles.KinesisLoggerBundle;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.clients.AmazonDynamoDBClientFactory;
+import com.hello.suripu.core.configuration.DynamoDBTableName;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.configuration.KinesisLoggerConfiguration;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.configuration.QueueName;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.db.AccessTokenDAO;
@@ -18,13 +20,14 @@
 import com.hello.suripu.core.db.DeviceDAO;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.db.DeviceDataDAO;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.db.FeatureStore;
-import com.hello.suripu.core.db.UserLabelDAO;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.db.TrackerMotionDAO;
+import com.hello.suripu.core.db.UserLabelDAO;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.db.util.JodaArgumentFactory;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.db.util.PostgresIntegerArrayArgumentFactory;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.filters.CacheFilterFactory;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.logging.DataLogger;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.logging.KinesisLoggerFactory;
+import com.hello.suripu.core.metrics.RegexMetricPredicate;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.oauth.OAuthAuthenticator;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.oauth.OAuthProvider;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.oauth.stores.PersistentAccessTokenStore;
@@ -43,11 +46,15 @@
 import com.yammer.dropwizard.jdbi.ImmutableSetContainerFactory;
 import com.yammer.dropwizard.jdbi.OptionalContainerFactory;
 import com.yammer.dropwizard.jdbi.bundles.DBIExceptionsBundle;
+import com.yammer.metrics.Metrics;
+import com.yammer.metrics.reporting.GraphiteReporter;
 import org.skife.jdbi.v2.DBI;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 /**
  * Created by pangwu on 3/2/15.
@@ -104,6 +111,27 @@ public void run(final SuripuResearchConfiguration configuration, final Environme
         clientConfiguration.withConnectionTimeout(200); // in ms
         clientConfiguration.withMaxErrorRetry(1);
 
+        if(configuration.getMetricsEnabled()) {
+            final String graphiteHostName = configuration.getGraphite().getHost();
+            final String apiKey = configuration.getGraphite().getApiKey();
+            final Integer interval = configuration.getGraphite().getReportingIntervalInSeconds();
+
+            final String env = (configuration.getDebug()) ? "dev" : "prod";
+
+            final String prefix = String.format("%s.%s.%s", apiKey, env, "suripu-research");
+
+            final List<String> metrics = configuration.getGraphite().getIncludeMetrics();
+            final RegexMetricPredicate predicate = new RegexMetricPredicate(metrics);
+            final Joiner joiner = Joiner.on(", ");
+            LOGGER.info("Logging the following metrics: {}", joiner.join(metrics));
+
+            GraphiteReporter.enable(Metrics.defaultRegistry(), interval, TimeUnit.SECONDS, graphiteHostName, 2003, prefix, predicate);
+
+            LOGGER.info("Metrics enabled.");
+        } else {
+            LOGGER.warn("Metrics not enabled.");
+        }
+
         final AWSCredentialsProvider awsCredentialsProvider = new DefaultAWSCredentialsProviderChain();
         final AmazonKinesisAsyncClient kinesisClient = new AmazonKinesisAsyncClient(awsCredentialsProvider, clientConfiguration);
 
@@ -112,7 +140,7 @@ public void run(final SuripuResearchConfiguration configuration, final Environme
         final DataLogger activityLogger = kinesisLoggerFactory.get(QueueName.ACTIVITY_STREAM);
 
         final AmazonDynamoDBClientFactory featureStoreDynamoDBClientFactory = AmazonDynamoDBClientFactory.create(awsCredentialsProvider);
-        final AmazonDynamoDB featureDynamoDB = featureStoreDynamoDBClientFactory.getForEndpoint(configuration.getFeaturesDynamoDBConfiguration().getEndpoint());
+        final AmazonDynamoDB featureDynamoDB = featureStoreDynamoDBClientFactory.getInstrumented(DynamoDBTableName.FEATURES, FeatureStore.class);
         final String featureNamespace = (configuration.getDebug()) ? "dev" : "prod";
         final FeatureStore featureStore = new FeatureStore(featureDynamoDB, "features", featureNamespace);
 
diff --git a/suripu-research/src/main/java/com/hello/suripu/research/configuration/SuripuResearchConfiguration.java b/suripu-research/src/main/java/com/hello/suripu/research/configuration/SuripuResearchConfiguration.java
index 1f5af67a9..4ea755d15 100644
--- a/suripu-research/src/main/java/com/hello/suripu/research/configuration/SuripuResearchConfiguration.java
+++ b/suripu-research/src/main/java/com/hello/suripu/research/configuration/SuripuResearchConfiguration.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.configuration.DynamoDBConfiguration;
+import com.hello.suripu.core.configuration.GraphiteConfiguration;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.configuration.KinesisConfiguration;
 import com.hello.suripu.core.configuration.KinesisLoggerConfiguration;
 import com.yammer.dropwizard.config.Configuration;
@@ -50,6 +51,25 @@ public Boolean getDebug() {
         return debug;
     }
 
+    @Valid
+    @NotNull
+    @JsonProperty("metrics_enabled")
+    private Boolean metricsEnabled;
+
+    public Boolean getMetricsEnabled() {
+        return metricsEnabled;
+    }
+
+
+    @Valid
+    @NotNull
+    @JsonProperty("graphite")
+    private GraphiteConfiguration graphite;
+
+    public GraphiteConfiguration getGraphite() {
+        return graphite;
+    }
+
     @Valid
     @NotNull
     @JsonProperty("kinesis")
diff --git a/suripu-research/suripu-research.dev.yml.example b/suripu-research/suripu-research.dev.yml.example
index 78517f8f5..fc5e50d89 100644
--- a/suripu-research/suripu-research.dev.yml.example
+++ b/suripu-research/suripu-research.dev.yml.example
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
+metrics_enabled: false
 debug: true
+graphite:
+  host: carbon.hostedgraphite.com
+  api_key: 7509c0ff-4db5-4cae-91ee-6e78ff13b336
+  reporting_interval_in_seconds: 30
+  include_metrics:
+    - org.skife
+    - xx-responses
+    - com.hello
 
 sensors_db:
   # the name of your JDBC driver
diff --git a/suripu-research/suripu-research.prod.yml b/suripu-research/suripu-research.prod.yml
index ffa425f63..050d01ffb 100644
--- a/suripu-research/suripu-research.prod.yml
+++ b/suripu-research/suripu-research.prod.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
+metrics_enabled: true
 debug: false
+graphite:
+  host: carbon.hostedgraphite.com
+  api_key: 7509c0ff-4db5-4cae-91ee-6e78ff13b336
+  reporting_interval_in_seconds: 30
+  include_metrics:
+    - org.skife
+    - xx-responses
+    - com.hello
 
 sensors_db:
   driverClass: org.postgresql.Driver
diff --git a/suripu-research/suripu-research.staging.yml b/suripu-research/suripu-research.staging.yml
index 7ef9753fd..6662b83d9 100644
--- a/suripu-research/suripu-research.staging.yml
+++ b/suripu-research/suripu-research.staging.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
+metrics_enabled: false
 debug: false
+graphite:
+  host: carbon.hostedgraphite.com
+  api_key: 7509c0ff-4db5-4cae-91ee-6e78ff13b336
+  reporting_interval_in_seconds: 30
+  include_metrics:
+    - org.skife
+    - xx-responses
+    - com.hello
 
 sensors_db:
   driverClass: org.postgresql.Driver