diff --git a/metrics/config.go b/metrics/config.go
index 91b4c95..4612648 100644
--- a/metrics/config.go
+++ b/metrics/config.go
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ package metrics
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/safing/portbase/config"
 )
 
-// Configuration Keys
+// Configuration Keys.
 var (
 	CfgOptionInstanceKey   = "core/metrics/instance"
 	instanceOption         config.StringOption
@@ -16,13 +17,19 @@ var (
 	pushOption         config.StringOption
 	cfgOptionPushOrder = 0
 
-	pushFlag     string
-	instanceFlag string
+	pushFlag        string
+	instanceFlag    string
+	defaultInstance string
 )
 
 func init() {
+	hostname, err := os.Hostname()
+	if err == nil {
+		defaultInstance = hostname
+	}
+
 	flag.StringVar(&pushFlag, "push-metrics", "", "set default URL to push prometheus metrics to")
-	flag.StringVar(&instanceFlag, "metrics-instance", "", "set the default global instance label")
+	flag.StringVar(&instanceFlag, "metrics-instance", defaultInstance, "set the default global instance label")
 }
 
 func prepConfig() error {
diff --git a/metrics/metric.go b/metrics/metric.go
index fb46dc4..e72e831 100644
--- a/metrics/metric.go
+++ b/metrics/metric.go
@@ -7,16 +7,18 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
+	vm "github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
+
 	"github.com/safing/portbase/api"
 	"github.com/safing/portbase/config"
-
-	vm "github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
 )
 
 // PrometheusFormatRequirement is required format defined by prometheus for
 // metric and label names.
-const prometheusBaseFormt = "[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*"
-const PrometheusFormatRequirement = "^" + prometheusBaseFormt + "$"
+const (
+	prometheusBaseFormt         = "[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*"
+	PrometheusFormatRequirement = "^" + prometheusBaseFormt + "$"
+)
 
 var prometheusFormat = regexp.MustCompile(PrometheusFormatRequirement)
 
diff --git a/metrics/metric_host.go b/metrics/metric_host.go
index 505e2db..5a08554 100644
--- a/metrics/metric_host.go
+++ b/metrics/metric_host.go
@@ -5,64 +5,64 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/safing/portbase/api"
-	"github.com/safing/portbase/dataroot"
-
-	"github.com/safing/portbase/log"
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/disk"
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/load"
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/mem"
+
+	"github.com/safing/portbase/api"
+	"github.com/safing/portbase/dataroot"
+	"github.com/safing/portbase/log"
 )
 
 const hostStatTTL = 1 * time.Second
 
 func registeHostMetrics() (err error) {
 	// Register load average metrics.
-	_, err = NewGauge("host_load_avg_1", nil, getFloat64HostStat(LoadAvg1), &Options{Name: "Host Load Avg 1min", Permission: api.PermitUser})
+	_, err = NewGauge("host/load/avg/1", nil, getFloat64HostStat(LoadAvg1), &Options{Name: "Host Load Avg 1min", Permission: api.PermitUser})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	_, err = NewGauge("host_load_avg_5", nil, getFloat64HostStat(LoadAvg5), &Options{Name: "Host Load Avg 5min", Permission: api.PermitUser})
+	_, err = NewGauge("host/load/avg/5", nil, getFloat64HostStat(LoadAvg5), &Options{Name: "Host Load Avg 5min", Permission: api.PermitUser})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	_, err = NewGauge("host_load_avg_15", nil, getFloat64HostStat(LoadAvg15), &Options{Name: "Host Load Avg 15min", Permission: api.PermitUser})
+	_, err = NewGauge("host/load/avg/15", nil, getFloat64HostStat(LoadAvg15), &Options{Name: "Host Load Avg 15min", Permission: api.PermitUser})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	// Register memory usage metrics.
-	_, err = NewGauge("host_mem_total", nil, getUint64HostStat(MemTotal), &Options{Name: "Host Memory Total", Permission: api.PermitUser})
+	_, err = NewGauge("host/mem/total", nil, getUint64HostStat(MemTotal), &Options{Name: "Host Memory Total", Permission: api.PermitUser})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	_, err = NewGauge("host_mem_used", nil, getUint64HostStat(MemUsed), &Options{Name: "Host Memory Used", Permission: api.PermitUser})
+	_, err = NewGauge("host/mem/used", nil, getUint64HostStat(MemUsed), &Options{Name: "Host Memory Used", Permission: api.PermitUser})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	_, err = NewGauge("host_mem_available", nil, getUint64HostStat(MemAvailable), &Options{Name: "Host Memory Available", Permission: api.PermitUser})
+	_, err = NewGauge("host/mem/available", nil, getUint64HostStat(MemAvailable), &Options{Name: "Host Memory Available", Permission: api.PermitUser})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	_, err = NewGauge("host_mem_used_percent", nil, getFloat64HostStat(MemUsedPercent), &Options{Name: "Host Memory Used in Percent", Permission: api.PermitUser})
+	_, err = NewGauge("host/mem/used/percent", nil, getFloat64HostStat(MemUsedPercent), &Options{Name: "Host Memory Used in Percent", Permission: api.PermitUser})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	// Register disk usage metrics.
-	_, err = NewGauge("host_disk_total", nil, getUint64HostStat(DiskTotal), &Options{Name: "Host Disk Total", Permission: api.PermitUser})
+	_, err = NewGauge("host/disk/total", nil, getUint64HostStat(DiskTotal), &Options{Name: "Host Disk Total", Permission: api.PermitUser})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	_, err = NewGauge("host_disk_used", nil, getUint64HostStat(DiskUsed), &Options{Name: "Host Disk Used", Permission: api.PermitUser})
+	_, err = NewGauge("host/disk/used", nil, getUint64HostStat(DiskUsed), &Options{Name: "Host Disk Used", Permission: api.PermitUser})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	_, err = NewGauge("host_disk_free", nil, getUint64HostStat(DiskFree), &Options{Name: "Host Disk Free", Permission: api.PermitUser})
+	_, err = NewGauge("host/disk/free", nil, getUint64HostStat(DiskFree), &Options{Name: "Host Disk Free", Permission: api.PermitUser})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	_, err = NewGauge("host_disk_used_percent", nil, getFloat64HostStat(DiskUsedPercent), &Options{Name: "Host Disk Used in Percent", Permission: api.PermitUser})
+	_, err = NewGauge("host/disk/used/percent", nil, getFloat64HostStat(DiskUsedPercent), &Options{Name: "Host Disk Used in Percent", Permission: api.PermitUser})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/metrics/metric_runtime.go b/metrics/metric_runtime.go
index 560d567..bce7e25 100644
--- a/metrics/metric_runtime.go
+++ b/metrics/metric_runtime.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 
 	vm "github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics"
+
 	"github.com/safing/portbase/api"
 	"github.com/safing/portbase/config"
 )
diff --git a/metrics/persistence.go b/metrics/persistence.go
index 38bee71..ad77bac 100644
--- a/metrics/persistence.go
+++ b/metrics/persistence.go
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/tevino/abool"
+
 	"github.com/safing/portbase/database"
 	"github.com/safing/portbase/database/record"
 	"github.com/safing/portbase/log"
-	"github.com/tevino/abool"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ func storePersistentMetrics() {
 
 	// Create new storage.
 	newStorage := &metricsStorage{
+		// TODO: This timestamp should be taken from previous save, if possible.
 		Start:    time.Now(),
 		Counters: make(map[string]uint64),
 	}
@@ -134,18 +136,18 @@ func getMetricsStorage(key string) (*metricsStorage, error) {
 	// unwrap
 	if r.IsWrapped() {
 		// only allocate a new struct, if we need it
-		new := &metricsStorage{}
-		err = record.Unwrap(r, new)
+		newStorage := &metricsStorage{}
+		err = record.Unwrap(r, newStorage)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		return new, nil
+		return newStorage, nil
 	}
 
 	// or adjust type
-	new, ok := r.(*metricsStorage)
+	newStorage, ok := r.(*metricsStorage)
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("record not of type *metricsStorage, but %T", r)
 	}
-	return new, nil
+	return newStorage, nil
 }
diff --git a/modules/start.go b/modules/start.go
index ef4af73..e9968cf 100644
--- a/modules/start.go
+++ b/modules/start.go
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ func Start() error {
 
 	// complete startup
 	if moduleMgmtEnabled.IsSet() {
-		log.Info("modules: initiated subsystems manager")
+		log.Info("modules: started enabled modules")
 	} else {
-		log.Infof("modules: started %d modules", len(modules))
+		log.Infof("modules: started all %d modules", len(modules))
 	}
 
 	go taskQueueHandler()