diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/workers/MessagePersisterServiceCommand.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/workers/MessagePersisterServiceCommand.java
index f93d8bc0d..081ed0772 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/workers/MessagePersisterServiceCommand.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/workers/MessagePersisterServiceCommand.java
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ import net.sourceforge.argparse4j.inf.Namespace;
 import net.sourceforge.argparse4j.inf.Subparser;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.WhisperServerConfiguration;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.dynamic.DynamicConfiguration;
+import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.metrics.MetricsUtil;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.storage.DynamicConfigurationManager;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.storage.MessagePersister;
+import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.util.logging.UncaughtExceptionHandler;
 
 public class MessagePersisterServiceCommand extends EnvironmentCommand<WhisperServerConfiguration> {
 
@@ -45,6 +47,10 @@ public class MessagePersisterServiceCommand extends EnvironmentCommand<WhisperSe
   protected void run(Environment environment, Namespace namespace, WhisperServerConfiguration configuration)
       throws Exception {
 
+    UncaughtExceptionHandler.register();
+
+    MetricsUtil.configureRegistries(configuration, environment);
+
     final CommandDependencies deps = CommandDependencies.build("message-persister-service", environment, configuration);
 
     final DynamicConfigurationManager<DynamicConfiguration> dynamicConfigurationManager = new DynamicConfigurationManager<>(