diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dcd112f4..8134b5df 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ This project uses [docker buildx](https://docs.docker.com/buildx/working-with-bu
 
 Builds local images based on the machine architecture and makes them available in 'docker images'
 
-```
+```shell
 make local
 ```
 
diff --git a/deployment/templates/metrics-configmap.yaml b/deployment/templates/metrics-configmap.yaml
index 67a1c774..3bb37ddf 100644
--- a/deployment/templates/metrics-configmap.yaml
+++ b/deployment/templates/metrics-configmap.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ metadata:
   name: exporter-metrics-config-map
   namespace: {{ include "dcgm-exporter.namespace" . }}
 data:
+{{- if .Values.customMetrics }}
+  metrics: |
+{{- .Values.customMetrics | nindent 4 }}
+{{- else }}
   metrics: |
       # Format
       # If line starts with a '#' it is considered a comment
@@ -83,3 +87,4 @@ data:
       # DCGM_FI_PROF_PIPE_FP16_ACTIVE,   gauge, Ratio of cycles the fp16 pipes are active.
       DCGM_FI_PROF_PCIE_TX_BYTES,      counter, The number of bytes of active pcie tx data including both header and payload.
       DCGM_FI_PROF_PCIE_RX_BYTES,      counter, The number of bytes of active pcie rx data including both header and payload.
+{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployment/values.yaml b/deployment/values.yaml
index 7490f46c..9679bf70 100644
--- a/deployment/values.yaml
+++ b/deployment/values.yaml
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ podLabels: {}
 # Annotations to be added to dcgm-exporter pods
 podAnnotations: {}
 # Using this annotation which is required for prometheus scraping
- # prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
- # prometheus.io/port: "9400"
+  # prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+  # prometheus.io/port: "9400"
 
 # The SecurityContext for the dcgm-exporter pods
 podSecurityContext: {}
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ securityContext:
   runAsNonRoot: false
   runAsUser: 0
   capabilities:
-     add: ["SYS_ADMIN"]
+    add: ["SYS_ADMIN"]
   # readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
 
 # Defines the dcgm-exporter service
@@ -138,15 +138,18 @@ extraHostVolumes: []
 #- name: host-binaries
 #  hostPath: /opt/bin
 
-extraConfigMapVolumes: []
-#- name: exporter-metrics-volume
-#  configMap:
-#    name: exporter-metrics-config-map
+extraConfigMapVolumes:
+  - name: exporter-metrics-volume
+    configMap:
+      name: exporter-metrics-config-map
+      items:
+      - key: metrics
+        path: dcp-metrics-included.csv
 
-extraVolumeMounts: []
-#- name: host-binaries
-#  mountPath: /opt/bin
-#  readOnly: true
+extraVolumeMounts:
+  - name: exporter-metrics-volume
+    mountPath: /etc/dcgm-exporter/dcp-metrics-included.csv
+    subPath: dcp-metrics-included.csv
 
 extraEnv: []
 #- name: EXTRA_VAR
@@ -154,3 +157,85 @@ extraEnv: []
 
 # Path to the kubelet socket for /pod-resources
 kubeletPath: "/var/lib/kubelet/pod-resources"
+
+# Customized list of metrics to emit. Expected to be in the same format (CSV) as the default list.
+# Must be the complete list and is not additive. If unset, the default list will take effect.
+# customMetrics: |
+  # Format
+  # If line starts with a '#' it is considered a comment
+  # DCGM FIELD, Prometheus metric type, help message
+  
+  # Clocks
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_SM_CLOCK,  gauge, SM clock frequency (in MHz).
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_MEM_CLOCK, gauge, Memory clock frequency (in MHz).
+  
+  # Temperature
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_MEMORY_TEMP, gauge, Memory temperature (in C).
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_GPU_TEMP,    gauge, GPU temperature (in C).
+  
+  # Power
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_POWER_USAGE,              gauge, Power draw (in W).
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_TOTAL_ENERGY_CONSUMPTION, counter, Total energy consumption since boot (in mJ).
+  
+  # PCIE
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_PCIE_TX_THROUGHPUT,  counter, Total number of bytes transmitted through PCIe TX (in KB) via NVML.
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_PCIE_RX_THROUGHPUT,  counter, Total number of bytes received through PCIe RX (in KB) via NVML.
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_PCIE_REPLAY_COUNTER, counter, Total number of PCIe retries.
+  
+  # Utilization (the sample period varies depending on the product)
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_GPU_UTIL,      gauge, GPU utilization (in %).
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_MEM_COPY_UTIL, gauge, Memory utilization (in %).
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_ENC_UTIL,      gauge, Encoder utilization (in %).
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_DEC_UTIL ,     gauge, Decoder utilization (in %).
+  
+  # Errors and violations
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_XID_ERRORS,            gauge,   Value of the last XID error encountered.
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_POWER_VIOLATION,       counter, Throttling duration due to power constraints (in us).
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_THERMAL_VIOLATION,     counter, Throttling duration due to thermal constraints (in us).
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_SYNC_BOOST_VIOLATION,  counter, Throttling duration due to sync-boost constraints (in us).
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_BOARD_LIMIT_VIOLATION, counter, Throttling duration due to board limit constraints (in us).
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_LOW_UTIL_VIOLATION,    counter, Throttling duration due to low utilization (in us).
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_RELIABILITY_VIOLATION, counter, Throttling duration due to reliability constraints (in us).
+  
+  # Memory usage
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_FB_FREE, gauge, Framebuffer memory free (in MiB).
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_FB_USED, gauge, Framebuffer memory used (in MiB).
+  
+  # ECC
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_ECC_SBE_VOL_TOTAL, counter, Total number of single-bit volatile ECC errors.
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_ECC_DBE_VOL_TOTAL, counter, Total number of double-bit volatile ECC errors.
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_ECC_SBE_AGG_TOTAL, counter, Total number of single-bit persistent ECC errors.
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_ECC_DBE_AGG_TOTAL, counter, Total number of double-bit persistent ECC errors.
+  
+  # Retired pages
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_RETIRED_SBE,     counter, Total number of retired pages due to single-bit errors.
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_RETIRED_DBE,     counter, Total number of retired pages due to double-bit errors.
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_RETIRED_PENDING, counter, Total number of pages pending retirement.
+  
+  # NVLink
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_NVLINK_CRC_FLIT_ERROR_COUNT_TOTAL, counter, Total number of NVLink flow-control CRC errors.
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_NVLINK_CRC_DATA_ERROR_COUNT_TOTAL, counter, Total number of NVLink data CRC errors.
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_NVLINK_REPLAY_ERROR_COUNT_TOTAL,   counter, Total number of NVLink retries.
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_NVLINK_RECOVERY_ERROR_COUNT_TOTAL, counter, Total number of NVLink recovery errors.
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_NVLINK_BANDWIDTH_TOTAL,            counter, Total number of NVLink bandwidth counters for all lanes.
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_NVLINK_BANDWIDTH_L0,               counter, The number of bytes of active NVLink rx or tx data including both header and payload.
+  
+  # VGPU License status
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_VGPU_LICENSE_STATUS, gauge, vGPU License status
+  
+  # Remapped rows
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_UNCORRECTABLE_REMAPPED_ROWS, counter, Number of remapped rows for uncorrectable errors
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_CORRECTABLE_REMAPPED_ROWS,   counter, Number of remapped rows for correctable errors
+  # DCGM_FI_DEV_ROW_REMAP_FAILURE,           gauge,   Whether remapping of rows has failed
+  
+  # DCP metrics
+  # DCGM_FI_PROF_GR_ENGINE_ACTIVE,   gauge, Ratio of time the graphics engine is active.
+  # DCGM_FI_PROF_SM_ACTIVE,          gauge, The ratio of cycles an SM has at least 1 warp assigned.
+  # DCGM_FI_PROF_SM_OCCUPANCY,       gauge, The ratio of number of warps resident on an SM.
+  # DCGM_FI_PROF_PIPE_TENSOR_ACTIVE, gauge, Ratio of cycles the tensor (HMMA) pipe is active.
+  # DCGM_FI_PROF_DRAM_ACTIVE,        gauge, Ratio of cycles the device memory interface is active sending or receiving data.
+  # DCGM_FI_PROF_PIPE_FP64_ACTIVE,   gauge, Ratio of cycles the fp64 pipes are active.
+  # DCGM_FI_PROF_PIPE_FP32_ACTIVE,   gauge, Ratio of cycles the fp32 pipes are active.
+  # DCGM_FI_PROF_PIPE_FP16_ACTIVE,   gauge, Ratio of cycles the fp16 pipes are active.
+  # DCGM_FI_PROF_PCIE_TX_BYTES,      counter, The number of bytes of active pcie tx data including both header and payload.
+  # DCGM_FI_PROF_PCIE_RX_BYTES,      counter, The number of bytes of active pcie rx data including both header and payload.