diff --git a/black-start/services/prometheus/docker-compose.yaml b/black-start/services/prometheus/docker-compose.yaml
index a0d7084..2698078 100644
--- a/black-start/services/prometheus/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/black-start/services/prometheus/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - 9090:9090
     volumes:
+      - ./.basicauthpass:/etc/prometheus/.basicauthpass
       - ./prometheus.yaml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yaml
       - ./web-config.yaml:/etc/prometheus/web-config.yaml
       - prometheus-data:/prometheus
diff --git a/black-start/services/prometheus/prometheus.yaml b/black-start/services/prometheus/prometheus.yaml
index c726454..2fe82e8 100644
--- a/black-start/services/prometheus/prometheus.yaml
+++ b/black-start/services/prometheus/prometheus.yaml
@@ -26,4 +26,7 @@ scrape_configs:
     # scheme defaults to 'http'.
 
     static_configs:
-      - targets: ["localhost:9090"]
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+      - targets: ["localhost:9090"]
+    basic_auth:
+      username: prometheus
+      password_file: /etc/prometheus/.basicauthpass
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