diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index cf4525a..843a208 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -374,8 +374,12 @@ services:
   nginx-exporter:
     image: nginx/nginx-prometheus-exporter:latest
     command:
-      - -nginx.scrape-uri=http://127.0.0.1:8888/nginx_status
-    network_mode: host
+      - -nginx.scrape-uri=http://host.docker.internal:8888/nginx_status
+      - -nginx.timeout=5s
+    extra_hosts:
+      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:9113:9113"
     restart: unless-stopped
 
   blackbox-exporter:
diff --git a/monitoring/prometheus.yml b/monitoring/prometheus.yml
index c93914f..a788af8 100644
--- a/monitoring/prometheus.yml
+++ b/monitoring/prometheus.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ scrape_configs:
   # ── nginx ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   - job_name: nginx
     static_configs:
-      - targets: ["host.docker.internal:9113"]
+      - targets: ["nginx-exporter:9113"]
 
   # ── Blackbox probes (HTTP endpoint monitoring) ─────────────────────
   - job_name: blackbox_http