diff --git a/tooling/sync/Makefile b/tooling/sync/Makefile
index 66ca46073b8..329ea0cc056 100644
--- a/tooling/sync/Makefile
+++ b/tooling/sync/Makefile
@@ -219,4 +219,4 @@ server-sync:
 
 	sleep 0.2
 
-	tmux new-window -t sync:2 -n ethrex "cd ../../metrics && docker compose -f docker-compose-metrics.yaml -f docker-compose-metrics-l1.overrides.yaml up -d && cd .. && ulimit -n 1000000 && rm -rf ~/.local/share/ethrex && RUST_LOG=info,ethrex_p2p::sync=debug $(if $(DEBUG_ASSERT),RUSTFLAGS='-C debug-assertions=yes') $(if $(HEALING),SKIP_START_SNAP_SYNC=1) cargo run --release --bin ethrex --features rocksdb --  --http.addr 0.0.0.0 --metrics --metrics.port 3701 --network $(SERVER_SYNC_NETWORK) $(if $(MEMORY),--datadir memory) --authrpc.jwtsecret ~/secrets/jwt.hex $(if $(or $(FULL_SYNC),$(HEALING)),--syncmode full)  2>&1 | tee $(LOGS_FILE)"
+	tmux new-window -t sync:2 -n ethrex "cd ../../metrics && docker stop metrics-ethereum-metrics-exporter-1 || true && docker compose -f docker-compose-metrics.yaml -f docker-compose-metrics-l1.overrides.yaml up -d && cd .. && ulimit -n 1000000 && rm -rf ~/.local/share/ethrex && RUST_LOG=info,ethrex_p2p::sync=debug $(if $(DEBUG_ASSERT),RUSTFLAGS='-C debug-assertions=yes') $(if $(HEALING),SKIP_START_SNAP_SYNC=1) cargo run --release --bin ethrex --features rocksdb --  --http.addr 0.0.0.0 --metrics --metrics.port 3701 --network $(SERVER_SYNC_NETWORK) $(if $(MEMORY),--datadir memory) --authrpc.jwtsecret ~/secrets/jwt.hex $(if $(or $(FULL_SYNC),$(HEALING)),--syncmode full)  2>&1 | tee $(LOGS_FILE)"