diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 1cb153c..b446c9b 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ docker_swarm_haproxy_installation_type: 'global'
 # I did not find any way to make it dependant on docker_swarm_haproxy_installation_type
 docker_swarm_haproxy_keepalive_installation: False
 docker_swarm_haproxy_swarm_port: '{{ docker_api_port }}'
-
+docker_swarm_haproxy_plain_http_api: True
 #
 docker_swarm_expose_api_via_haproxy: True
 docker_swarm_expose_api_hostname: 'swarm.example.com'
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ docker_swarm_portainer_hostname: 'portainer-swarm.example.com'
 docker_swarm_portainer_additional_constraints: []
 #  - 'node.hostname != docker01'
 
+# This is ugly
+docker_swarm_haproxy_shinyproxy_metrics: False
+
 docker_swarm_portainer_network: 'agent_network'
 docker_swarm_portainer_http_port: '9000'
 docker_swarm_portainer_service_port: '8000'
diff --git a/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2 b/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2
index 1a915a9..1e6e7ce 100644
--- a/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2
+++ b/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ frontend http
 
 {% if docker_swarm_expose_api_via_haproxy %}
 frontend docker_ft
-    bind :{{ docker_swarm_haproxy_swarm_port }} ssl crt {{ haproxy_cert_dir }} alpn h2,http/1.1  {% if docker_swarm_haproxy_installation_type == 'global' %}accept-proxy{% endif %}
+{% if docker_swarm_haproxy_plain_http_api: %}
+    bind :{{ docker_swarm_haproxy_swarm_port }} {% if docker_swarm_haproxy_installation_type == 'global' %}accept-proxy{% endif %}
+{% else %}
+    bind :{{ docker_swarm_haproxy_swarm_port }} ssl crt {{ haproxy_cert_dir }} alpn h2,http/1.1 {% if docker_swarm_haproxy_installation_type == 'global' %}accept-proxy{% endif %}
+{% endif %}
 
     mode http
     acl swarm_api hdr_dom(host) -i {{ docker_swarm_expose_api_hostname }}
@@ -143,6 +147,14 @@ frontend docker_ft
     default_backend swarm_api_bck
 {% endif %}
 
+{% if docker_swarm_haproxy_shinyproxy_metrics %}
+# shinyproxy opens a second port, 9090, to expose its metrics to prometheus
+frontend shinyproxy_metrics
+    bind :9090
+    mode http
+    default_backend shinyproxy_metrics
+{% endif %}
+
 #
 # Backends
 #