diff --git a/net/remote/remote-node.sh b/net/remote/remote-node.sh
index 0d5a666af3..1d27bf3feb 100755
--- a/net/remote/remote-node.sh
+++ b/net/remote/remote-node.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ local|tar)
   SUDO_OK=1 source scripts/tune-system.sh
 
   (
-    sudo scripts/oom-monitor.sh
+    sudo SOLANA_METRICS_CONFIG="$SOLANA_METRICS_CONFIG" scripts/oom-monitor.sh
   ) > oom-monitor.log 2>&1 &
   echo $! > oom-monitor.pid
   scripts/net-stats.sh  > net-stats.log 2>&1 &