diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index f0d9a97..9b4ae25 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 pkgbase = prometheus-fail2ban-exporter
 	pkgdesc = Fail2Ban exporter for Fail2Ban metrics
 	pkgver = 0.7.2
-	pkgrel = 2
+	pkgrel = 3
 	url = https://gitlab.com/hectorjsmith/fail2ban-prometheus-exporter
 	arch = x86_64
 	license = MIT
 	makedepends = go
 	optdepends = fail2ban: for monitoring a local fail2ban daemon
 	source = https://gitlab.com/hectorjsmith/fail2ban-prometheus-exporter/-/archive/0.7.2/fail2ban-prometheus-exporter-0.7.2.tar.gz
+	source = prometheus-fail2ban-exporter
 	source = systemd.service
 	source = sysusers.conf
 	sha512sums = b7691cc31c747965b8ac9e8f818d4411b716888be5c84c51bbe5e206022bf9b60f95abddc37c8011a412a40ba0665107e957a55b3acba5018fd5be85c442380e
-	sha512sums = 19a61f7a7be1c73cbe87a978f5787ae35304e2e6db03a927016e1a5a8b0715bc3d971e52da61ce5f1a7fd302ae7646a4c54c7fdc082ee9c371368d56be311d09
+	sha512sums = 7f0a0770ac6f42a7bc0d6e38559da833b7cbc18f97c516418d596878537c12b5778e2705a451e16f3067ceb87ce60af2a705867b0962f7abd1a595a23902a3ba
+	sha512sums = 7918ea56dc94b29e25900d5bcf94c8c525226d5a490124b718686aa3c8900752baae80722c8c840d563c1ffef06a54440802cff498c9edf0c673d682518a3f1a
 	sha512sums = c070f57c58f367421835fe757b6b46e4c6cc3a69e0e927b10c229daab945fc52e57acdf25a84f04f752cb7304c40c2ff95e7987daf41c80f8857d409def1752f
 	b2sums = 87ab07b334594ecb792d817abb9bca1c7565be64df79d6dfa5edd268241534345a9e7e5b782dfcfd623d6a63db77b8803c614e44c3d44f9b7ca6b41952c6eb20
-	b2sums = 126dae6e1a1fe9bcc67e2dafc203aeb5f057aea82fec65b4f8c18f5a4bc3154f9e22e53b043f9c6f849f625d4ecf77ea67be5bb562b0b794814ad695f48bd235
+	b2sums = cd565b9262d85399ba63290d5af32fed23227d4a987499968654d4f0f7ea95c91c7781cae513d4368a87de328ac198a5e05cf5beae9199ebbdfb622c098281b9
+	b2sums = e88ba4beef23dfd36a825f6b873647708b81a35d4b2debb16f0a5e35e5e42311ebd9694cb90501d65231c1ae45c863103fe93ae1f6c99c2745ed7e8c12434653
 	b2sums = 4b731a290e1ad967f9e7708b00d4b9279bdbc57461c62d09a8bff00958e72cb8e69848d73af486bcc9e58ffe1e087ca86dc2625770a25ebd47e41d7bba193bef
 
 pkgname = prometheus-fail2ban-exporter
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 65a9332..ec09e5f 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 pkgname=prometheus-fail2ban-exporter
 _pkgname=fail2ban-prometheus-exporter
 pkgver=0.7.2
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 pkgdesc="Fail2Ban exporter for Fail2Ban metrics"
 arch=('x86_64')
 url="https://gitlab.com/hectorjsmith/$_pkgname"
@@ -12,14 +12,17 @@ makedepends=('go')
 optdepends=('fail2ban: for monitoring a local fail2ban daemon')
 source=(
   "$url/-/archive/$pkgver/$_pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"
+  'prometheus-fail2ban-exporter'
   'systemd.service'
   'sysusers.conf'
 )
 sha512sums=('b7691cc31c747965b8ac9e8f818d4411b716888be5c84c51bbe5e206022bf9b60f95abddc37c8011a412a40ba0665107e957a55b3acba5018fd5be85c442380e'
-            '19a61f7a7be1c73cbe87a978f5787ae35304e2e6db03a927016e1a5a8b0715bc3d971e52da61ce5f1a7fd302ae7646a4c54c7fdc082ee9c371368d56be311d09'
+            '7f0a0770ac6f42a7bc0d6e38559da833b7cbc18f97c516418d596878537c12b5778e2705a451e16f3067ceb87ce60af2a705867b0962f7abd1a595a23902a3ba'
+            '7918ea56dc94b29e25900d5bcf94c8c525226d5a490124b718686aa3c8900752baae80722c8c840d563c1ffef06a54440802cff498c9edf0c673d682518a3f1a'
             'c070f57c58f367421835fe757b6b46e4c6cc3a69e0e927b10c229daab945fc52e57acdf25a84f04f752cb7304c40c2ff95e7987daf41c80f8857d409def1752f')
 b2sums=('87ab07b334594ecb792d817abb9bca1c7565be64df79d6dfa5edd268241534345a9e7e5b782dfcfd623d6a63db77b8803c614e44c3d44f9b7ca6b41952c6eb20'
-        '126dae6e1a1fe9bcc67e2dafc203aeb5f057aea82fec65b4f8c18f5a4bc3154f9e22e53b043f9c6f849f625d4ecf77ea67be5bb562b0b794814ad695f48bd235'
+        'cd565b9262d85399ba63290d5af32fed23227d4a987499968654d4f0f7ea95c91c7781cae513d4368a87de328ac198a5e05cf5beae9199ebbdfb622c098281b9'
+        'e88ba4beef23dfd36a825f6b873647708b81a35d4b2debb16f0a5e35e5e42311ebd9694cb90501d65231c1ae45c863103fe93ae1f6c99c2745ed7e8c12434653'
         '4b731a290e1ad967f9e7708b00d4b9279bdbc57461c62d09a8bff00958e72cb8e69848d73af486bcc9e58ffe1e087ca86dc2625770a25ebd47e41d7bba193bef')
 
 build() {
@@ -32,10 +35,16 @@ build() {
 
 package() {
   # systemd integration
-  install -Dm644 systemd.service "$pkgdir/usr/lib/systemd/system/$pkgname.service"
-  install -Dm644 sysusers.conf "$pkgdir/usr/lib/sysusers.d/$pkgname.conf"
+  install -D --mode 0644 systemd.service "$pkgdir/usr/lib/systemd/system/$pkgname.service"
+  install -D --mode 0644 sysusers.conf "$pkgdir/usr/lib/sysusers.d/$pkgname.conf"
 
   # binary
   install -D --mode 0755 --target-directory "$pkgdir/usr/bin" "$_pkgname-$pkgver/src/$pkgname"
+
+  # extra args
+  # NOTE: Set restrict file permissions by default to protect optional basic auth credentials
+  install -D --mode 0600 --target-directory "$pkgdir/etc/conf.d" prometheus-fail2ban-exporter
+
+  # license
   install -D --mode 0755 --target-directory "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname" "$_pkgname-$pkgver/LICENSE"
 }
diff --git a/prometheus-fail2ban-exporter b/prometheus-fail2ban-exporter
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..555cf8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prometheus-fail2ban-exporter
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PROMETHEUS_FAIL2BAN_EXPORTER_EXTRA_ARGS=""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/systemd.service b/systemd.service
index b5ea6ef..8c2ddf5 100644
--- a/systemd.service
+++ b/systemd.service
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Requires=network-online.target
 After=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/prometheus-fail2ban-exporter
+EnvironmentFile=/etc/conf.d/prometheus-fail2ban-exporter
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/prometheus-fail2ban-exporter ${PROMETHEUS_FAIL2BAN_EXPORTER_EXTRA_ARGS}
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
 User=root
 Group=root