diff --git a/cmd/collectors/rest/rest.go b/cmd/collectors/rest/rest.go
index 59c2fe473..4ff25cb2c 100644
--- a/cmd/collectors/rest/rest.go
+++ b/cmd/collectors/rest/rest.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ type endPoint struct {
 }
 
 type prop struct {
+	object         string
 	query          string
 	instanceKeys   []string
 	instanceLabels map[string]string
@@ -84,18 +85,32 @@ func (r *Rest) Init(a *collector.AbstractCollector) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	r.Logger.Info().Str("cluster", r.client.Cluster().Name).Msgf("connected to %s", r.client.Cluster().Info)
-
-	r.Matrix.SetGlobalLabel("cluster", r.client.Cluster().Name)
-
 	if err = r.initCache(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
+	if err = r.InitMatrix(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	r.Logger.Info().Msgf("initialized cache with %d metrics", len(r.Matrix.GetMetrics()))
 
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (r *Rest) InitMatrix() error {
+	// overwrite from abstract collector
+	r.Matrix.Object = r.prop.object
+	// Add system (cluster) name
+	r.Matrix.SetGlobalLabel("cluster", r.client.Cluster().Name)
+	if r.Params.HasChildS("labels") {
+		for _, l := range r.Params.GetChildS("labels").GetChildren() {
+			r.Matrix.SetGlobalLabel(l.GetNameS(), l.GetContentS())
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (r *Rest) getClient(a *collector.AbstractCollector, config *node.Node) (*rest.Client, error) {
 	var (
 		poller *conf.Poller
diff --git a/cmd/collectors/rest/templating.go b/cmd/collectors/rest/templating.go
index 5a7c5f3c1..ce82f0c73 100644
--- a/cmd/collectors/rest/templating.go
+++ b/cmd/collectors/rest/templating.go
@@ -29,14 +29,12 @@ func (r *Rest) initCache() error {
 		display, name, kind string
 	)
 
-	if r.Object == "" {
-		if x := r.Params.GetChildContentS("object"); x != "" {
-			r.Object = x
-		}
+	if x := r.Params.GetChildContentS("object"); x != "" {
+		r.prop.object = x
+	} else {
+		r.prop.object = strings.ToLower(r.Object)
 	}
 
-	r.Matrix.Object = strings.ToLower(r.Object)
-
 	if e := r.Params.GetChildS("export_options"); e != nil {
 		r.Matrix.SetExportOptions(e)
 	}