diff --git a/src/api.go b/src/api.go
index 86964447b..1fae02c80 100644
--- a/src/api.go
+++ b/src/api.go
@@ -38,6 +38,24 @@ VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, $10)`
 	return err
 }
 
+// UpdateMetric updates the stored metric information
+func (uiapi uiapihandler) UpdateMetric(id int, params []byte) error {
+	sql := `UPDATE pgwatch3.metric(
+m_name, m_pg_version_from, m_sql, m_comment, m_is_active, m_is_helper, 
+m_master_only, m_standby_only, m_column_attrs, m_sql_su)
+= ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, $10)
+WHERE m_id = $11`
+	var m map[string]any
+	err := json.Unmarshal(params, &m)
+	if err == nil {
+		_, err = configDb.Exec(sql, m["m_name"], m["m_pg_version_from"],
+			m["m_sql"], m["m_comment"], m["m_is_active"],
+			m["m_is_helper"], m["m_master_only"], m["m_standby_only"],
+			m["m_column_attrs"], m["m_sql_su"], id)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
 // GetDatabases returns the list of monitored databases
 func (uiapi uiapihandler) GetDatabases() (res string, err error) {
 	sql := `select coalesce(jsonb_agg(to_jsonb(db)), '[]') from monitored_db db`
diff --git a/src/webserver/restapi.go b/src/webserver/restapi.go
index 9cf7a8b2b..399720e49 100644
--- a/src/webserver/restapi.go
+++ b/src/webserver/restapi.go
@@ -7,46 +7,50 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (Server *WebUIServer) handleMetrics(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	var (
+		err    error
+		params []byte
+		res    string
+		id     int
+	)
+
+	defer func() {
+		if err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		}
+	}()
+
 	switch r.Method {
 	case http.MethodGet:
 		// return stored metrics
-		dbs, err := Server.api.GetMetrics()
-		if err != nil {
-			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		if res, err = Server.api.GetMetrics(); err != nil {
 			return
 		}
-		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(dbs))
+		_, err = w.Write([]byte(res))
 
 	case http.MethodPost:
 		// add new stored metric
-		p, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
-		if err != nil {
-			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
-		}
-		if err := Server.api.AddMetric(p); err != nil {
-			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
+		if params, err = io.ReadAll(r.Body); err != nil {
+			return
 		}
+		err = Server.api.AddMetric(params)
 
-	// case http.MethodPatch:
-	// 	// update monitored database
-	// 	p, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
-	// 	if err != nil {
-	// 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
-	// 	}
-	// 	if err := Server.api.UpdateDatabase(r.URL.Query().Get("id"), p); err != nil {
-	// 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
-	// 	}
+	case http.MethodPatch:
+		// update monitored database
+		if params, err = io.ReadAll(r.Body); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		if id, err = strconv.Atoi(r.URL.Query().Get("id")); err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		err = Server.api.UpdateMetric(id, params)
 
 	case http.MethodDelete:
 		// delete stored metric
-		id, err := strconv.Atoi(r.URL.Query().Get("id"))
-		if err != nil {
-			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
+		if id, err = strconv.Atoi(r.URL.Query().Get("id")); err != nil {
 			return
 		}
-		if err := Server.api.DeleteMetric(id); err != nil {
-			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
-		}
+		err = Server.api.DeleteMetric(id)
 
 	case http.MethodOptions:
 		w.Header().Set("Allow", "GET, POST, PATCH, DELETE, OPTIONS")
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@ func (Server *WebUIServer) handleDBs(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		p, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
+			return
 		}
 		if err := Server.api.AddDatabase(p); err != nil {
 			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
@@ -83,6 +88,7 @@ func (Server *WebUIServer) handleDBs(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		p, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
+			return
 		}
 		if err := Server.api.UpdateDatabase(r.URL.Query().Get("id"), p); err != nil {
 			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
diff --git a/src/webserver/server.go b/src/webserver/server.go
index 762a0eb64..4b8a80d02 100644
--- a/src/webserver/server.go
+++ b/src/webserver/server.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type apiHandler interface {
 	GetMetrics() (res string, err error)
 	AddMetric(params []byte) error
 	DeleteMetric(id int) error
+	UpdateMetric(id int, params []byte) error
 }
 
 type WebUIServer struct {