diff --git a/hercules.yml b/hercules.yml
index d2f568d..5d56272 100644
--- a/hercules.yml
+++ b/hercules.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ debug: false
 port: 9100
 
 globalLabels:
-  - cell: ausw1
-  - env: dev
+  - cell: ausw1 # Inject prometheus labels from config
+  - env: $ENV # Inject prometheus labels from env var
 
 packages:
   - location: hercules-packages/snowflake/performance/1.0.yml
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index a2f3655..11ec849 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (c *Config) InstanceLabels() labels.GlobalLabels {
 	globalLabels := labels.GlobalLabels{}
 	globalLabels[HERCULES_NAME_LABEL] = c.Name
 	for k, v := range c.GlobalLabels {
-		globalLabels[k] = v
+		globalLabels[k] = labels.InjectLabelFromEnv(v)
 	}
 	return globalLabels
 }
diff --git a/pkg/labels/labels.go b/pkg/labels/labels.go
index c9dac7f..0fd7054 100644
--- a/pkg/labels/labels.go
+++ b/pkg/labels/labels.go
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 package labels
 
-import "maps"
+import (
+	"maps"
+	"os"
+)
 
 type GlobalLabels map[string]string
 
+func InjectLabelFromEnv(labelVal string) string {
+	if string(labelVal[0]) == "$" {
+		return os.Getenv(string(labelVal[1:]))
+	}
+	return labelVal
+}
+
 func (l GlobalLabels) LabelNames() []string {
 	var labelNames []string
 	for k := range l {