diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index decb5a8..c964225 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ### Custom ###
 
-# manual
-cmd/otelgen/otelgen
+/otelgen
 
 # goreleaser
 dist/
diff --git a/internal/cli/metrics_root.go b/internal/cli/metrics_root.go
index 0f4c706..5459728 100644
--- a/internal/cli/metrics_root.go
+++ b/internal/cli/metrics_root.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func createExporter(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Context, grpcExpOpt []otlpmetric
 
 	if c.String("protocol") == "http" {
 		logger.Info("starting HTTP exporter")
-		exp, err = NewMetricExporter(ctx, "grpc", httpExpOpt)
+		exp, err = NewMetricExporter(ctx, "http", httpExpOpt)
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Fatal("failed to create HTTP exporter: %v", zap.Error(err))
 		}