diff --git a/templates/410_process-ngcp.yaml.tt2 b/templates/410_process-ngcp.yaml.tt2
index 39b175f..6e21d9d 100644
--- a/templates/410_process-ngcp.yaml.tt2
+++ b/templates/410_process-ngcp.yaml.tt2
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ process:
     running: [% monitoring.backend == 'influxdb' || monitoring.influxdb_migrated == 'no' ? 'true' : 'false' %]
 
   prometheus:
-    running: [% monitoring.backend == 'prometheus' ? 'true' : 'false' %]
+    running: [% monitoring.backend == 'prometheus' && monitoring.prometheus_server == 'prometheus' ? 'true' : 'false' %]
 
   # We have to use a truncated process name because that's the COMM limit
   # on Linux (15 characters). Real name: prometheus-mysqld-exporter.
@@ -128,4 +128,4 @@ process:
   # We have to use a truncated process name because that's the COMM limit
   # on Linux (15 characters). Real name: victoria-metrics.
   victoria-metric:
-    running: [% monitoring.backend == 'prometheus' && is_mgmt ? 'true' : 'false' %]
+    running: [% monitoring.backend == 'prometheus' && monitoring.prometheus_server == 'victoria-metrics' && is_mgmt ? 'true' : 'false' %]
diff --git a/templates/500_init-daemons-dabian.yaml.tt2 b/templates/500_init-daemons-dabian.yaml.tt2
index 54c0cfb..0ba4a07 100644
--- a/templates/500_init-daemons-dabian.yaml.tt2
+++ b/templates/500_init-daemons-dabian.yaml.tt2
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ service:
     running: true
 
   prometheus.service:
-    enabled: [% monitoring.backend == 'prometheus' ? 'true' : 'false' %]
-    running: [% monitoring.backend == 'prometheus' ? 'true' : 'false' %]
+    enabled: [% monitoring.backend == 'prometheus' && monitoring.prometheus_server == 'prometheus' ? 'true' : 'false' %]
+    running: [% monitoring.backend == 'prometheus' && monitoring.prometheus_server == 'prometheus' ? 'true' : 'false' %]
 
   prometheus-mysqld-exporter.service:
     enabled: [% monitoring.backend == 'prometheus' ? 'true' : 'false' %]
@@ -96,5 +96,5 @@ service:
     running: [% monitoring.backend == 'influxdb' ? 'true' : 'false' %]
 
   victoria-metrics.service:
-    enabled: [% monitoring.backend == 'prometheus' && is_mgmt ? 'true' : 'false' %]
-    running: [% monitoring.backend == 'prometheus' && is_mgmt ? 'true' : 'false' %]
+    enabled: [% monitoring.backend == 'prometheus' && monitoring.prometheus_server == 'victoria-metrics' && is_mgmt ? 'true' : 'false' %]
+    running: [% monitoring.backend == 'prometheus' && monitoring.prometheus_server == 'victoria-metrics' && is_mgmt ? 'true' : 'false' %]