diff --git a/src/main/cluster.ts b/src/main/cluster.ts
index 043e4c5b99..d57919fbba 100644
--- a/src/main/cluster.ts
+++ b/src/main/cluster.ts
@@ -503,13 +503,22 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel, ClusterState {
     return url;
   }
 
-  protected k8sRequest<T = any>(url: URL, options: OptionsOfJSONResponseBody = {}): Promise<T> {
+  protected async k8sRequest<T = any>(url: URL, options: OptionsOfJSONResponseBody = {}): Promise<T> {
     options.timeout ??= 5000;
     options.headers ??= {};
     options.headers["content-type"] ??= "application/json";
     options.headers.host ??= `${this.id}.${this.kubeProxyUrl.host}`; // required in ClusterManager.getClusterForRequest()
 
-    return got<T>(url, options).json();
+    try {
+      console.log(url, options);
+      const res = await got<T>(url, options);
+
+      return JSON.parse(String(res.body));
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.error(`[REQUEST]: failed to get ${url}`, { error });
+
+      throw error;
+    }
   }
 
   getMetrics(prometheusPath: string, searchParams: Record<string, any>) {
@@ -517,7 +526,7 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel, ClusterState {
     const metricsPath = `/api/v1/namespaces/${prometheusPath}/proxy${prometheusPrefix}/api/v1/query_range`;
 
     return this.k8sRequest(this.getUrlTo(metricsPath), {
-      timeout: 0,
+      timeout: 10000,
       method: "POST",
       form: searchParams,
     });
diff --git a/src/main/routes/metrics-route.ts b/src/main/routes/metrics-route.ts
index b5d90d183e..cc660b0f48 100644
--- a/src/main/routes/metrics-route.ts
+++ b/src/main/routes/metrics-route.ts
@@ -1,45 +1,23 @@
-import _ from "lodash";
 import { LensApiRequest } from "../router";
 import { LensApi } from "../lens-api";
 import { Cluster, ClusterMetadataKey } from "../cluster";
 import { ClusterPrometheusMetadata } from "../../common/cluster-store";
-import logger from "../logger";
 import { PrometheusQueryKey } from "../prometheus/provider-registry";
+import logger from "../logger";
 
 export interface MetricsQuery {
   [metricName: string]: string;
 }
 
-function delay(ms: number) {
-  return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
-}
-
-// This is used for backoff retry tracking.
-const MAX_ATTEMPTS = 5;
-const ATTEMPTS = [...(_.fill(Array(MAX_ATTEMPTS - 1), false)), true];
-
 // prometheus metrics loader
 async function loadMetrics(promQueries: string[], cluster: Cluster, prometheusPath: string, queryParams: Record<string, string>): Promise<any[]> {
   const queries = promQueries.map(p => p.trim());
   const loaders = new Map<string, Promise<any>>();
 
   async function loadMetric(query: string): Promise<any> {
-    async function loadMetricHelper(): Promise<any> {
-      for (const [attempt, lastAttempt] of ATTEMPTS.entries()) { // retry
-        try {
-          return await cluster.getMetrics(prometheusPath, { query, ...queryParams });
-        } catch (error) {
-          if (lastAttempt || (error?.statusCode >= 400 && error?.statusCode < 500)) {
-            logger.error("[Metrics]: metrics not available", { error });
-            throw new Error("Metrics not available");
-          }
+    const searchParams = { query, ...queryParams };
 
-          await delay((attempt + 1) * 1000); // add delay before repeating request
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    return loaders.get(query) ?? loaders.set(query, loadMetricHelper()).get(query);
+    return loaders.get(query) ?? loaders.set(query, cluster.getMetrics(prometheusPath, { searchParams, retry: 5 })).get(query);
   }
 
   return Promise.all(queries.map(loadMetric));
@@ -90,7 +68,9 @@ class MetricsRoute extends LensApi {
         this.respondJson(response, data);
       }
       prometheusMetadata.success = true;
-    } catch {
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.error("[METRICS]: failed to load metrics", { error });
+
       prometheusMetadata.success = false;
       this.respondJson(response, {});
     } finally {