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diff --git a/‎Prometheus.AspNetCore.HealthChecks/PrometheusHealthCheckPublisher.cs
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diff --git a/‎Prometheus.AspNetCore.HealthChecks/PrometheusHealthCheckPublisherOptions.cs
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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ internal sealed class PrometheusHealthCheckPublisher : IHealthCheckPublisher
 
     public PrometheusHealthCheckPublisher(PrometheusHealthCheckPublisherOptions? options)
     {
-        _checkStatus = options?.Gauge ?? new PrometheusHealthCheckPublisherOptions().Gauge;
+        _checkStatus = options?.Gauge ?? new PrometheusHealthCheckPublisherOptions().GetDefaultGauge();
     }
 
     public Task PublishAsync(HealthReport report, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
 
@@ -5,5 +5,10 @@ public sealed class PrometheusHealthCheckPublisherOptions
     private const string DefaultName = "aspnetcore_healthcheck_status";
     private const string DefaultHelp = "ASP.NET Core health check status (0 == Unhealthy, 0.5 == Degraded, 1 == Healthy)";
 
-    public Gauge Gauge { get; set; } = Metrics.CreateGauge(DefaultName, DefaultHelp, labelNames: ["name"]);
+    public Gauge? Gauge { get; set; }    
+
+    public Gauge GetDefaultGauge()
+    {
+        return Metrics.CreateGauge(DefaultName, DefaultHelp, labelNames: new[] { "name" });
+    }
 }
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`@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ internal sealed class PrometheusHealthCheckPublisher : IHealthCheckPublisher`
`11`	`11`
`12`	`12`	`public PrometheusHealthCheckPublisher(PrometheusHealthCheckPublisherOptions? options)`
`13`	`13`	`{`
`14`		`- _checkStatus = options?.Gauge ?? new PrometheusHealthCheckPublisherOptions().Gauge;`
	`14`	`+ _checkStatus = options?.Gauge ?? new PrometheusHealthCheckPublisherOptions().GetDefaultGauge();`
`15`	`15`	`}`
`16`	`16`
`17`	`17`	`public Task PublishAsync(HealthReport report, CancellationToken cancellationToken)`