diff --git a/metrics.go b/metrics.go
index 4db7271..179978f 100644
--- a/metrics.go
+++ b/metrics.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ var (
 	bytesRcvdDesc *prometheus.Desc
 )
 
+const collectFrequency = 10 * time.Second
+
 var collector *aggregatingCollector
 
 func init() {
@@ -52,18 +54,21 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 type aggregatingCollector struct {
-	mutex sync.Mutex
+	cronOnce sync.Once
 
-	highestID     uint64
-	conns         map[uint64] /* id */ *tracingConn
-	rtts          prometheus.Histogram
-	connDurations prometheus.Histogram
+	mutex                sync.Mutex
+	highestID            uint64
+	conns                map[uint64] /* id */ *tracingConn
+	rtts                 prometheus.Histogram
+	connDurations        prometheus.Histogram
+	segsSent, segsRcvd   uint64
+	bytesSent, bytesRcvd uint64
 }
 
 var _ prometheus.Collector = &aggregatingCollector{}
 
 func newAggregatingCollector() *aggregatingCollector {
-	return &aggregatingCollector{
+	c := &aggregatingCollector{
 		conns: make(map[uint64]*tracingConn),
 		rtts: prometheus.NewHistogram(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
 			Name:    "tcp_rtt",
@@ -76,6 +81,7 @@ func newAggregatingCollector() *aggregatingCollector {
 			Buckets: prometheus.ExponentialBuckets(1, 1.5, 40), // 1s to ~12 weeks
 		}),
 	}
+	return c
 }
 
 func (c *aggregatingCollector) AddConn(t *tracingConn) uint64 {
@@ -103,45 +109,64 @@ func (c *aggregatingCollector) Describe(descs chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *aggregatingCollector) Collect(metrics chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
-	now := time.Now()
+func (c *aggregatingCollector) cron() {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(collectFrequency)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+
+	for now := range ticker.C {
+		c.gatherMetrics(now)
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *aggregatingCollector) gatherMetrics(now time.Time) {
 	c.mutex.Lock()
-	var segsSent, segsRcvd uint64
-	var bytesSent, bytesRcvd uint64
+	defer c.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	c.segsSent = 0
+	c.segsRcvd = 0
+	c.bytesSent = 0
+	c.bytesRcvd = 0
 	for _, conn := range c.conns {
 		info, err := conn.getTCPInfo()
 		if err != nil {
 			if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "use of closed network connection") {
-				c.closedConn(conn)
 				continue
 			}
 			log.Errorf("Failed to get TCP info: %s", err)
 			continue
 		}
 		if hasSegmentCounter {
-			segsSent += getSegmentsSent(info)
-			segsRcvd += getSegmentsRcvd(info)
+			c.segsSent += getSegmentsSent(info)
+			c.segsRcvd += getSegmentsRcvd(info)
 		}
 		if hasByteCounter {
-			bytesSent += getBytesSent(info)
-			bytesRcvd += getBytesRcvd(info)
+			c.bytesSent += getBytesSent(info)
+			c.bytesRcvd += getBytesRcvd(info)
 		}
 		c.rtts.Observe(info.RTT.Seconds())
 		c.connDurations.Observe(now.Sub(conn.startTime).Seconds())
-		if info.State == tcpinfo.Closed {
-			c.closedConn(conn)
-		}
 	}
-	c.mutex.Unlock()
+}
+
+func (c *aggregatingCollector) Collect(metrics chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
+	// Start collecting the metrics collection the first time Collect is called.
+	c.cronOnce.Do(func() {
+		c.gatherMetrics(time.Now())
+		go c.cron()
+	})
+
+	c.mutex.Lock()
+	defer c.mutex.Unlock()
+
 	metrics <- c.rtts
 	metrics <- c.connDurations
 	if hasSegmentCounter {
-		segsSentMetric, err := prometheus.NewConstMetric(segsSentDesc, prometheus.CounterValue, float64(segsSent))
+		segsSentMetric, err := prometheus.NewConstMetric(segsSentDesc, prometheus.CounterValue, float64(c.segsSent))
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("creating tcp_sent_segments_total metric failed: %v", err)
 			return
 		}
-		segsRcvdMetric, err := prometheus.NewConstMetric(segsRcvdDesc, prometheus.CounterValue, float64(segsRcvd))
+		segsRcvdMetric, err := prometheus.NewConstMetric(segsRcvdDesc, prometheus.CounterValue, float64(c.segsRcvd))
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("creating tcp_rcvd_segments_total metric failed: %v", err)
 			return
@@ -150,12 +175,12 @@ func (c *aggregatingCollector) Collect(metrics chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 		metrics <- segsRcvdMetric
 	}
 	if hasByteCounter {
-		bytesSentMetric, err := prometheus.NewConstMetric(bytesSentDesc, prometheus.CounterValue, float64(bytesSent))
+		bytesSentMetric, err := prometheus.NewConstMetric(bytesSentDesc, prometheus.CounterValue, float64(c.bytesSent))
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("creating tcp_sent_bytes metric failed: %v", err)
 			return
 		}
-		bytesRcvdMetric, err := prometheus.NewConstMetric(bytesRcvdDesc, prometheus.CounterValue, float64(bytesRcvd))
+		bytesRcvdMetric, err := prometheus.NewConstMetric(bytesRcvdDesc, prometheus.CounterValue, float64(c.bytesRcvd))
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("creating tcp_rcvd_bytes metric failed: %v", err)
 			return
@@ -165,9 +190,11 @@ func (c *aggregatingCollector) Collect(metrics chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *aggregatingCollector) closedConn(conn *tracingConn) {
+func (c *aggregatingCollector) ClosedConn(conn *tracingConn, direction string) {
+	c.mutex.Lock()
 	collector.removeConn(conn.id)
-	closedConns.WithLabelValues(conn.getDirection()).Inc()
+	c.mutex.Unlock()
+	closedConns.WithLabelValues(direction).Inc()
 }
 
 type tracingConn struct {
@@ -204,6 +231,7 @@ func (c *tracingConn) getDirection() string {
 }
 
 func (c *tracingConn) Close() error {
+	collector.ClosedConn(c, c.getDirection())
 	return c.Conn.Close()
 }