diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c28797d..ee6164b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "grafana-chartwerk-panel",
-  "version": "0.4.1",
+  "version": "0.4.2",
   "description": "Chartwerk Panel",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "grafana-toolkit plugin:build",
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   "author": "CorpGlory Inc.",
   "license": "GPL V3",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@chartwerk/gauge-pod": "0.4.1",
+    "@chartwerk/gauge-pod": "0.6.2",
     "@grafana/data": "latest",
     "@grafana/toolkit": "latest",
     "@grafana/ui": "latest",
diff --git a/src/components/Panel.tsx b/src/components/Panel.tsx
index 50213a2..ef72dd7 100644
--- a/src/components/Panel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Panel.tsx
@@ -16,12 +16,9 @@ import * as _ from 'lodash';
 interface Props extends PanelProps<PanelOptions> {}
 
 export function Panel({ options, data, width, height, timeZone, timeRange, onChangeTimeRange }: Props) {
-  console.log('options', options);
   const grafanaSeriesList = getGrafanaSeriesList(data, timeRange);
   const series = new Series(grafanaSeriesList, options.gauge.value).getChartwerkSeries();
-  console.log('series', series);
   const chartwerkOptions = new Options(grafanaSeriesList, options).getChartwerkOptions();
-
   let chartContainer = useRef(null);
   // we request animation frame here because we need an existing DOM-element at the moment we render the pod
   window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
diff --git a/src/models/series.ts b/src/models/series.ts
index 30a22cb..d426763 100644
--- a/src/models/series.ts
+++ b/src/models/series.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,14 @@ export class Series {
   private _seriesList;
   private _selectedSerieName;
 
-  constructor(grafanaSeriesList: any, private gaugeValueOptions: ValueOptions) {
+  constructor(grafanaSeriesList: any[], private gaugeValueOptions: ValueOptions) {
+    if (_.isEmpty(grafanaSeriesList)) {
+      throw new Error(`No metrics has been provided`);
+    }
     if (_.isEmpty(this.gaugeValueOptions?.metricName)) {
-      throw new Error(`Value: metric is not selected. [See options: Value -> Metric]`);
+      const serie = _.first(grafanaSeriesList);
+      this._seriesList = this._updateSeriesListWithChartwerkParams([serie]);
+      return;
     }
     this._selectedSerieName = this.gaugeValueOptions.metricName;
 
diff --git a/src/plugin.json b/src/plugin.json
index a5440c2..4a22419 100644
--- a/src/plugin.json
+++ b/src/plugin.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "updated": "%TODAY%"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "grafanaDependency": ">=7.0.0",
+    "grafanaDependency": ">=8.0.0",
     "plugins": []
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index acc72c5..40fb6fa 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -902,16 +902,20 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@braintree/sanitize-url/-/sanitize-url-6.0.0.tgz#fe364f025ba74f6de6c837a84ef44bdb1d61e68f"
   integrity sha512-mgmE7XBYY/21erpzhexk4Cj1cyTQ9LzvnTxtzM17BJ7ERMNE6W72mQRo0I1Ud8eFJ+RVVIcBNhLFZ3GX4XFz5w==
 
-"@chartwerk/core@github:chartwerk/core#a30ca83842247c79969deaaacfc7fb444a60cefb":
-  version "0.1.0"
-  resolved "https://codeload.github.com/chartwerk/core/tar.gz/a30ca83842247c79969deaaacfc7fb444a60cefb"
+"@chartwerk/core@latest":
+  version "0.6.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@chartwerk/core/-/core-0.6.9.tgz#9d63844b5935de8362f6f3440159d85040116c60"
+  integrity sha512-9vv1LDAoR64iS2Nxdc2YqCmWNEf3tC2bULk20K8KFA6oVQmA1imdgFJSUv4cvm7Y9VVtPxlL1wDzIjGiLzeVcw==
+  dependencies:
+    d3 "^5.7.2"
+    lodash "^4.14.149"
 
-"@chartwerk/gauge-pod@0.4.1":
-  version "0.4.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@chartwerk/gauge-pod/-/gauge-pod-0.4.1.tgz#ac346d777f72ec855e51f5f7c8c01e12a1e1cb5c"
-  integrity sha512-Ik6Dr4AJP/L+7YjZVJ9W19ujXXB5/b5A3Qxboi491hrXYlqMrfAx/LoyfDAtSEmGNhK5qpT8XLluzuHVcgTY4g==
+"@chartwerk/gauge-pod@0.6.2":
+  version "0.6.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@chartwerk/gauge-pod/-/gauge-pod-0.6.2.tgz#7725394cd65acaaaa81cabb93a0b03e146c10362"
+  integrity sha512-L26hsvHCJruxfIJjXBsgcw2vszKMcMYcsXLGLy9Gy02hETpHR1pTKosgXPEpQqvQBRz+5WX+aL3x6yao/Elg/Q==
   dependencies:
-    "@chartwerk/core" "github:chartwerk/core#a30ca83842247c79969deaaacfc7fb444a60cefb"
+    "@chartwerk/core" latest
 
 "@cnakazawa/watch@^1.0.3":
   version "1.0.4"
@@ -4811,6 +4815,43 @@ d3@5.15.0:
     d3-voronoi "1"
     d3-zoom "1"
 
+d3@^5.7.2:
+  version "5.16.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/d3/-/d3-5.16.0.tgz#9c5e8d3b56403c79d4ed42fbd62f6113f199c877"
+  integrity sha512-4PL5hHaHwX4m7Zr1UapXW23apo6pexCgdetdJ5kTmADpG/7T9Gkxw0M0tf/pjoB63ezCCm0u5UaFYy2aMt0Mcw==
+  dependencies:
+    d3-array "1"
+    d3-axis "1"
+    d3-brush "1"
+    d3-chord "1"
+    d3-collection "1"
+    d3-color "1"
+    d3-contour "1"
+    d3-dispatch "1"
+    d3-drag "1"
+    d3-dsv "1"
+    d3-ease "1"
+    d3-fetch "1"
+    d3-force "1"
+    d3-format "1"
+    d3-geo "1"
+    d3-hierarchy "1"
+    d3-interpolate "1"
+    d3-path "1"
+    d3-polygon "1"
+    d3-quadtree "1"
+    d3-random "1"
+    d3-scale "2"
+    d3-scale-chromatic "1"
+    d3-selection "1"
+    d3-shape "1"
+    d3-time "1"
+    d3-time-format "2"
+    d3-timer "1"
+    d3-transition "1"
+    d3-voronoi "1"
+    d3-zoom "1"
+
 dashdash@^1.12.0:
   version "1.14.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dashdash/-/dashdash-1.14.1.tgz#853cfa0f7cbe2fed5de20326b8dd581035f6e2f0"
@@ -8030,7 +8071,7 @@ lodash.uniq@^4.5.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.uniq/-/lodash.uniq-4.5.0.tgz#d0225373aeb652adc1bc82e4945339a842754773"
   integrity sha1-0CJTc662Uq3BvILklFM5qEJ1R3M=
 
-lodash@4.17.21, lodash@^4.1.1, lodash@^4.17.19, lodash@^4.17.20, lodash@^4.17.21, lodash@^4.17.3, lodash@^4.17.4, lodash@^4.17.5, lodash@^4.7.0:
+lodash@4.17.21, lodash@^4.1.1, lodash@^4.14.149, lodash@^4.17.19, lodash@^4.17.20, lodash@^4.17.21, lodash@^4.17.3, lodash@^4.17.4, lodash@^4.17.5, lodash@^4.7.0:
   version "4.17.21"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.21.tgz#679591c564c3bffaae8454cf0b3df370c3d6911c"
   integrity sha512-v2kDEe57lecTulaDIuNTPy3Ry4gLGJ6Z1O3vE1krgXZNrsQ+LFTGHVxVjcXPs17LhbZVGedAJv8XZ1tvj5FvSg==