diff --git a/exporter/cortexexporter/config.go b/exporter/cortexexporter/config.go
index 6afe2a0077c..d78eba3d875 100644
--- a/exporter/cortexexporter/config.go
+++ b/exporter/cortexexporter/config.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings `mapstructure:",squash"` // squash ensures fields are correctly decoded in embedded struct.
 	exporterhelper.QueueSettings   `mapstructure:"sending_queue"`
 	exporterhelper.RetrySettings   `mapstructure:"retry_on_failure"`
-
 	// Namespace if set, exports metrics under the provided value.
 	Namespace string `mapstructure:"namespace"`
 
diff --git a/exporter/cortexexporter/cortex.go b/exporter/cortexexporter/cortex.go
index d896b93daca..1fb789ada5f 100644
--- a/exporter/cortexexporter/cortex.go
+++ b/exporter/cortexexporter/cortex.go
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ import (
 	otlp "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/data/opentelemetry-proto-gen/metrics/v1"
 
 )
-
+// TODO: get default labels such as job or instance from Resource
 type cortexExporter struct {
 	namespace 	string
 	endpoint  	string
 	client    	*http.Client
+	headers		map[string]string
 	wg		  	*sync.WaitGroup
 	closeChan	chan struct{}
 }
diff --git a/exporter/cortexexporter/cortex_test.go b/exporter/cortexexporter/cortex_test.go
index cc6cd1538f2..f381c1935b8 100644
--- a/exporter/cortexexporter/cortex_test.go
+++ b/exporter/cortexexporter/cortex_test.go
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ import (
 	// "github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-// TODO: try to run  Test_PushMetrics after export is in
+// TODO: try to run Test_PushMetrics after export() is in
 // TODO: add bucket and histogram test cases for Test_PushMetrics
+// TODO: check that NoError instead of NoNil is used at the right places
 
 //return false if descriptor type is nil
 func Test_validateMetrics(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/exporter/cortexexporter/testdata/config.yaml b/exporter/cortexexporter/testdata/config.yaml
index 63e8eaa7184..765d4185d27 100644
--- a/exporter/cortexexporter/testdata/config.yaml
+++ b/exporter/cortexexporter/testdata/config.yaml
@@ -12,38 +12,31 @@ exporters:
             Prometheus-Remote-Write-Version: "0.1.0"
             Tenant-id: 234
             another: "somevalue"
+
+        namespace: ""
+
         #A lot of this will be rewritten
         timeout: 10s
         reconnection_delay: 15
         compression: "on"
-        num_workers: 4
-        namespace: "prefix"
-        const_labels:
-            label1: value1
-            label2: value2
+
+
         basic_auth: #Nope
             username: "username"
             password: "1234"
             password_file: "yes"
         http_config:
             # CA certificate to validate API server certificate with.
-            http_endpoint: "localhost:8888"
+            endpoint: "localhost:8888"
             tls_config:
                 ca_file: /var/lib/mycert.pem
-            read_buffer:
-            
-            write_buffer: 
+                read_buffer_size:
+                write_buffer:
+                timeout: 5s
                 
             # ServerName extension to indicate the name of the server.
             # https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4366#section-3.
-            
-
-
-        
-        
-        
-    
-    service:
+service:
         pipelines:
         traces:
             receivers: [examplereceiver]