diff --git a/layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-server/build.gradle.kts b/layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-server/build.gradle.kts
index 2ff77ea..df95c3c 100644
--- a/layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-server/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-server/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.gradle.tasks.bundling.BootBuildImage
 plugins {
     application
     id("com.knecon.fforesight.java-conventions")
-    id("org.springframework.boot") version "3.1.3"
+    id("org.springframework.boot") version "3.1.5"
     id("io.spring.dependency-management") version "1.1.3"
     id("org.sonarqube") version "4.3.0.3225"
     id("io.freefair.lombok") version "8.2.2"
@@ -12,8 +12,18 @@ plugins {
 
 description = "layoutparser-service-server"
 
+configurations {
+    all {
+        exclude(group = "commons-logging", module = "commons-logging")
+        exclude(group = "org.springframework.boot", module = "spring-boot-starter-log4j2")
+        exclude(group = "com.iqser.red.commons", module = "logging-commons")
+    }
+}
+
+
 val jacksonVersion = "2.15.2"
 val pdfBoxVersion = "3.0.0"
+val springBootStarterVersion = "3.1.5"
 
 dependencies {
     implementation(project(":layoutparser-service-processor"))
@@ -21,22 +31,24 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation("com.iqser.red.commons:storage-commons:2.45.0")
     implementation("com.knecon.fforesight:tenant-commons:0.14.0")
-    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator:3.1.3")
+    implementation("com.knecon.fforesight:tracing:0.5.0")
+    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator:${springBootStarterVersion}")
+    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-amqp:${springBootStarterVersion}")
     implementation("com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-s3:1.12.536")
-    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-amqp:3.1.3")
     implementation("org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-openfeign:4.0.4")
+    implementation("net.logstash.logback:logstash-logback-encoder:7.4")
 
     // for integration testing only
     testImplementation(project(":layoutparser-service-internal-api"))
 
-    testImplementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-amqp:3.1.3")
+    testImplementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-amqp:${springBootStarterVersion}")
+    testImplementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:${springBootStarterVersion}")
     testImplementation("com.iqser.red.service:persistence-service-shared-api-v1:2.144.0")
     testImplementation("com.iqser.red.commons:jackson-commons:1.3.0")
     testImplementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-afterburner:${jacksonVersion}")
     testImplementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:${jacksonVersion}")
     testImplementation("org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:${pdfBoxVersion}")
     testImplementation("org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-tools:${pdfBoxVersion}")
-    testImplementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.1.3")
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-server/src/main/resources/application.yml b/layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-server/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 15607e5..deaab33 100644
--- a/layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-server/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-server/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,19 @@ tenant-user-management-service.url: "http://tenant-user-management-service:8080/
 
 fforesight.tenants.remote: true
 
+logging.pattern.level: "%5p [${spring.application.name},%X{traceId:-},%X{spanId:-}]"
+
+logging.type: ${LOGGING_TYPE:CONSOLE}
+kubernetes.namespace: ${NAMESPACE:default}
+project.version: 1.0-SNAPSHOT
+
+
 server:
   port: 8080
 
 spring:
+  application:
+    name: layoutparser-service
   main:
     allow-circular-references: true # FIXME
   rabbitmq:
@@ -32,6 +41,13 @@ management:
     prometheus.enabled: ${monitoring.enabled:false}
     health.enabled: true
   endpoints.web.exposure.include: prometheus, health
+  tracing:
+    enabled: ${TRACING_ENABLED:false}
+    sampling:
+      probability: ${TRACING_PROBABILITY:1.0}
+  otlp:
+    tracing:
+      endpoint: ${OTLP_ENDPOINT:http://otel-collector-opentelemetry-collector.otel-collector:4318/v1/traces}
 
 
 storage:
diff --git a/layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-server/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-server/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c36f74e..0000000
--- a/layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-server/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Configuration status="INFO">
-    <Properties>
-        <property name="logType">${env:LOGGING_TYPE}</property>
-    </Properties>
-    <Appenders>
-        <Console name="json" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
-            <JSONLayout compact="true" eventEol="true" properties="true" stacktraceAsString="true"
-                        includeTimeMillis="true">
-
-                <KeyValuePair key="version" value="${project.version}"/>
-            </JSONLayout>
-        </Console>
-        <Console name="console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
-            <PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n " />
-        </Console>
-    </Appenders>
-    <Loggers>
-        <Root level="info">
-            <AppenderRef ref="${logType}"/>
-        </Root>
-    </Loggers>
-</Configuration>
diff --git a/layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-server/src/main/resources/logback-spring.xml b/layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-server/src/main/resources/logback-spring.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33b2cef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layoutparser-service/layoutparser-service-server/src/main/resources/logback-spring.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<configuration>
+
+    <springProperty scope="configuration" name="logType" source="logging.type"/>
+    <springProperty scope="context" name="application.name" source="spring.application.name"/>
+    <springProperty scope="context" name="version" source="project.version"/>
+    <include resource="org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/defaults.xml"/>
+    <include resource="org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/console-appender.xml"/>
+
+    <appender name="JSON" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder class="net.logstash.logback.encoder.LogstashEncoder"/>
+    </appender>
+
+    <root level="INFO">
+        <appender-ref ref="${logType}"/>
+    </root>
+
+</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/publish-custom-image.sh b/publish-custom-image.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755