diff --git a/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/ocr/v1/server/tracing/OpenTelemetryConfig.java b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/ocr/v1/server/tracing/OpenTelemetryConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6ea3c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/ocr/v1/server/tracing/OpenTelemetryConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.ocr.v1.server.tracing;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Tracer;
+import io.opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.trace.OtlpGrpcSpanExporter;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.OpenTelemetrySdk;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkTracerProvider;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.BatchSpanProcessor;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.SpanExporter;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.samplers.Sampler;
+
+@Configuration
+public class OpenTelemetryConfig {
+
+    @Value("${management.otlp.tracing.endpoint}")
+    private String otlpEndpoint;
+
+    @Value("${management.tracing.sampling.probability}")
+    private double samplingProbability;
+
+    @Value("${management.tracing.enabled}")
+    private boolean tracingEnabled;
+
+
+    @Bean
+    public OpenTelemetry openTelemetry() {
+
+        if (!tracingEnabled) {
+            return OpenTelemetry.noop();
+        }
+
+        SpanExporter otlpExporter = OtlpGrpcSpanExporter.builder().setEndpoint(otlpEndpoint).build();
+
+        SpanExporter safeExporter = new SafeSpanExporter(otlpExporter);
+
+        SdkTracerProvider tracerProvider = SdkTracerProvider.builder()
+                .setSampler(Sampler.traceIdRatioBased(samplingProbability))
+                .addSpanProcessor(BatchSpanProcessor.builder(safeExporter).build())
+                .build();
+
+        return OpenTelemetrySdk.builder().setTracerProvider(tracerProvider).build();
+    }
+
+
+    @Bean
+    public Tracer tracer(OpenTelemetry openTelemetry) {
+
+        return openTelemetry.getTracer("com.knecon.fforesight.service.ocr.v1.server.Application");
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/ocr/v1/server/tracing/SafeSpanExporter.java b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/ocr/v1/server/tracing/SafeSpanExporter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5da21a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/ocr/v1/server/tracing/SafeSpanExporter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package com.knecon.fforesight.service.ocr.v1.server.tracing;
+
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.CompletableResultCode;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.data.SpanData;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.SpanExporter;
+
+public class SafeSpanExporter implements SpanExporter {
+
+    private final SpanExporter delegate;
+    private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(SafeSpanExporter.class.getName());
+
+
+    public SafeSpanExporter(SpanExporter delegate) {
+
+        this.delegate = delegate;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableResultCode export(Collection<SpanData> spans) {
+
+        try {
+            return delegate.export(spans);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            if (isDnsResolutionError(e)) {
+                logger.log(Level.WARNING, "DNS resolution error, skipping tracing export.", e);
+                return CompletableResultCode.ofSuccess();
+            } else {
+                return CompletableResultCode.ofFailure();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private boolean isDnsResolutionError(Exception e) {
+
+        return e.getCause() instanceof UnknownHostException;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableResultCode flush() {
+
+        return delegate.flush();
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public CompletableResultCode shutdown() {
+
+        return delegate.shutdown();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server/src/main/resources/application.yml b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 33ff53e..f00ab0c 100644
--- a/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -60,3 +60,8 @@ pdftron.license: ${PDFTRON_LICENSE}
 
 ocrService:
   sendStatusUpdates: true
+
+logging:
+  level:
+    okhttp3: DEBUG
+    okhttp3.internal.http: DEBUG
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