diff --git a/backend/agents/otel-tracing.js b/backend/agents/otel-tracing.js
index 1afb8232..2c8481bb 100644
--- a/backend/agents/otel-tracing.js
+++ b/backend/agents/otel-tracing.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const {
 diag.setLogger(new DiagConsoleLogger(), DiagLogLevel.WARN);
 
 console.log("Starting OpenTelemetry Node SDK");
+console.log("OTEL_SDK_DISABLED: " + process.env.OTEL_SDK_DISABLED);
 console.log("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: " + process.env.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT);
 console.log("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS: " + process.env.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS);
 console.log("OTEL_SERVICE_NAME: " + process.env.OTEL_SERVICE_NAME);
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c96b4bde..9256bc66 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ services:
       - OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
       - OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS
       - OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
+      - OTEL_SDK_DISABLED
       - MONGO_HOST
       - MONGO_PORT
       - MONGO_USER
diff --git a/prod.env.example b/prod.env.example
index 24ddb026..851d69e5 100644
--- a/prod.env.example
+++ b/prod.env.example
@@ -23,4 +23,6 @@ export REACT_APP_ADMIN_SERVER="${PROTOCOL}admin.${DOMAIN_NAME}"
 export REACT_APP_COOKIE_DOMAIN=".${DOMAIN_NAME}"
 export REACT_APP_GOOGLE_ANALYTICS=""
 
+export OTEL_SDK_DISABLED=true
+
 
diff --git a/test.env.example b/test.env.example
index e740fb60..e0b89491 100644
--- a/test.env.example
+++ b/test.env.example
@@ -22,3 +22,5 @@ export REACT_APP_ACCOUNT_SERVER="${PROTOCOL}account.${DOMAIN_NAME}"
 export REACT_APP_ADMIN_SERVER="${PROTOCOL}admin.${DOMAIN_NAME}"
 export REACT_APP_COOKIE_DOMAIN=".${DOMAIN_NAME}"
 
+export OTEL_SDK_DISABLED=true
+