diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8ed2c13..5694a6b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@
     "@biothings-explorer/utils": "workspace:../utils",
     "@bull-board/api": "^5.9.1",
     "@bull-board/express": "^5.9.1",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.7.0",
+    "@opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node": "^0.40.2",
+    "@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-proto": "^0.45.1",
+    "@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-proto": "^0.45.1",
+    "@opentelemetry/resources": "^1.18.1",
+    "@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics": "^1.18.1",
+    "@opentelemetry/sdk-node": "^0.45.1",
+    "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node": "^1.18.1",
     "@sentry/node": "^7.74.1",
     "@sentry/profiling-node": "^1.2.1",
     "axios": "^0.27.2",
diff --git a/src/config/index.js b/src/config/index.js
index ba2b7ad..b7b8a21 100644
--- a/src/config/index.js
+++ b/src/config/index.js
@@ -122,4 +122,8 @@ module.exports = class Config {
       debug(error);
     }
   }
+
+  setOpenTel() {
+    
+  }
 };
diff --git a/src/controllers/opentelemetry.js b/src/controllers/opentelemetry.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86602ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/controllers/opentelemetry.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*instrumentation.js*/
+const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-node');
+const {
+  getNodeAutoInstrumentations,
+} = require('@opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node');
+const {
+  OTLPTraceExporter,
+} = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-proto');
+const {
+  OTLPMetricExporter,
+} = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-proto');
+const { PeriodicExportingMetricReader, ConsoleMetricExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics');
+const { Resource } = require('@opentelemetry/resources')
+const { ConsoleSpanExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node');
+
+const sdk = new opentelemetry.NodeSDK({
+  traceExporter: new OTLPTraceExporter({
+    url: process.env.JAEGER_URL ?? 'http://localhost:4318/v1/traces',
+    // optional - collection of custom headers to be sent with each request, empty by default
+    headers: {},
+  }),
+  metricReader: new PeriodicExportingMetricReader({
+    exporter: new OTLPMetricExporter({
+      url: process.env.JAEGER_URL ?? 'http://localhost:4318/v1/traces',
+      headers: {}, // an optional object containing custom headers to be sent with each request
+      concurrencyLimit: 1, // an optional limit on pending requests
+    }),
+  }),
+  instrumentations: [getNodeAutoInstrumentations()],
+  resource: new Resource({
+    "service.name": "biothings-explorer"
+  })
+});
+sdk.start();
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