diff --git a/apiserver/plane/settings/common.py b/apiserver/plane/settings/common.py
index 1b878e6b8d..a7096ef2a9 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/settings/common.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/settings/common.py
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get("SECRET_KEY", get_random_secret_key())
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = int(os.environ.get("DEBUG", "0"))
 
-# Initialize Django instrumentation
-DjangoInstrumentor().instrument()
 # Configure the tracer provider
 service_name = os.environ.get("SERVICE_NAME", "plane-ce-api")
 resource = Resource.create({"service.name": service_name})
@@ -46,6 +44,8 @@ otel_endpoint = os.environ.get("OTLP_ENDPOINT", "https://telemetry.plane.so")
 otlp_exporter = OTLPSpanExporter(endpoint=otel_endpoint)
 span_processor = BatchSpanProcessor(otlp_exporter)
 trace.get_tracer_provider().add_span_processor(span_processor)
+# Initialize Django instrumentation
+DjangoInstrumentor().instrument()
 
 
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