diff --git a/src/lumigo_opentelemetry/instrumentations/__init__.py b/src/lumigo_opentelemetry/instrumentations/__init__.py
index 393d2a35..3f173d08 100644
--- a/src/lumigo_opentelemetry/instrumentations/__init__.py
+++ b/src/lumigo_opentelemetry/instrumentations/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def __init__(self, instrumentation_id: str):
 
     def is_applicable(self) -> bool:
         tracing_enabled = (
-            os.environ.get("LUMIGO_ENABLE_TRACES", "TRUE").upper() == "TRUE"
+            os.environ.get("LUMIGO_ENABLE_TRACES", "true").lower() == "true"
         )
         if not tracing_enabled:
             return False