diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 2bce7d8..e092f31 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"flag"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
-	stdout "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
 	"io"
 	"log"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/strimzi/strimzi-canary/internal/servers"
 	"github.com/strimzi/strimzi-canary/internal/services"
 	"github.com/strimzi/strimzi-canary/internal/workers"
+	_ "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -43,12 +45,14 @@ var (
 var saramaLogger = log.New(io.Discard, "[Sarama] ", log.LstdFlags)
 
 func InitTracer() *sdktrace.TracerProvider {
-	exporter, err := stdout.New(stdout.WithPrettyPrint())
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	resources, _ := resource.New(context.Background(),
+		resource.WithFromEnv(), // pull attributes from OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES and OTEL_SERVICE_NAME environment variables
+		resource.WithProcess(), // This option configures a set of Detectors that discover process information
+	)
+	//Could not use OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/issues/2310
+	exporter, _ := jaeger.New(jaeger.WithAgentEndpoint()) //from env variable https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/tree/main/exporters/jaeger#environment-variables
 	tp := sdktrace.NewTracerProvider(
-		sdktrace.WithSampler(sdktrace.AlwaysSample()),
+		sdktrace.WithResource(resources),
 		sdktrace.WithBatcher(exporter),
 	)
 	otel.SetTracerProvider(tp)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 768543f..514b57e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/xdg-go/scram v1.1.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/Shopify/sarama/otelsarama v0.32.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.7.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.7.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger v1.7.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.7.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.7.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e54d244..c92be1a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ github.com/streadway/amqp v0.0.0-20190404075320-75d898a42a94/go.mod h1:AZpEONHx3
 github.com/streadway/amqp v0.0.0-20190827072141-edfb9018d271/go.mod h1:AZpEONHx3DKn8O/DFsRAY58/XVQiIPMTMB1SddzLXVw=
 github.com/streadway/handy v0.0.0-20190108123426-d5acb3125c2a/go.mod h1:qNTQ5P5JnDBl6z3cMAg/SywNDC5ABu5ApDIw6lUbRmI=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1 h1:2vfRuCMp5sSVIDSqO8oNnWJq7mPa6KVP3iPIwFBuy8A=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
@@ -341,8 +342,8 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/Shopify/sarama/otelsarama
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/Shopify/sarama/otelsarama v0.32.0/go.mod h1:aRfbqd7HZ+/7C6hBUshSLSyOAae8OX5h1pScex2W5Ds=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.7.0 h1:Z2lA3Tdch0iDcrhJXDIlC94XE+bxok1F9B+4Lz/lGsM=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.7.0/go.mod h1:5BdUoMIz5WEs0vt0CUEMtSSaTSHBBVwrhnz7+nrD5xk=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.7.0 h1:8hPcgCg0rUJiKE6VWahRvjgLUrNl7rW2hffUEPKXVEM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.7.0/go.mod h1:K4GDXPY6TjUiwbOh+DkKaEdCF8y+lvMoM6SeAPyfCCM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger v1.7.0 h1:wXgjiRldljksZkZrldGVe6XrG9u3kYDyQmkZwmm5dI0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger v1.7.0/go.mod h1:PwQAOqBgqbLQRKlj466DuD2qyMjbtcPpfPfj+AqbSBs=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.7.0 h1:4OmStpcKVOfvDOgCt7UriAPtKolwIhxpnSNI/yK+1B0=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.7.0/go.mod h1:uTEOTwaqIVuTGiJN7ii13Ibp75wJmYUDe374q6cZwUU=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.7.0 h1:O37Iogk1lEkMRXewVtZ1BBTVn5JEp8GrJvP92bJqC6o=