diff --git a/apps/api/src/index.ts b/apps/api/src/index.ts
index 2579d4e..326728e 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/index.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ const HOST = process.env.HOST ?? "localhost";
 redisClient.connect();
 
 // HyperDX OpenTelemetry
-initSDK({ consoleCapture: true, additionalInstrumentations: []});
+if(process.env.ENV === 'production') {
+  initSDK({ consoleCapture: true, additionalInstrumentations: []});
+}
 
 
 export function startServer(port = DEFAULT_PORT) {
diff --git a/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts b/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts
index 065f6d7..6772c57 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import { callWebhook } from "./webhook";
 import { logJob } from "./logging/log_job";
 import { initSDK } from '@hyperdx/node-opentelemetry';
 
-initSDK({ consoleCapture: true, additionalInstrumentations: []});
+if(process.env.ENV === 'production') {
+  initSDK({ consoleCapture: true, additionalInstrumentations: []});
+}
 
 getWebScraperQueue().process(
   Math.floor(Number(process.env.NUM_WORKERS_PER_QUEUE ?? 8)),