diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e04b3e7..0e74c49 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -141,13 +141,7 @@ services:
       - ./scripts:/app/scripts
     environment:
       <<: *app-env
-      SERVICE_NAME: sanctions
-      OTEL_SERVICE_NAME: sanctions
       OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: https://otlp.vione.cloud
-      OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL: http/protobuf
-      OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER: otlp
-      OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER: none
-      OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER: none
     env_file:
       - .env.observability
     command: uvicorn services.sanctions.app:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8003 --reload --no-access-log
diff --git a/services/sanctions/app.py b/services/sanctions/app.py
index 147a05c..4407a4b 100644
--- a/services/sanctions/app.py
+++ b/services/sanctions/app.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import asyncio
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 from pydantic import BaseModel
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.fastapi import FastAPIInstrumentor
 
 from common.db import engine
 from common.logging_config import configure_logging
@@ -16,6 +17,11 @@ logger = configure_logging(SERVICE_NAME)
 setup_telemetry(service_name=SERVICE_NAME)
 app = FastAPI(title=SERVICE_NAME)
 
+FastAPIInstrumentor.instrument_app(
+    app,
+    excluded_urls="/healthz",
+    exclude_spans=["receive", "send"],
+)
 
 class LookupRequest(BaseModel):
     holder_name: str