diff --git a/src/api/tracing.py b/src/api/tracing.py
index 56586ef7..5574475e 100644
--- a/src/api/tracing.py
+++ b/src/api/tracing.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def verbose_trace(key, value):
         yield verbose_trace
 
 
-def init_tracing(local_tracing: bool = True):
+def init_tracing(local_tracing: bool = False):
     """
     Initialize tracing for the application
     If local_tracing is True, use the PromptyTracer