diff --git a/minecraft-server/src/entities/player.rs b/minecraft-server/src/entities/player.rs
index ba892605..e230f3df 100644
--- a/minecraft-server/src/entities/player.rs
+++ b/minecraft-server/src/entities/player.rs
@@ -192,8 +192,10 @@ impl Handler<Player> {
         use ServerMessage::*;
         match message {
             Tick(tick_id) => {
-                let span = info_span!("player tick");
-                let _enter = span.enter();
+                #[cfg(feature = "tracing")] {
+                    let span = info_span!("player tick");
+                    let _enter: tracing::span::Entered<'_> = span.enter();    
+                }
 
                 if tick_id % (20*10) == 0 {
                     self.send_packet(PlayClientbound::KeepAlive { keep_alive_id: tick_id as u64 }).await;