diff --git a/infrastructure/otel-collector/src/config/index.ts b/infrastructure/otel-collector/src/config/index.ts
index a4021e9b8..942bacf54 100644
--- a/infrastructure/otel-collector/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/infrastructure/otel-collector/src/config/index.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const config = {
     env_code: isDev ? 'dev' : 'prod',
   },
   healthCheck: {
-    command: ['CMD-SHELL', 'curl -f http://localhost/status || exit 1'],
+    command: ['CMD-SHELL', 'curl -f http://localhost:3000/status || exit 1'],
     interval: 15,
     retries: 3,
     timeout: 5,
diff --git a/infrastructure/otel-collector/src/main.ts b/infrastructure/otel-collector/src/main.ts
index 5b2c7ce1f..dd43dba48 100644
--- a/infrastructure/otel-collector/src/main.ts
+++ b/infrastructure/otel-collector/src/main.ts
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ class OTELCollector extends TerraformStack {
       containerConfigs: [
         {
           healthCheck: config.healthCheck,
-          name: 'otel-collector',
-          containerImage: 'pocket/opentelemetry-collector-contrib',
+          name: 'app',
           essential: true,
           portMappings: [{ containerPort: 3000, hostPort: 3000 }],
           logMultilinePattern: '^\\S.+',
@@ -109,7 +108,6 @@ class OTELCollector extends TerraformStack {
               valueFrom: `arn:aws:secretsmanager:${region.name}:${caller.accountId}:secret:Shared/GCP_SA_TRACES:::`,
             },
           ],
-          repositoryCredentialsParam: `arn:aws:secretsmanager:${region.name}:${caller.accountId}:secret:Shared/DockerHub`,
         },
       ],
       codeDeploy: {
diff --git a/servers/otel-collector/Dockerfile b/servers/otel-collector/Dockerfile
index e627b7d0b..307698e55 100644
--- a/servers/otel-collector/Dockerfile
+++ b/servers/otel-collector/Dockerfile
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 # Use an alpine image as our base image, this allows us to define our own entry point script and have access to sh or bash, which the otel image does not have
 FROM alpine:3
+RUN apk add nginx curl
 
 # Copy the otelcol-contrib binary from the official image
 COPY --from=otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.111.0 /otelcol-contrib /otelcol-contrib
-
 COPY otel-collector-config.yaml /etc/otelcol-contrib/config.yaml
-
-
-RUN apk add nginx curl
 COPY httpd.conf /etc/nginx/http.d/default.conf
 
 COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/servers/otel-collector/entrypoint.sh b/servers/otel-collector/entrypoint.sh
index da6187757..de4b16bf6 100644
--- a/servers/otel-collector/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/servers/otel-collector/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
 echo "$GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS_JSON" > /etc/otelcol-contrib/key.json
-nginx
+nginx &
 exec "$@"
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diff --git a/servers/otel-collector/httpd.conf b/servers/otel-collector/httpd.conf
index de64d156b..545d6d2dc 100644
--- a/servers/otel-collector/httpd.conf
+++ b/servers/otel-collector/httpd.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ server {
 
       # Everything is a 200
       location /status {
-          proxy_pass http://localhost:13133;
+          default_type application/json;
+          return 200 '{"status": "ok"}';
       }
 
       location / {
diff --git a/servers/otel-collector/otel-collector-config.yaml b/servers/otel-collector/otel-collector-config.yaml
index 6659e8fd5..2c1a4b563 100644
--- a/servers/otel-collector/otel-collector-config.yaml
+++ b/servers/otel-collector/otel-collector-config.yaml
@@ -6,13 +6,7 @@ receivers:
       # grpc:
       #   endpoint: "0.0.0.0:4317" # gRPC port for receiving traces, metrics, and logs over gRPC
       http:
-        endpoint: "localhost:4318" # http port for receiving traces, metrics, and logs over http
-
-extensions:
-  health_check:
-    endpoint: localhost:13133
-   
-
+        endpoint: '0.0.0.0:4318' # http port for receiving traces, metrics, and logs over http
 
 exporters:
   googlecloud:
@@ -23,7 +17,7 @@ exporters:
 processors:
   memory_limiter:
     check_interval: 1s
-    limit_percentage: 30
+    limit_percentage: 70
     spike_limit_percentage: 10
   batch:
     # batch metrics before sending to reduce API usage
@@ -31,11 +25,11 @@ processors:
     send_batch_size: 10000
     timeout: 5s
   resourcedetection/ecs:
-      detectors: [env, ecs]
-      timeout: 2s
-      # Ensures that anything coming from the ECS detector in code will not override any existing attributes.
-      # Otherwise, note, that the ECS detector will be that of where the collector is running, not the service.
-      override: false
+    detectors: [env, ecs]
+    timeout: 2s
+    # Ensures that anything coming from the ECS detector in code will not override any existing attributes.
+    # Otherwise, note, that the ECS detector will be that of where the collector is running, not the service.
+    override: false
   resource/cleanup_for_google:
     attributes:
       - key: service.namespace
@@ -61,13 +55,31 @@ service:
   pipelines:
     traces:
       receivers: [otlp]
-      processors: [resourcedetection/ecs, resource/cleanup_for_google, memory_limiter, batch]
-      exporters: [debug]
+      processors:
+        [
+          resourcedetection/ecs,
+          resource/cleanup_for_google,
+          memory_limiter,
+          batch,
+        ]
+      exporters: [googlecloud]
     metrics:
       receivers: [otlp]
-      processors: [resourcedetection/ecs, resource/cleanup_for_google, memory_limiter, batch]
+      processors:
+        [
+          resourcedetection/ecs,
+          resource/cleanup_for_google,
+          memory_limiter,
+          batch,
+        ]
       exporters: [googlecloud]
     logs:
       receivers: [otlp]
-      processors: [resourcedetection/ecs, resource/cleanup_for_google, memory_limiter, batch]
-      exporters: [debug]
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+      processors:
+        [
+          resourcedetection/ecs,
+          resource/cleanup_for_google,
+          memory_limiter,
+          batch,
+        ]
+      exporters: [googlecloud]