diff --git a/Backend/Otel/BackendActivitySource.cs b/Backend/Otel/BackendActivitySource.cs
index f6a74df9db..0ac9a91522 100644
--- a/Backend/Otel/BackendActivitySource.cs
+++ b/Backend/Otel/BackendActivitySource.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ public class BackendActivitySource
 {
     public static ActivitySource Get()
     {
-        return new ActivitySource(OtelKernel.ServiceName);
+        return new ActivitySource("service");
     }
 }
diff --git a/Backend/Otel/OtelKernel.cs b/Backend/Otel/OtelKernel.cs
index f8fa000a70..d16a6a68c4 100644
--- a/Backend/Otel/OtelKernel.cs
+++ b/Backend/Otel/OtelKernel.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 // using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Diagnostics.Metrics;
+// using System.Diagnostics.Metrics;
 // using System.Net.Http;
 // using System.Net.Http.Json;
 using System.Security.Claims;
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace BackendFramework.Otel
     public static class OtelKernel
     {
 
-        public const string ServiceName = "Backend-Otel";
+        // public const string ServiceName = "Backend-Otel";
         // private readonly LocationCache _locationCache;
 
         // public OtelKernel(LocationCache locationCache, IServiceCollection serviceCollection)
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ public static class OtelKernel
 
         public static void AddOpenTelemetryInstrumentation(this IServiceCollection services)
         {
-            var appResourceBuilder = ResourceBuilder.CreateDefault().AddService(ServiceName);
+            var appResourceBuilder = ResourceBuilder.CreateDefault();
             // todo: include version 
             services.AddOpenTelemetry().WithTracing(tracerProviderBuilder => tracerProviderBuilder
                 .SetResourceBuilder(appResourceBuilder)
-                .AddSource(ServiceName)
+                // .AddSource(ServiceName)
                 .AddProcessor<LocationEnricher>()
                 .AddAspNetCoreInstrumentation(options =>
                 {
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public static void AddOpenTelemetryInstrumentation(this IServiceCollection servi
             //     .AddOtlpExporter()
             // );
 
-            var meter = new Meter(ServiceName);
+            // var meter = new Meter(ServiceName);
 
         }
 
diff --git a/Backend/Properties/launchSettings.json b/Backend/Properties/launchSettings.json
index c443066138..c859227ddc 100644
--- a/Backend/Properties/launchSettings.json
+++ b/Backend/Properties/launchSettings.json
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
       "environmentVariables": {
         "Key": "Value",
         "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development",
-        "OTEL_SERVICE_NAME": "Backend-Otel",
         "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL": "grpc",
         "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT": "http://localhost:4317",
         "COMBINE_CAPTCHA_REQUIRED": "true",
diff --git a/deploy/helm/thecombine/charts/backend/templates/deployment-backend.yaml b/deploy/helm/thecombine/charts/backend/templates/deployment-backend.yaml
index 84cd9ff631..b1a82dc7a7 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/thecombine/charts/backend/templates/deployment-backend.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/thecombine/charts/backend/templates/deployment-backend.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ spec:
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.imagePullPolicy }}
           env:
             - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
-              value: "Otel-k8s-simple-deployment"
+              value: {{ .Values.global.serverName }}
+              # value: "Otel-k8s-simple-deployment"
             - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL
               value: "http/protobuf"
             - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT