diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/dev/braintrust/examples/CustomOpenTelemetryExample.java b/examples/src/main/java/dev/braintrust/examples/CustomOpenTelemetryExample.java
index da4e3ef..bb15a68 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/dev/braintrust/examples/CustomOpenTelemetryExample.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/dev/braintrust/examples/CustomOpenTelemetryExample.java
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
                         .build();
         GlobalOpenTelemetry.set(openTelemetry);
         registerShutdownHook(openTelemetry);
-        var braintrustTracer = BraintrustTracing.getTracer(openTelemetry);
+        var tracer = GlobalOpenTelemetry.getTracer("some-non-braintrust-instrumentation");
 
         // Now otel data will be exported to the local collector AND to braintrust
-        var span = braintrustTracer.spanBuilder("hello-java").startSpan();
+        var span = tracer.spanBuilder("hello-java").startSpan();
         try (var ignored = span.makeCurrent()) {
             System.out.println("Performing simple operation...");
             span.setAttribute("some boolean attribute", true);