diff --git a/backend/agents/honeycomb-tracing.js b/backend/agents/honeycomb-tracing.js
index ef7a329..2d1741c 100644
--- a/backend/agents/honeycomb-tracing.js
+++ b/backend/agents/honeycomb-tracing.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const {
 
 // uses the HONEYCOMB_API_KEY and OTEL_SERVICE_NAME environment variables
 const sdk = new HoneycombSDK({
-    sampleRate: 5,
+    sampleRate: 20,
     instrumentations: [
         getNodeAutoInstrumentations({
             // we recommend disabling fs autoinstrumentation since it can be noisy
diff --git a/backend/index.js b/backend/index.js
index 98ce947..54e481e 100644
--- a/backend/index.js
+++ b/backend/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const tracing = require("./agents/otel-tracing");
+const tracing = require("./agents/honeycomb-tracing");
 var express = require("express");
 var configureExpress = require("./config/express");