diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f4e9ce2..ccd9e55 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.3.0",
     "@opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node": "^0.35.0",
-    "@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-http": "^0.34.0",
+    "@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc": "^0.34.0",
     "@opentelemetry/sdk-node": "^0.34.0",
     "@prisma/client": "^4.0.0",
     "@sentry/node": "^7.7.0",
diff --git a/src/tracing.ts b/src/tracing.ts
index c7ec079..beb2d23 100644
--- a/src/tracing.ts
+++ b/src/tracing.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import * as opentelemetry from '@opentelemetry/sdk-node';
 import { getNodeAutoInstrumentations } from '@opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node';
 import { diag, DiagConsoleLogger, DiagLogLevel } from '@opentelemetry/api';
-import { OTLPTraceExporter } from '@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-http';
+import { OTLPTraceExporter } from '@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc';
 import process from 'process';
 
 diag.setLogger(new DiagConsoleLogger(), DiagLogLevel.INFO);
diff --git a/tracingConfig.example.json b/tracingConfig.example.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9555aff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tracingConfig.example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "enableTelemetry": false,
+    "telemetryUri": "disregard-this"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8f12971..3a84cb5 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
     "@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions" "1.8.0"
     jaeger-client "^3.15.0"
 
-"@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc@0.34.0":
+"@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc@0.34.0", "@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc@^0.34.0":
   version "0.34.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc/-/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc-0.34.0.tgz#6ec4a897f263e371f4ce8e3b1aa83167fe6aedc2"
   integrity sha512-x1V0daRLS6k0dhBPNNLMOP+OSrh8M60Xs9/YkuZS0+/zdbcIjNvPzo/8+dK3zOJx+j1KF0oBX9zxK0SX3PSnZw==
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
     "@opentelemetry/resources" "1.8.0"
     "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base" "1.8.0"
 
-"@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-http@0.34.0", "@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-http@^0.34.0":
+"@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-http@0.34.0":
   version "0.34.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-http/-/exporter-trace-otlp-http-0.34.0.tgz#baca4cebb1666ed801288e24215d96a65f2e8ae5"
   integrity sha512-MBtUwMvgpdoRo9iqK2eDJ8SP2xKYWeBCSu99s4cc1kg4HKKOpenXLE/6daGsSZ+QTPwd8j+9xMSd+hhBg+Bvzw==