diff --git a/exercises/manual-instrumentation-java/initial/todobackend-springboot/pom.xml b/exercises/manual-instrumentation-java/initial/todobackend-springboot/pom.xml
index 90b6c98..eff4041 100644
--- a/exercises/manual-instrumentation-java/initial/todobackend-springboot/pom.xml
+++ b/exercises/manual-instrumentation-java/initial/todobackend-springboot/pom.xml
@@ -66,12 +66,22 @@
             <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
             <artifactId>opentelemetry-exporter-logging</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+            <artifactId>opentelemetry-exporter-otlp</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <!-- Not managed by opentelemetry-bom -->
             <groupId>io.opentelemetry.semconv</groupId>
             <artifactId>opentelemetry-semconv</artifactId>
             <version>1.26.0-alpha</version>
         </dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		  </dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/exercises/manual-instrumentation-java/initial/todobackend-springboot/src/main/java/io/novatec/todobackend/OpenTelemetryConfiguration.java b/exercises/manual-instrumentation-java/initial/todobackend-springboot/src/main/java/io/novatec/todobackend/OpenTelemetryConfiguration.java
index 5606413..925543d 100644
--- a/exercises/manual-instrumentation-java/initial/todobackend-springboot/src/main/java/io/novatec/todobackend/OpenTelemetryConfiguration.java
+++ b/exercises/manual-instrumentation-java/initial/todobackend-springboot/src/main/java/io/novatec/todobackend/OpenTelemetryConfiguration.java
@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
 package io.novatec.todobackend;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope;
 
 //Basic Otel
 import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.logging.LoggingSpanExporter;
+import io.opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.trace.OtlpGrpcSpanExporter;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.OpenTelemetrySdk;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.resources.Resource;
 //Tracing and Spans
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkTracerProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.SimpleSpanProcessor;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.BatchSpanProcessor;
 import io.opentelemetry.semconv.ResourceAttributes;
 
 
@@ -19,18 +25,29 @@
 public class OpenTelemetryConfiguration {
 
     @Bean
+	@Scope(value = ConfigurableBeanFactory.SCOPE_SINGLETON)
 	public OpenTelemetry openTelemetry(){
 
 		Resource resource = Resource.getDefault().toBuilder().put(ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_NAME, "todobackend").put(ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_VERSION, "0.1.0").build();
 
+		OtlpGrpcSpanExporter jaegerOtlpExporter =
+        OtlpGrpcSpanExporter.builder()
+            .setEndpoint("http://localhost:4317")
+            .setTimeout(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+            .build();
+
 		SdkTracerProvider sdkTracerProvider = SdkTracerProvider.builder()
 			.addSpanProcessor(SimpleSpanProcessor.create(LoggingSpanExporter.create()))
+			.addSpanProcessor(SimpleSpanProcessor.create(jaegerOtlpExporter))
+    //      .addSpanProcessor(BatchSpanProcessor.builder(LoggingSpanExporter.create()).build()) // same results for now
 			.setResource(resource)
-			.build();
+			.build();	
+	//		.buildAndRegisterGlobal();	
+
 
 		OpenTelemetry openTelemetry = OpenTelemetrySdk.builder()
 			.setTracerProvider(sdkTracerProvider)
-			.buildAndRegisterGlobal();
+			.build();
 
 		return openTelemetry;
 	}
diff --git a/exercises/manual-instrumentation-java/initial/todobackend-springboot/src/main/java/io/novatec/todobackend/TodobackendApplication.java b/exercises/manual-instrumentation-java/initial/todobackend-springboot/src/main/java/io/novatec/todobackend/TodobackendApplication.java
index 433bedf..a23a9ec 100644
--- a/exercises/manual-instrumentation-java/initial/todobackend-springboot/src/main/java/io/novatec/todobackend/TodobackendApplication.java
+++ b/exercises/manual-instrumentation-java/initial/todobackend-springboot/src/main/java/io/novatec/todobackend/TodobackendApplication.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Tracer;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.StatusCode;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.Scope;
 
 import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
@@ -86,21 +87,29 @@ String addTodo(@PathVariable String todo) {
 
 		Span span = tracer.spanBuilder("addTodo").startSpan();
 
+		System.out.println("Span initial:"+span.toString());
+		
+		span.setAttribute("http.method", "POST");
+		span.setAttribute("http.url", "/todos/{todo}");
+
+		System.out.println("Span with attribute:"+span.toString());
+
 		try (Scope scope = span.makeCurrent()) {
 
 			this.someInternalMethod(todo);
-			// todoRepository.save(new Todo(todo));
 			logger.info("POST /todos/ " + todo.toString());
-
 			return todo;
 
 		} catch (Throwable t) {
+			span.setStatus(StatusCode.ERROR, "Something bad happened!");
 			span.recordException(t);
-			throw t;
 		} finally {
+			System.out.println("Span before completion:"+span.toString());
 			span.end();
 		}
 
+		return "";
+
 	}
 
 	String someInternalMethod(String todo) {