diff --git a/common/src/buttercup/common/telemetry.py b/common/src/buttercup/common/telemetry.py
index 38e6432e..505e8131 100644
--- a/common/src/buttercup/common/telemetry.py
+++ b/common/src/buttercup/common/telemetry.py
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ def init_telemetry(application_name: str):
     if not os.getenv("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL"):
         logger.warning("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL not set")
 
+    logger.info("Sending telemetry to %s", os.getenv("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT"))
+    logger.info("Sending telemetry using %s", os.getenv("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL"))
+
     openlit.init(application_name=application_name)
 
 
diff --git a/competition-server/compose.yaml b/competition-server/compose.yaml
index a551727f..d64fe230 100644
--- a/competition-server/compose.yaml
+++ b/competition-server/compose.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ x-default-logging: &logging
     max-file: "2"
     tag: "{{.Name}}|{{.ImageName}}|{{.ID}}"
 
-include:
- - ./signoz/compose.yaml
+# Uncomment to use self-deployed signoz
+#include:
+# - ./signoz/compose.yaml
 
 services:
   # dind:
diff --git a/env.dev.compose b/env.dev.compose
index 57a84be8..96ef4a06 100644
--- a/env.dev.compose
+++ b/env.dev.compose
@@ -64,7 +64,12 @@ INDEX_OUTPUT_TASK_TIMEOUT_MS=120000
 TRACED_VULNERABILITIES_TASK_TIMEOUT_MS=120000
 
 # OTel
-OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://otel-collector:4317
+# Settings for locally hosted endpoint, currently disabled.
+#OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://otel-collector:4317
 # token is b64 encoded "username:password"
-OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS="Authorization=Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ="
-OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL="grpc"
+#OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS="Authorization=Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ="
+#OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL="grpc"
+
+# Settings for externally hosted endpoint, make sure to set endpoint to url (kept secret)
+OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=""
+OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL="http"
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