diff --git a/rbcs-server-otel/build.gradle b/rbcs-server-otel/build.gradle
index 2934d10..bc1c046 100644
--- a/rbcs-server-otel/build.gradle
+++ b/rbcs-server-otel/build.gradle
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ configurations {
         }
     }
 
-    implementation {
-        extendsFrom bundle
-    }
-
     release {
         transitive = false
         canBeConsumed = true
@@ -31,6 +27,19 @@ configurations {
 }
 
 dependencies {
+    implementation project(':rbcs-common')
+
+    implementation catalog.opentelemetry.netty['4']['1']
+    implementation catalog.opentelemetry.sdk.extension.autoconfigure
+    implementation catalog.opentelemetry.logback.appender['1']['0']
+    implementation catalog.opentelemetry.extension.trace.propagators
+    implementation catalog.opentelemetry.exporter.otlp
+    implementation catalog.netty.transport
+    implementation catalog.slf4j.api
+
+    compileOnly catalog.logback.core
+    compileOnly catalog.logback.classic
+
     bundle catalog.opentelemetry.netty['4']['1']
     bundle catalog.opentelemetry.sdk.extension.autoconfigure
     bundle catalog.opentelemetry.logback.appender['1']['0']
@@ -39,6 +48,7 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 Provider<Tar> bundleTask = tasks.register("bundle", Tar) {
+    from(tasks.named(JavaPlugin.JAR_TASK_NAME))
     from(configurations.bundle)
     group = BasePlugin.BUILD_GROUP
 }
diff --git a/rbcs-server-otel/src/main/java/module-info.java b/rbcs-server-otel/src/main/java/module-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06534ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rbcs-server-otel/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+module net.woggioni.rbcs.server.otel {
+    requires net.woggioni.rbcs.common;
+    requires kotlin.stdlib;
+    requires io.netty.transport;
+    requires io.netty.common;
+    requires io.netty.buffer;
+    requires org.slf4j;
+
+
+    requires ch.qos.logback.core;
+    requires ch.qos.logback.classic;
+    requires io.opentelemetry.api;
+    requires io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.netty_4_1;
+    requires io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure;
+    requires io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.logback_appender_1_0;
+    requires io.opentelemetry.extension.trace.propagation;
+}
diff --git a/rbcs-server-otel/src/main/kotlin/net/woggioni/rbcs/server/otel/OtelSdkIntegration.kt b/rbcs-server-otel/src/main/kotlin/net/woggioni/rbcs/server/otel/OtelSdkIntegration.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edc5479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rbcs-server-otel/src/main/kotlin/net/woggioni/rbcs/server/otel/OtelSdkIntegration.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package net.woggioni.rbcs.server.otel
+
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler
+import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry
+import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.logback.appender.v1_0.OpenTelemetryAppender
+import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.netty.v4_1.NettyServerTelemetry
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk
+import net.woggioni.rbcs.common.createLogger
+import net.woggioni.rbcs.common.info
+
+object OtelSdkIntegration {
+
+    private val log = createLogger<OtelSdkIntegration>()
+
+    private val appenderAvailable: Boolean by lazy {
+        runCatching {
+            Class.forName("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.logback.appender.v1_0.OpenTelemetryAppender")
+        }.fold(
+            onSuccess = { true },
+            onFailure = {
+                log.info { "OpenTelemetry logback appender not on classpath" }
+                false
+            },
+        )
+    }
+
+    fun initialize() {
+        log.info { "Initializing OpenTelemetry SDK with auto-configuration" }
+
+        val sdk = AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk.builder()
+            .setResultAsGlobal()
+            .build()
+            .openTelemetrySdk
+
+        if (appenderAvailable) {
+            runCatching {
+                OpenTelemetryAppender.install(sdk)
+                log.info { "OpenTelemetry logback appender installed" }
+            }.onFailure { ex ->
+                val msg = ex.localizedMessage ?: ex.javaClass.name
+                log.info { "Failed to install OpenTelemetry logback appender: $msg" }
+            }
+        }
+        log.info { "OpenTelemetry SDK initialized successfully" }
+    }
+
+    fun createHandler(): ChannelHandler {
+        return NettyServerTelemetry.create(GlobalOpenTelemetry.get()).createCombinedHandler()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rbcs-server/src/main/kotlin/net/woggioni/rbcs/server/otel/OtelSdkIntegration.kt b/rbcs-server/src/main/kotlin/net/woggioni/rbcs/server/otel/OtelSdkIntegration.kt
index b2f792b..d212eaa 100644
--- a/rbcs-server/src/main/kotlin/net/woggioni/rbcs/server/otel/OtelSdkIntegration.kt
+++ b/rbcs-server/src/main/kotlin/net/woggioni/rbcs/server/otel/OtelSdkIntegration.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package net.woggioni.rbcs.server.otel
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler
 import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.netty.v4_1.NettyServerTelemetry
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk
 import net.woggioni.rbcs.common.createLogger
 import net.woggioni.rbcs.common.info
 
@@ -25,10 +26,7 @@ object OtelSdkIntegration {
     fun initialize() {
         log.info { "Initializing OpenTelemetry SDK with auto-configuration" }
 
-        val sdk = io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk.builder()
-            .setResultAsGlobal()
-            .build()
-            .openTelemetrySdk
+        val sdk = AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk.initialize().openTelemetrySdk
 
         if (appenderAvailable) {
             runCatching {