diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 045345bfc7..b28299e357 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Deprecated both `db.migrations.path` and `db.migrations_path` [#1096](https://github.com/flipt-io/flipt/pull/1096)
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Propogating OpenTelemetry spans through Flipt [#1112](https://github.com/flipt-io/flipt/pull/1112)
+
 ## [v1.13.0](https://github.com/markphelps/flipt/releases/tag/v1.13.0) - 2022-10-17
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/cmd/flipt/main.go b/cmd/flipt/main.go
index 69164a17df..fadbb804e3 100644
--- a/cmd/flipt/main.go
+++ b/cmd/flipt/main.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
 	tracesdk "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
 	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.4.0"
@@ -462,7 +463,7 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, logger *zap.Logger) error {
 		}
 
 		otel.SetTracerProvider(tracingProvider)
-
+		otel.SetTextMapPropagator(propagation.NewCompositeTextMapPropagator(propagation.TraceContext{}, propagation.Baggage{}))
 		{
 			// forward internal gRPC logging to zap
 			grpcLogLevel, err := zapcore.ParseLevel(cfg.Log.GRPCLevel)
diff --git a/internal/config/cache.go b/internal/config/cache.go
index fd735ae76d..534f2e9582 100644
--- a/internal/config/cache.go
+++ b/internal/config/cache.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type CacheConfig struct {
 
 func (c *CacheConfig) setDefaults(v *viper.Viper) (warnings []string) {
 	v.SetDefault("cache", map[string]any{
+		"enabled": false,
 		"backend": CacheMemory,
 		"ttl":     1 * time.Minute,
 		"redis": map[string]any{
diff --git a/internal/config/cors.go b/internal/config/cors.go
index c515e79777..e30bc95295 100644
--- a/internal/config/cors.go
+++ b/internal/config/cors.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type CorsConfig struct {
 
 func (c *CorsConfig) setDefaults(v *viper.Viper) []string {
 	v.SetDefault("cors", map[string]any{
+		"enabled":         false,
 		"allowed_origins": "*",
 	})
 
diff --git a/internal/config/tracing.go b/internal/config/tracing.go
index 16204e75b2..76b7f52ca4 100644
--- a/internal/config/tracing.go
+++ b/internal/config/tracing.go
@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@ type JaegerTracingConfig struct {
 // TracingConfig contains fields, which configure tracing telemetry
 // output destinations.
 type TracingConfig struct {
-	Jaeger JaegerTracingConfig `json:"jaeger,omitempty"`
+	Jaeger JaegerTracingConfig `json:"jaeger,omitempty" mapstructure:"jaeger"`
 }
 
 func (c *TracingConfig) setDefaults(v *viper.Viper) []string {
 	v.SetDefault("tracing", map[string]any{
 		"jaeger": map[string]any{
-			"host": "localhost",
-			"port": 6831,
+			"enabled": false,
+			"host":    "localhost",
+			"port":    6831,
 		},
 	})