diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a6edebb..bf6042b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.2.1
 	github.com/restic/calens v0.2.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.6.2
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.22.2
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20191202225959-858c2ad4c8b6 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200116001909-b77594299b42 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 844f388..7ff2397 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -589,6 +589,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXf
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 h1:2E4SXV/wtOkTonXsotYi4li6zVWxYlZuYNCXe9XRJyk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1 h1:nOGnQDM7FYENwehXlg/kFVnos3rEvtKTjRvOWSzb6H4=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0 h1:Slr1R9HxAlEKefgq5jn9U+DnETlIUa6HfgEzj0g5d7s=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0/go.mod h1:N0PQaV/YGNqwC0u51sEeR/aUtSLEXKX9iv69rRypqCw=
 github.com/syndtr/gocapability v0.0.0-20170704070218-db04d3cc01c8/go.mod h1:hkRG7XYTFWNJGYcbNJQlaLq0fg1yr4J4t/NcTQtrfww=
@@ -776,6 +778,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191110163157-d32e6e3b99c4 h1:Hynbrlo6LbYI3H1IqXpkVDOcX
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191110163157-d32e6e3b99c4/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191128015809-6d18c012aee9 h1:ZBzSG/7F4eNKz2L3GE9o300RX0Az1Bw5HF7PDraD+qU=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191128015809-6d18c012aee9/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200116001909-b77594299b42 h1:vEOn+mP2zCOVzKckCZy6YsCtDblrpj/w7B9nxGNELpg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200116001909-b77594299b42/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.1-0.20180807135948-17ff2d5776d2/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2 h1:tW2bmiBqwgJj/UpqtC8EpXEZVYOwU0yG4iWbprSVAcs=
@@ -897,6 +901,8 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.4 h1:/eiJrUcujPVeJ3xlSWaiNi3uSVmDGBK1pDHUHAnao1I=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.4/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.7 h1:VUgggvou5XRW9mHwD/yXxIYSMtY0zoKQf/v226p2nyo=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.7/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8 h1:obN1ZagJSUGI0Ek/LBmuj4SNLPfIny3KsKFopxRdj10=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:DsYFclhRJ6vuDpmuTbkuFWG+y2sxOXAzmJt81HFBacw=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20180728063816-88497007e858/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
diff --git a/pkg/command/server.go b/pkg/command/server.go
index 51bd4d6..cb23d14 100644
--- a/pkg/command/server.go
+++ b/pkg/command/server.go
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 		Usage: "Start integrated server",
 		Flags: flagset.ServerWithConfig(cfg),
 		Before: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+			logger := NewLogger(cfg)
+			if !cfg.Tracing.Enabled {
+				logger.Info().
+					Str("tracing", "disabled").
+					Msg("init")
+			} else {
+				logger.Info().
+					Str("tracing", "enabled").
+					Str("collector", cfg.Tracing.Collector).
+					Msg("init")
+			}
+
 			if cfg.HTTP.Root != "/" {
 				cfg.HTTP.Root = strings.TrimSuffix(cfg.HTTP.Root, "/")
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/proxy.go b/pkg/proxy/proxy.go
index a34772d..eb141c9 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package proxy
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httputil"
 	"net/url"
@@ -8,13 +9,22 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-pkg/v2/log"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-proxy/pkg/config"
+
+	"go.opencensus.io/plugin/ochttp/propagation/tracecontext"
+	"go.opencensus.io/trace"
 )
 
+// Directors map strings to httputil ReverseProxy Director
+type Directors map[string]func(req *http.Request)
+
 // MultiHostReverseProxy extends httputil to support multiple hosts with diffent policies
 type MultiHostReverseProxy struct {
 	httputil.ReverseProxy
-	Directors map[string]map[string]func(req *http.Request)
-	logger    log.Logger
+	DirMap map[string]Directors
+
+	propagator tracecontext.HTTPFormat
+	logger     log.Logger
+	config     config.Config
 }
 
 // NewMultiHostReverseProxy undocummented
@@ -22,8 +32,9 @@ func NewMultiHostReverseProxy(opts ...Option) *MultiHostReverseProxy {
 	options := newOptions(opts...)
 
 	reverseProxy := &MultiHostReverseProxy{
-		Directors: make(map[string]map[string]func(req *http.Request)),
-		logger:    options.Logger,
+		DirMap: make(map[string]Directors),
+		logger: options.Logger,
+		config: *options.Config,
 	}
 
 	for _, policy := range options.Config.Policies {
@@ -63,10 +74,11 @@ func singleJoiningSlash(a, b string) string {
 // AddHost undocumented
 func (p *MultiHostReverseProxy) AddHost(policy string, target *url.URL, rt config.Route) {
 	targetQuery := target.RawQuery
-	if p.Directors[policy] == nil {
-		p.Directors[policy] = make(map[string]func(req *http.Request))
+	if p.DirMap[policy] == nil {
+		p.DirMap[policy] = make(map[string]func(req *http.Request))
 	}
-	p.Directors[policy][rt.Endpoint] = func(req *http.Request) {
+
+	p.DirMap[policy][rt.Endpoint] = func(req *http.Request) {
 		req.URL.Scheme = target.Scheme
 		req.URL.Host = target.Host
 		if rt.ApacheVHost {
@@ -87,34 +99,38 @@ func (p *MultiHostReverseProxy) AddHost(policy string, target *url.URL, rt confi
 }
 
 func (p *MultiHostReverseProxy) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+
 	// TODO need to fetch from the accounts service
-	var hit bool
+	// ============
 	policy := "reva"
+	// ============
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	var span *trace.Span
 
-	if _, ok := p.Directors[policy]; !ok {
-		p.logger.
-			Error().
-			Msgf("policy %v is not configured", policy)
+	// Start a root span
+	if p.config.Tracing.Enabled {
+		ctx, span = trace.StartSpan(context.Background(), r.URL.String())
+		defer span.End()
+		p.propagator.SpanContextToRequest(span.SpanContext(), r)
 	}
 
-	for k := range p.Directors[policy] {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(r.URL.Path, k) && k != "/" {
-			p.Director = p.Directors[policy][k]
-			hit = true
-			p.logger.
-				Debug().
-				Str("policy", policy).
-				Str("prefix", k).
-				Str("path", r.URL.Path).
-				Msg("director found")
-		}
+	if _, ok := p.DirMap[policy]; !ok {
+		p.logger.Fatal().Msgf("policy %v is not configured", policy)
+	}
+
+	// override default director with root. TODO this is a design flaw, as we need a catch-all director
+	if p.DirMap[policy]["/"] != nil {
+		p.Director = p.DirMap[policy]["/"]
 	}
 
-	// override default director with root. If any
-	if !hit && p.Directors[policy]["/"] != nil {
-		p.Director = p.Directors[policy]["/"]
+	for k := range p.DirMap[policy] {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(r.URL.Path, k) && k != "/" {
+			p.Director = p.DirMap[policy][k]
+			p.logger.Debug().Str("policy", policy).Str("prefix", k).Str("path", r.URL.Path).Msg("director found")
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Call upstream ServeHTTP
-	p.ReverseProxy.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	p.ReverseProxy.ServeHTTP(w, r.WithContext(ctx))
 }