diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f600499..bbe842c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 sentry_sdk
 pika
 requests
-paho-mqtt
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+paho-mqtt
+
+opentracing~=2.4.0
+jaeger-client
+requests-opentracing
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diff --git a/src/app.py b/src/app.py
index c292881..e9a1a21 100644
--- a/src/app.py
+++ b/src/app.py
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ import pika
 import requests
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.logging import LoggingIntegration
 
+import jaeger_client
+import opentracing
+from opentracing.ext import tags
+from opentracing.propagation import Format
+from requests_opentracing import SessionTracing
+
 import config
 import uuid
 from mqtt_helper import MQTT
@@ -48,6 +54,8 @@ def on_message_creator(mqtt_: MQTT):
     This generator is used, so that the mqtt object can be injected just when the callback is registered
     """
 
+    requests_session = SessionTracing(propagate=True)
+
     def on_message(
             channel: pika.channel.Channel,
             method: pika.spec.Basic.Deliver,
@@ -61,41 +69,57 @@ def on_message_creator(mqtt_: MQTT):
             channel.basic_ack(delivery_tag=method.delivery_tag)
             return
 
-        if ('probability' not in msg_json) or ('class' not in msg_json):
-            logging.error("Malformed message from classifier: Missing fields")
-            channel.basic_ack(delivery_tag=method.delivery_tag)
-            return
+        span_ctx = opentracing.tracer.extract(Format.TEXT_MAP, msg_json)
+        span_tags = {tags.SPAN_KIND: tags.SPAN_KIND_CONSUMER}
 
-        # TODO: strurnus should not be hardcoded here
-        if (msg_json['class'] == 'sturnus') and (msg_json['probability'] > config.TRIGGER_LEVEL):
-            try:
-                r = requests.get(
-                    f"http://{config.INPUT_HOSTNAME}/sample/{msg_json['tag']}",
-                    timeout=config.INPUT_TIMEOUT
-                )
-            except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
-                logging.error(f"Input-service timed out! (Timeout: {config.INPUT_TIMEOUT} sec)")
-                channel.basic_nack(delivery_tag=method.delivery_tag, requeue=True)
+        with opentracing.tracer.start_active_span(
+                'handleMessage', finish_on_close=True, child_of=span_ctx, tags=span_tags
+        ) as scope:
+
+            if ('probability' not in msg_json) or ('class' not in msg_json):
+                logging.error("Malformed message from classifier: Missing fields")
+                channel.basic_ack(delivery_tag=method.delivery_tag)
                 return
 
-            if r.status_code != 200:
-                logging.error(f"Input-service status code is not 200: {r.status_code}")
-                channel.basic_nack(delivery_tag=method.delivery_tag, requeue=True)
-                return
+            # TODO: strurnus should not be hardcoded here
+            if (msg_json['class'] == 'sturnus') and (msg_json['probability'] > config.TRIGGER_LEVEL):
+                scope.span.log_kv({'event': 'decisionMade', 'alerting': True})
+                try:
+                    r = requests_session.get(
+                        f"http://{config.INPUT_HOSTNAME}/sample/{msg_json['tag']}",
+                        timeout=config.INPUT_TIMEOUT
+                    )
+                except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
+                    logging.error(f"Input-service timed out! (Timeout: {config.INPUT_TIMEOUT} sec)")
+                    channel.basic_nack(delivery_tag=method.delivery_tag, requeue=True)
+                    return
 
-            if 'device_id' not in r.json():
-                logging.error("Input-service response invalid")
-                channel.basic_nack(delivery_tag=method.delivery_tag, requeue=True)
-                return
+                if r.status_code != 200:
+                    logging.error(f"Input-service status code is not 200: {r.status_code}")
+                    channel.basic_nack(delivery_tag=method.delivery_tag, requeue=True)
+                    return
 
-            logging.info(f"Sending alert command to device {r.json()['device_id']}...")
-            mqtt_.publish(
-                subtopic=r.json()['device_id'],
-                message=json.dumps({"command": "doAlert"})
-            )
+                if 'device_id' not in r.json():
+                    logging.error("Input-service response invalid")
+                    channel.basic_nack(delivery_tag=method.delivery_tag, requeue=True)
+                    return
 
-        else:
-            logging.debug(f"Probability is either bellow trigger level, or not the target class. Nothing to do.")
+                logging.info(f"Sending alert command to device {r.json()['device_id']}...")
+                with opentracing.tracer.start_active_span(
+                        'publishAlert',
+                        tags={
+                            tags.SPAN_KIND: tags.SPAN_KIND_PRODUCER,
+                            "device_id": r.json()['device_id']
+                        }
+                ):
+                    mqtt_.publish(
+                        subtopic=r.json()['device_id'],
+                        message=json.dumps({"command": "doAlert"})
+                    )
+
+            else:
+                scope.span.log_kv({'event': 'decisionMade', 'alerting': False})
+                logging.debug(f"Probability is either bellow trigger level, or not the target class. Nothing to do.")
 
         # This concludes the job
         channel.basic_ack(delivery_tag=method.delivery_tag)
@@ -123,6 +147,7 @@ def main():
             environment=config.RELEASEMODE,
             _experiments={"auto_enabling_integrations": True}
         )
+    jaeger_client.Config(config={}, service_name='guard-service', validate=True).initialize_tracer()
     logging.info("Guard service starting...")
     mqtt = MQTT()
     mqtt.topic = config.MQTT_TOPIC