diff --git a/cmd/server.go b/cmd/server.go
index fcb0c10e6..b3b872f57 100644
--- a/cmd/server.go
+++ b/cmd/server.go
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"io"
 
+	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/ddtrace/opentracer"
+	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/ddtrace/tracer"
+
 	"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/ctl"
 	"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/server"
 	"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/tracing"
@@ -11,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	jaegercfg "github.com/uber/jaeger-client-go/config"
+
 	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/profiler"
 )
 
@@ -112,8 +116,12 @@ on the configured port.`,
 				}
 				defer closer.Close()
 				tracing.GlobalTracer = opentracing.NewTracer(tracer, Server.Logger())
-			}
 
+			} else if Server.Config.DataDog.EnableTracing { // Give preference to legacy support of jaeger
+				t := opentracer.New(tracer.WithServiceName(Server.Config.DataDog.Service))
+				defer tracer.Stop()
+				tracing.GlobalTracer = opentracing.NewTracer(t, Server.Logger())
+			}
 			return errors.Wrap(Server.Wait(), "waiting on Server")
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/ctl/server.go b/ctl/server.go
index ce1b525fe..994a57f6e 100644
--- a/ctl/server.go
+++ b/ctl/server.go
@@ -132,10 +132,13 @@ func serverFlagSet(srv *server.Config, prefix string) *pflag.FlagSet {
 	flags.StringSliceVar(&srv.Auth.ConfiguredIPs, pre("auth.configured-ips"), srv.Auth.ConfiguredIPs, "List of configured IPs allowed for ingest")
 
 	flags.BoolVar(&srv.DataDog.Enable, pre("datadog.enable"), false, "enable continuous profiling with DataDog cloud service, Note you must have DataDog agent installed")
+	flags.BoolVar(&srv.DataDog.EnableTracing, pre("datadog.enable-tracing"), false, "Enable continuous tracing with DataDog cloud service, this flag is mutually exclusive to tracing.* parameters")
+
 	flags.StringVar(&srv.DataDog.Service, pre("datadog.service"), "default-service", "The Datadog service name, for example my-web-app")
 	flags.StringVar(&srv.DataDog.Env, pre("datadog.env"), "default-env", "The Datadog environment name, for example, production")
 	flags.StringVar(&srv.DataDog.Version, pre("datadog.version"), "default-version", "The version of your application")
 	flags.StringVar(&srv.DataDog.Tags, pre("datadog.tags"), "molecula", "The tags to apply to an uploaded profile. Must be a list of in the format <KEY1>:<VALUE1>,<KEY2>:<VALUE2>")
+
 	flags.BoolVar(&srv.DataDog.CPUProfile, pre("datadog.cpu-profile"), true, "golang pprof cpu profile ")
 	flags.BoolVar(&srv.DataDog.HeapProfile, pre("datadog.heap-profile"), true, "golang pprof heap profile")
 	flags.BoolVar(&srv.DataDog.MutexProfile, pre("datadog.mutex-profile"), false, "golang pprof mutex profile")
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a85d0f3e5..9dbe467e8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -92,6 +92,16 @@ require (
 	robpike.io/ivy v0.2.9
 )
 
+require (
+	github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/obfuscate v0.0.0-20211129110424-6491aa3bf583 // indirect
+	github.com/DataDog/sketches-go v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto v0.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
+	github.com/philhofer/fwd v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.1.2 // indirect
+)
+
 require (
 	github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/v5 v5.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/DataDog/gostackparse v0.5.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2efa9f29e..8c291fb52 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ github.com/desertbit/timer v0.0.0-20180107155436-c41aec40b27f/go.mod h1:xH/i4TFM
 github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto v0.1.0 h1:Jv3CGQHp9OjuMBSne1485aDpUkTKEcUqF+jm/LuerPI=
 github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto v0.1.0/go.mod h1:fux0lOrBhrVCJd3lcTHsIJhq1T2rokOu6v9Vcb3Q9ug=
 github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:E3ru+11k8xSBh+hMPgOLZmtrrCbhqsmaPHjLKYnJCaQ=
+github.com/dgryski/go-farm v0.0.0-20190423205320-6a90982ecee2 h1:tdlZCpZ/P9DhczCTSixgIKmwPv6+wP5DGjqLYw5SUiA=
 github.com/dgryski/go-farm v0.0.0-20190423205320-6a90982ecee2/go.mod h1:SqUrOPUnsFjfmXRMNPybcSiG0BgUW2AuFH8PAnS2iTw=
 github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f/go.mod h1:cuUVRXasLTGF7a8hSLbxyZXjz+1KgoB3wDUb6vlszIc=
 github.com/dgryski/go-sip13 v0.0.0-20181026042036-e10d5fee7954/go.mod h1:vAd38F8PWV+bWy6jNmig1y/TA+kYO4g3RSRF0IAv0no=
@@ -463,6 +464,7 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8 h1:e6P7q2lk1O+qJJb4BtCQXlK8vWEO8V1ZeuEdJNOqZyg=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v0.0.0-20161122191042-44d81051d367/go.mod h1:HP5RmnzzSNb993RKQDq4+1A4ia9nllfqcQFTQJedwGI=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
+github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 h1:xRy4A+RhZaiKjJ1bPfwQ8sedCA+YS2YcCHW6ec7JMi0=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/martian v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:9I4somxYTbIHy5NJKHRl3wXiIaQGbYVAs8BPL6v8lEs=
 github.com/google/martian/v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:y5Zk1BBys9G+gd6Jrk0W3cC1+ELVxBWuIGO+w/tUAp0=
diff --git a/server/config.go b/server/config.go
index f9e52d0fe..5db14ee5f 100644
--- a/server/config.go
+++ b/server/config.go
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	DataDog struct {
 		Enable           bool   `toml:"enable"`
+		EnableTracing    bool   `toml:"enable-tracing"`
 		Service          string `toml:"service"`
 		Env              string `toml:"env"`
 		Version          string `toml:"version"`