diff --git a/http-proxy/main.go b/http-proxy/main.go
index 11aa79d8..a97f81bf 100644
--- a/http-proxy/main.go
+++ b/http-proxy/main.go
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ func main() {
 		p.ISPLookup = geo.FromWeb(geoip2ISPURL, "GeoIP2-ISP.mmdb", 24*time.Hour, *geoip2ISPDBFile, geo.ISP)
 	}
 
-	otel.Debug(ctx, "TESTING OTEL LOGGER 123...")
+	otel.InitLogger() // For now I want to see if I can get logs to the otel collector
 
 	err = p.ListenAndServe(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/http_proxy.go b/http_proxy.go
index c8c44d96..4fb7224c 100644
--- a/http_proxy.go
+++ b/http_proxy.go
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ func (p *Proxy) ListenAndServe(ctx context.Context) error {
 			p.instrument.Connection(ctx, clientIP)
 		},
 	})
+
+	otel.Debug(ctx, "TESTING OTEL LOGGER 123...")
 	stopProxiedBytes := p.configureTeleportProxiedBytes()
 	defer stopProxiedBytes()
 
@@ -289,8 +291,11 @@ func (p *Proxy) ListenAndServe(ctx context.Context) error {
 	allListeners := make([]net.Listener, 0)
 	listenerProtocols := make([]string, 0)
 
+	otel.Debug(ctx, "TESTING OTEL LOGGER 123...")
+
 	listenerArgs := getProtoListenersArgs(p)
 	for _, args := range listenerArgs {
+		otel.Debug(ctx, "TESTING OTEL LOGGER 123...")
 		if args.addr == "" {
 			continue
 		}
@@ -306,6 +311,8 @@ func (p *Proxy) ListenAndServe(ctx context.Context) error {
 		allListeners = append(allListeners, listeners.NewAllowingListener(l, blacklist.OnConnect))
 	}
 
+	otel.Debug(ctx, "TESTING OTEL LOGGER 123...")
+
 	errCh := make(chan error, len(allListeners))
 	if p.EnableMultipath {
 		mpl := multipath.NewListener(allListeners, p.instrument.MultipathStats(listenerProtocols))
diff --git a/otel/logger.go b/otel/logger.go
index d1102d7a..3d25b651 100644
--- a/otel/logger.go
+++ b/otel/logger.go
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ func InitLogger() error {
 }
 
 func Debug(ctx context.Context, title string) {
-	InitLogger() // For now I want to see if I can get logs to the otel collector
 	var record otelLog.Record
 	record.SetTimestamp(time.Now())
 	record.SetBody(otelLog.StringValue(title))