diff --git a/src/server/Logger.ts b/src/server/Logger.ts
index 19832f50e..94e508fbb 100644
--- a/src/server/Logger.ts
+++ b/src/server/Logger.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
 import { OpenTelemetryTransportV3 } from "@opentelemetry/winston-transport";
 import * as dotenv from "dotenv";
 import winston from "winston";
+import { GameEnv } from "../core/configuration/Config";
 import { getServerConfigFromServer } from "../core/configuration/ConfigLoader";
 import { getOtelResource } from "./OtelResource";
 dotenv.config();
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ const loggerProvider = new LoggerProvider({
   resource,
 });
 
-if (config.otelEnabled()) {
+if (config.env() === GameEnv.Prod && config.otelEnabled()) {
   console.log("OTEL enabled");
   // Configure OpenTelemetry endpoint with basic auth (if provided)
   const headers = {};
diff --git a/src/server/Worker.ts b/src/server/Worker.ts
index 04de85e5b..5888209a7 100644
--- a/src/server/Worker.ts
+++ b/src/server/Worker.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export function startWorker() {
 
   const privilegeChecker = new PrivilegeChecker(COSMETICS, base64url.decode);
 
-  if (config.otelEnabled()) {
+  if (config.env() === GameEnv.Prod && config.otelEnabled()) {
     initWorkerMetrics(gm);
   }