diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index 92e953be..6d55b6c9 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
    :jvm-opts    ["-Djdk.attach.allowAttachSelf"]}
 
   :otel
-  {:jvm-opts [ ;;; download jar from https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases
-              ;; "-javaagent:/path/to/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar"
+  {:jvm-opts [ ;; start a trace collector with e.g. docker run --rm -p 16686:16686 -p 4318:4318 jaegertracing/jaeger:2.11.0
+              "-javaagent:dev/resources/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar"
               "-Dotel.exporter.otlp.endpoint=http://localhost:4318"
               "-Dotel.exporter.otlp.protocol=http/protobuf"
               "-Dotel.logs.exporter=none"
diff --git a/dev/resources/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar b/dev/resources/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f955ced2
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