diff --git a/.github/workflows/kube-workflow-init.yaml b/.github/workflows/kube-workflow-init.yaml
index 69b2de6..b98b7d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kube-workflow-init.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kube-workflow-init.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ on:
 jobs:
   init:
     # Use a released version for stable.
-    uses: kerthcet/github-workflow-as-kube/.github/workflows/workflow-as-kubernetes-init.yaml@v0.1.21
+    uses: kerthcet/github-workflow-as-kube/.github/workflows/workflow-as-kubernetes-init.yaml@v0.1.22
     secrets:
       AGENT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AGENT_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kube-workflow.yaml b/.github/workflows/kube-workflow.yaml
index 095f018..7c5d6ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kube-workflow.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kube-workflow.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ on:
 jobs:
   event-handler:
     # Use a released version for stable.
-    uses: kerthcet/github-workflow-as-kube/.github/workflows/workflow-as-kubernetes.yaml@v0.1.21
+    uses: kerthcet/github-workflow-as-kube/.github/workflows/workflow-as-kubernetes.yaml@v0.1.22
     secrets:
       AGENT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AGENT_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/alphatrion/server/cmd/main.py b/alphatrion/server/cmd/main.py
index 5183286..ebff3ea 100644
--- a/alphatrion/server/cmd/main.py
+++ b/alphatrion/server/cmd/main.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# ruff: noqa: E501
 import argparse
 import os
 import webbrowser
@@ -54,6 +55,25 @@ def main():
 
 
 def run_server(args):
+    BLUE = "\033[94m"
+    RESET = "\033[0m"
+
+    ascii_art = r"""
+    █████████   ████            █████                ███████████            ███
+   ███░░░░░███ ░░███           ░░███                ░█░░░███░░░█           ░░░
+  ░███    ░███  ░███  ████████  ░███████    ██████  ░   ░███  ░  ████████  ████   ██████  ████████
+  ░███████████  ░███ ░░███░░███ ░███░░███  ░░░░░███     ░███    ░░███░░███░░███  ███░░███░░███░░███
+  ░███░░░░░███  ░███  ░███ ░███ ░███ ░███   ███████     ░███     ░███ ░░░  ░███ ░███ ░███ ░███ ░███
+  ░███    ░███  ░███  ░███ ░███ ░███ ░███  ███░░███     ░███     ░███      ░███ ░███ ░███ ░███ ░███
+  █████   █████ █████ ░███████  ████ █████░░████████    █████    █████     █████░░██████  ████ █████
+ ░░░░░   ░░░░░ ░░░░░  ░███░░░  ░░░░ ░░░░░  ░░░░░░░░    ░░░░░    ░░░░░     ░░░░░  ░░░░░░  ░░░░ ░░░░░
+                      ░███
+                      █████
+                     ░░░░░
+    """
+
+    print(f"{BLUE}{ascii_art}{RESET}")
+
     msg = Text(
         f"Starting AlphaTrion server at http://{args.host}:{args.port}",
         style="bold green",
diff --git a/alphatrion/tracing/tracing.py b/alphatrion/tracing/tracing.py
index f67d935..4255089 100644
--- a/alphatrion/tracing/tracing.py
+++ b/alphatrion/tracing/tracing.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import inspect
+import os
 import uuid
 from functools import wraps
 
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import ConsoleSpanExporter
 from opentelemetry.semconv_ai import TraceloopSpanKindValues
 from traceloop.sdk import Traceloop
 from traceloop.sdk.decorators import task as _task
@@ -9,13 +11,15 @@
 
 from alphatrion.run.run import current_run_id
 
-Traceloop.init(
-    app_name="alphatrion",
-    # TODO: make this configurable
-    # exporter=ConsoleSpanExporter(),
-    disable_batch=True,
-    telemetry_enabled=False,
-)
+# Disable tracing by default now
+if os.getenv("ENABLE_TRACING", "false").lower() == "true":
+    Traceloop.init(
+        app_name="alphatrion",
+        # TODO: make this configurable
+        exporter=ConsoleSpanExporter(),
+        disable_batch=True,
+        telemetry_enabled=False,
+    )
 
 
 def task(