diff --git a/packages/opal-common/opal_common/logger.py b/packages/opal-common/opal_common/logger.py
index be847b43..5f1229a8 100644
--- a/packages/opal-common/opal_common/logger.py
+++ b/packages/opal-common/opal_common/logger.py
@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@
 from .logging.formatter import Formatter
 from .logging.intercept import InterceptHandler
 from .logging.thirdparty import hijack_uvicorn_logs
+from .monitoring.apm import fix_ddtrace_logging
 
 
 def configure_logs():
     """Takeover process logs and create a logger with Loguru according to the
     configuration."""
+    fix_ddtrace_logging()
+
     intercept_handler = InterceptHandler()
     formatter = Formatter(opal_common_config.LOG_FORMAT)
     filter = ModuleFilter(
@@ -20,6 +23,7 @@ def configure_logs():
         exclude_list=opal_common_config.LOG_MODULE_EXCLUDE_LIST,
     )
     logging.basicConfig(handlers=[intercept_handler], level=0, force=True)
+
     if opal_common_config.LOG_PATCH_UVICORN_LOGS:
         # Monkey patch UVICORN to use our logger
         hijack_uvicorn_logs(intercept_handler)
diff --git a/packages/opal-common/opal_common/monitoring/apm.py b/packages/opal-common/opal_common/monitoring/apm.py
index 9712244e..ff73c7c6 100644
--- a/packages/opal-common/opal_common/monitoring/apm.py
+++ b/packages/opal-common/opal_common/monitoring/apm.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 import os
 from typing import Optional
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ def configure_apm(enable_apm: bool, service_name: str):
     """optionally enable datadog APM / profiler."""
     if enable_apm:
         logger.info("Enabling DataDog APM")
+        # logging.getLogger("ddtrace").propagate = False
 
         class FilterRootPathTraces(TraceFilter):
             def process_trace(self, trace: list[Span]) -> Optional[list[Span]]:
@@ -48,3 +50,11 @@ def process_trace(self, trace: list[Span]) -> Optional[list[Span]]:
     else:
         logger.info("DataDog APM disabled")
         tracer.configure(enabled=False)
+
+
+def fix_ddtrace_logging():
+    logging.getLogger("ddtrace").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
+    ddtrace_logger = logging.getLogger("ddtrace")
+    for handler in ddtrace_logger.handlers:
+        ddtrace_logger.removeHandler(handler)