diff --git a/transcoder/otel.go b/transcoder/otel.go
index 98cf84a5..05547f5c 100644
--- a/transcoder/otel.go
+++ b/transcoder/otel.go
@@ -60,34 +60,34 @@ func setupOtel(ctx context.Context) (func(context.Context) error, error) {
 		slog.Info("Using OLTP type", "type", "grpc")
 		le, err = otlploggrpc.New(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
-			slog.Error("Failed setting up OLTP: ", err)
+			slog.Error("Failed setting up OLTP", "err", err)
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		me, err = otlpmetricgrpc.New(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
-			slog.Error("Failed setting up OLTP: ", err)
+			slog.Error("Failed setting up OLTP", "err", err)
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		te, err = otlptracegrpc.New(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
-			slog.Error("Failed setting up OLTP: ", err)
+			slog.Error("Failed setting up OLTP", "err", err)
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	default:
 		slog.Info("Using OLTP type", "type", "http")
 		le, err = otlploghttp.New(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
-			slog.Error("Failed setting up OLTP: ", err)
+			slog.Error("Failed setting up OLTP", "err", err)
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		me, err = otlpmetrichttp.New(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
-			slog.Error("Failed setting up OLTP: ", err)
+			slog.Error("Failed setting up OLTP", "err", err)
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		te, err = otlptracehttp.New(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
-			slog.Error("Failed setting up OLTP: ", err)
+			slog.Error("Failed setting up OLTP", "err", err)
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}