diff --git a/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/fresh.rs b/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/fresh.rs
index a6f059ccdf..4684639a8f 100644
--- a/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/fresh.rs
+++ b/gateway/src/node/client_handling/websocket/connection_handler/fresh.rs
@@ -1001,6 +1001,8 @@ impl<R, S> FreshHandler<R, S> {
                 let new_carrier  = ContextCarrier::from_map(context_carrier);
                 let propagator = TraceContextPropagator::new();
                 let extracted_context = propagator.extract(&new_carrier);
+                let extracted_trace_id = new_carrier.extract_trace_id();
+                error!("Extracted trace id: {:?}", extracted_trace_id);
                 tracing::Span::current().set_parent(extracted_context);
                 let span = tracing::info_span!("handle_authenticated_client");
                 let _entered_span = span.enter();