diff --git a/common/bin-common/src/opentelemetry/mod.rs b/common/bin-common/src/opentelemetry/mod.rs
index 725b10325d..96ac03d544 100644
--- a/common/bin-common/src/opentelemetry/mod.rs
+++ b/common/bin-common/src/opentelemetry/mod.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ mod trace_id_format;
 
 use tracing::{info, Level};
 use tracing_subscriber::filter::Directive;
-use tracing_subscriber::fmt;
 use tracing_subscriber::layer::SubscriberExt;
 use tracing_subscriber::util::SubscriberInitExt;
+use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, Layer};
 
 use crate::logging::{default_tracing_env_filter, default_tracing_fmt_layer};
 use crate::opentelemetry::error::TracingError;
@@ -72,6 +72,23 @@ pub(crate) fn build_tracing_logger() -> Result<impl SubscriberExt, TracingError>
 }
 
 pub fn setup_tracing_logger() -> Result<(), TracingError> {
+    let stderr_layer =
+        default_tracing_fmt_layer(std::io::stderr).with_filter(granual_filtered_env()?);
+
+    cfg_if::cfg_if! {if #[cfg(feature = "tokio-console")] {
+        // instrument tokio console subscriber needs RUSTFLAGS="--cfg tokio_unstable" at build time
+        let console_layer = console_subscriber::spawn();
+
+        tracing_subscriber::registry()
+            .with(console_layer)
+            .with(stderr_layer)
+            .init();
+    } else {
+        tracing_subscriber::registry()
+            .with(stderr_layer)
+            .init();
+    }}
+    
     build_tracing_logger()?.init();
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/examples/surb_reply.rs b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/examples/surb_reply.rs
index 10cdec1ba6..6011181f0f 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/examples/surb_reply.rs
+++ b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/examples/surb_reply.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use tempfile::TempDir;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    nym_bin_common::opentelemetry::setup_tracing_logger().unwrap();
+    nym_bin_common::logging::setup_tracing_logger();
 
     // Specify some config options
     let config_dir: PathBuf = TempDir::new().unwrap().path().to_path_buf();