diff --git a/fetcher.go b/fetcher.go
index 728fd37..b7b3c80 100644
--- a/fetcher.go
+++ b/fetcher.go
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ func (p *pool) fetchResource(ctx context.Context, from *Node, resource string, m
 		return ce
 	}
 
-	ctx, span := spanTrace(ctx, "Pool.FetchResource", trace.WithAttributes(attribute.String("from", from.URL), attribute.String("of", resource), attribute.String("mime", mime)))
+	p.ActiveNodes.lk.RLock()
+	isCore := p.ActiveNodes.IsCore(from)
+	p.ActiveNodes.lk.RUnlock()
+
+	ctx, span := spanTrace(ctx, "Pool.FetchResource", trace.WithAttributes(attribute.String("from", from.URL), attribute.String("of", resource), attribute.String("mime", mime), attribute.Bool("core", isCore)))
 	defer span.End()
 
 	requestId := uuid.NewString()
diff --git a/node.go b/node.go
index 8936ec9..f21f1b2 100644
--- a/node.go
+++ b/node.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const (
 type Node struct {
 	URL           string
 	ComplianceCid string
+	Core          bool
 
 	PredictedLatency     float64
 	PredictedThroughput  float64
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ func NewNode(info state.NodeInfo) *Node {
 	return &Node{
 		URL:           info.IP,
 		ComplianceCid: info.ComplianceCid,
+		Core:          info.Core,
 		Samples:       queue.New[NodeSample](),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/node_ring.go b/node_ring.go
index dfe6b31..eafbbf3 100644
--- a/node_ring.go
+++ b/node_ring.go
@@ -137,6 +137,17 @@ func (nr *NodeRing) Contains(n *Node) bool {
 	return ok
 }
 
+func (nr *NodeRing) IsCore(n *Node) bool {
+	nr.lk.RLock()
+	defer nr.lk.RUnlock()
+
+	nd, ok := nr.Nodes[n.URL]
+	if !ok {
+		return false
+	}
+	return nd.Core
+}
+
 func (nr *NodeRing) GetNodes(key string, number int) ([]*Node, error) {
 	nr.lk.RLock()
 	defer nr.lk.RUnlock()