diff --git a/2022.fly/fly.toml b/2022.fly/fly.toml
index 015fee6ae7..550ba49c3a 100644
--- a/2022.fly/fly.toml
+++ b/2022.fly/fly.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ PORT = "4000"
 STATIC_URL_HOST = "cdn.changelog.com"
 URL_HOST = "changelog.com"
 DB_NAME = "changelog"
+# Sample traces to 10%, otherwise we will exceed out monthly 100M limit
+OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER="parentbased_traceidratio"
+OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG="0.1"
 
 [[services]]
 internal_port = 4000
diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index 33ab7ffa53..1148d3a51f 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ if System.get_env("HONEYCOMB_API_KEY") do
   config :opentelemetry, traces_exporter: :otlp
   config :opentelemetry_exporter,
     otlp_protocol: :http_protobuf,
+    otlp_compression: :gzip,
     otlp_endpoint: "https://api.honeycomb.io:443",
     otlp_headers: [
       {"x-honeycomb-team", SecretOrEnv.get("HONEYCOMB_API_KEY")},