diff --git a/docker/.env b/docker/.env
index 81761fd3b..8cc0e95df 100644
--- a/docker/.env
+++ b/docker/.env
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ MG_JAEGER_FRONTEND=16686
 MG_JAEGER_OLTP_HTTP=4318
 MG_JAEGER_URL=http://jaeger:4318
 MG_JAEGER_TRACE_RATIO=1.0
+MG_JAEGER_MEMORY_MAX_TRACES=5000
 
 ## Call home
 MG_SEND_TELEMETRY=true
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index f23eaaa89..417c72b3f 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ services:
     container_name: magistrala-jaeger
     environment:
       COLLECTOR_OTLP_ENABLED: ${MG_JAEGER_COLLECTOR_OTLP_ENABLED}
+    command: --memory.max-traces ${MG_JAEGER_MEMORY_MAX_TRACES}
     ports:
       - ${MG_JAEGER_FRONTEND}:${MG_JAEGER_FRONTEND}
       - ${MG_JAEGER_OLTP_HTTP}:${MG_JAEGER_OLTP_HTTP}