diff --git a/plugins/out_opentelemetry/opentelemetry.c b/plugins/out_opentelemetry/opentelemetry.c
index eedc9193f69..a1e5f29e1df 100644
--- a/plugins/out_opentelemetry/opentelemetry.c
+++ b/plugins/out_opentelemetry/opentelemetry.c
@@ -1095,7 +1095,11 @@ static int append_v1_logs_message(struct opentelemetry_context *ctx,
     /* SpanId */
     if (ctx->ra_span_id_message) {
         flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "span id message not null");
+        flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "pattern is %s\n", ctx->ra_span_id_message->pattern);
         ra_val = flb_ra_get_value_object(ctx->ra_span_id_message, *event->body);
+        if(ra_val != NULL){
+            flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "ra_val is null");
+        }
         if (ra_val != NULL && ra_val->o.type == MSGPACK_OBJECT_BIN) {
             flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "span id ra_val");
             log_record->span_id.data = flb_calloc(1, ra_val->o.via.bin.size);
@@ -1109,8 +1113,9 @@ static int append_v1_logs_message(struct opentelemetry_context *ctx,
     }
 
     /* TraceId */
-    if (ctx->ra_span_id_message) {
-        ra_val = flb_ra_get_value_object(ctx->ra_span_id_message, *event->body);
+    if (ctx->ra_trace_id_message) {
+        flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "trace id message not null");
+        ra_val = flb_ra_get_value_object(ctx->ra_trace_id_message, *event->body);
         if (ra_val != NULL && ra_val->o.type == MSGPACK_OBJECT_BIN) {
             log_record->trace_id.data = flb_calloc(1, ra_val->o.via.bin.size);
             if (log_record->trace_id.data) {
diff --git a/src/flb_ra_key.c b/src/flb_ra_key.c
index 098479ed605..20adc6a8096 100644
--- a/src/flb_ra_key.c
+++ b/src/flb_ra_key.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ static int ra_key_val_id(flb_sds_t ckey, msgpack_object map)
     }
 
     map_size = map.via.map.size;
+    printf("map size %d", map_size);
     for (i = map_size - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
         key = map.via.map.ptr[i].key;
 
@@ -216,9 +217,11 @@ struct flb_ra_value *flb_ra_key_to_value(flb_sds_t ckey,
     /* Get the key position in the map */
     i = ra_key_val_id(ckey, map);
     if (i == -1) {
+        printf("map does not contain key");
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    printf("getting val from map");
     /* Reference entries */
     val = map.via.map.ptr[i].val;
 
diff --git a/src/flb_record_accessor.c b/src/flb_record_accessor.c
index 444fdf8ca61..16409e8cf55 100644
--- a/src/flb_record_accessor.c
+++ b/src/flb_record_accessor.c
@@ -779,6 +779,8 @@ struct flb_ra_value *flb_ra_get_value_object(struct flb_record_accessor *ra,
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    flb_info("key name is %s\n", rp->key->name);
+
     return flb_ra_key_to_value(rp->key->name, map, rp->key->subkeys);
 }