diff --git a/cmd/porter/main.go b/cmd/porter/main.go
index 11aa70852..795778b3d 100644
--- a/cmd/porter/main.go
+++ b/cmd/porter/main.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 var includeDocsCommand = false
@@ -187,7 +188,17 @@ Try our QuickStart https://getporter.org/quickstart to learn how to use Porter.
 
 			// Reload configuration with the now parsed cli flags
 			p.DataLoader = cli.LoadHierarchicalConfig(cmd)
-			return nil
+			ctx, err := p.Connect(cmd.Context())
+
+			// Extract the parent span from the main command
+			parentSpan := trace.SpanFromContext(cmd.Context())
+
+			// Create a context with the main command's span
+			ctxWithRootCmdSpan := trace.ContextWithSpan(ctx, parentSpan)
+
+			// Set the new context to the command
+			cmd.SetContext(ctxWithRootCmdSpan)
+			return err
 		},
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if printVersion {
diff --git a/tests/integration/telemetry_test.go b/tests/integration/telemetry_test.go
index 98d900551..f9a97b8b8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/telemetry_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/telemetry_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"get.porter.sh/porter/pkg/porter"
 	"get.porter.sh/porter/tests"
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ func TestTelemetrySetup(t *testing.T) {
 	defer test.RunPorter("uninstall", "otel-jaeger", "--allow-docker-host-access")
 
 	// Wait until the collection should be up
-	// time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
+	time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
 
 	// Try to run porter with telemetry enabled
 	p := porter.New()