diff --git a/cmd/themis-server/main.go b/cmd/themis-server/main.go
index e7769f4..71a8b9a 100644
--- a/cmd/themis-server/main.go
+++ b/cmd/themis-server/main.go
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	defer store.Close()
 
-	initTracing(db)
+	if err := initTracing(db); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to initialize tracing")
+	}
 
 	notifChan := make(chan struct{})
 	notifier := themis.NewNotifier(notifChan)
@@ -1017,7 +1019,7 @@ func parseCustomIDState(qs string) (url.Values, error) {
 	return v, nil
 }
 
-func initTracing(db *sql.DB) {
+func initTracing(db *sql.DB) error {
 	res, err := resource.New(context.TODO(),
 		resource.WithHost(),
 		resource.WithOS(),
@@ -1028,7 +1030,7 @@ func initTracing(db *sql.DB) {
 
 	ex, err := sqliteexporter.NewSqliteSDKTraceExporterWithDB(db)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic("not implemented")
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create span exporter: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	tp := sdktrace.NewTracerProvider(
@@ -1038,4 +1040,5 @@ func initTracing(db *sql.DB) {
 
 	otel.SetTracerProvider(tp)
 	tracer = tp.Tracer("themis")
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 33dc789..e835818 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.31.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.23.0
-	go.wperron.io/sqliteexporter v0.1.0-rc4.0.20240209151856-fbb499783db4
+	go.wperron.io/sqliteexporter v0.1.0-rc5.0.20240209234500-ad89647cf9b6
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bc099db..465fcad 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -162,8 +162,16 @@ go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0 h1:sI7k6L95XOKS281NhVKOFCUNIvv9e0w4BF8N3u+tCRo=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0/go.mod h1:dtElttAiwGvoJ/vj4IwHBS/gXsEu/pZ50mUIRWuG0so=
+go.wperron.io/sqliteexporter v0.1.0-rc4 h1:c87oo4ayZsbQmPTNsYzl6Vk6WNT/kdplU/+Ss58BnGk=
+go.wperron.io/sqliteexporter v0.1.0-rc4/go.mod h1:1EGOfZSCZPXd+XBx40fQ5X9U4o35LJ1r+/41We6Yr1c=
 go.wperron.io/sqliteexporter v0.1.0-rc4.0.20240209151856-fbb499783db4 h1:ertcPQ8wLgmMZbO7PuUgLiURf6BHsHEa60++ye6RsFQ=
 go.wperron.io/sqliteexporter v0.1.0-rc4.0.20240209151856-fbb499783db4/go.mod h1:iQD28FG3zrdOEpKTGxvWCcLdir5eavk5bKjjN3RQ6Xc=
+go.wperron.io/sqliteexporter v0.1.0-rc4.0.20240209232952-5308d8284449 h1:ewfiZC7XIDJwxYlr4usrqpLQjs12QWBGtuzbNoZqtgU=
+go.wperron.io/sqliteexporter v0.1.0-rc4.0.20240209232952-5308d8284449/go.mod h1:iQD28FG3zrdOEpKTGxvWCcLdir5eavk5bKjjN3RQ6Xc=
+go.wperron.io/sqliteexporter v0.1.0-rc5 h1:kcCW929KkjZU59s1102oak5qWED11rnBpoSGXtdkiRQ=
+go.wperron.io/sqliteexporter v0.1.0-rc5/go.mod h1:iQD28FG3zrdOEpKTGxvWCcLdir5eavk5bKjjN3RQ6Xc=
+go.wperron.io/sqliteexporter v0.1.0-rc5.0.20240209234500-ad89647cf9b6 h1:GbIjafkOpD/bWS2qR8PAOQAZPTQTQLk5XC4+d7DI7Fw=
+go.wperron.io/sqliteexporter v0.1.0-rc5.0.20240209234500-ad89647cf9b6/go.mod h1:iQD28FG3zrdOEpKTGxvWCcLdir5eavk5bKjjN3RQ6Xc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=