diff --git a/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs b/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs
index 284db005c8..4689cc2b83 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 fn init() -> Result<(String, clap::ArgMatches)> {
     init_tracing_and_logging(DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL)?;
 
+    opentelemetry::global::set_error_handler(|err| {
+        tracing::info!("OpenTelemetry error: {err}");
+    })
+    .expect("global error handler lock poisoned");
+
     let mut signals = Signals::new([SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGQUIT])?;
     thread::spawn(move || {
         for sig in signals.forever() {