diff --git a/metadata-operation-context/src/main/java/io/datahubproject/metadata/context/RequestContext.java b/metadata-operation-context/src/main/java/io/datahubproject/metadata/context/RequestContext.java
index 0fdd2f2126..87757c4482 100644
--- a/metadata-operation-context/src/main/java/io/datahubproject/metadata/context/RequestContext.java
+++ b/metadata-operation-context/src/main/java/io/datahubproject/metadata/context/RequestContext.java
@@ -103,13 +103,6 @@ public class RequestContext implements ContextInterface {
       this.agentName = "Unknown";
     }
 
-    // Uniform common logging of requests across APIs
-    log.info(toString());
-    // API metrics
-    if (metricUtils != null) {
-      captureAPIMetrics(metricUtils, this);
-    }
-
     Span currentSpan = Span.current();
     String traceId = null;
     if (currentSpan != null) {
@@ -120,6 +113,14 @@ public class RequestContext implements ContextInterface {
       }
     }
     this.traceId = traceId;
+
+    // Uniform common logging of requests across APIs
+    log.info(toString());
+
+    // API metrics
+    if (metricUtils != null) {
+      captureAPIMetrics(metricUtils, this);
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/metadata-service/war/build.gradle b/metadata-service/war/build.gradle
index ad3d173cea..966497b135 100644
--- a/metadata-service/war/build.gradle
+++ b/metadata-service/war/build.gradle
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dependencies {
   annotationProcessor externalDependency.lombok
   runtimeOnly externalDependency.log4jCore
   runtimeOnly externalDependency.log4j2Api
-  runtimeOnly externalDependency.logbackClassic
+  implementation externalDependency.logbackClassic
   implementation externalDependency.awsMskIamAuth
   implementation externalDependency.azureIdentityExtensions
   implementation externalDependency.azureIdentity