diff --git a/logotel/go.mod b/logotel/go.mod
index 432754c..1146822 100644
--- a/logotel/go.mod
+++ b/logotel/go.mod
@@ -7,3 +7,8 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.13.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.13.0
 )
+
+require (
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/logotel/go.sum b/logotel/go.sum
index 6f418a7..19b82ec 100644
--- a/logotel/go.sum
+++ b/logotel/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 git.blauwelle.com/go/crate/log v0.9.0 h1:H01AQIKcYybeCZGdReBzMoWhkXPQJAoY1t+K0J1asEk=
 git.blauwelle.com/go/crate/log v0.9.0/go.mod h1:jfVfpRODZTA70A8IkApVeGsS1zfLk1D77sLWZM/w+L0=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3 h1:2DntVwHkVopvECVRSlL5PSo9eG+cAkDCuckLubN+rq0=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
+github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
+github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
diff --git a/logotel/processor.go b/logotel/processor.go
index 3dec5ce..27fc66b 100644
--- a/logotel/processor.go
+++ b/logotel/processor.go
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ func (processor *Processor) Process(ctx context.Context, entry logsdk.ReadonlyEn
 	span := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx)
 	if !span.IsRecording() {
 		if processor.defaultSpan {
-			ctx, span = otel.Tracer("git.blauwelle.com/go/crate/logotel").Start(ctx, "default") //nolint:ineffassign,staticcheck,wastedassign
+			name := entry.Message
+			if name == "" {
+				name = "default"
+			}
+			ctx, span = otel.Tracer("git.blauwelle.com/go/crate/logotel").Start(ctx, name) //nolint:ineffassign,staticcheck,wastedassign
 			defer span.End()
 		}
 	}