diff --git a/classes/tracer.php b/classes/tracer.php
index 0e72e7976..e29073dfc 100644
--- a/classes/tracer.php
+++ b/classes/tracer.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Tracer {
 
 		$context = TraceContextPropagator::getInstance()->extract(getallheaders());
 
-		$span = $this->tracer->spanBuilder('root')
+		$span = $this->tracer->spanBuilder($_SESSION['name'] ?? 'not-logged-in')
 			->setParent($context)
 			->setSpanKind(SpanKind::KIND_SERVER)
 			->setAttribute('php.request', json_encode($_REQUEST))