diff --git a/src/Wolverine/Runtime/WolverineTracing.cs b/src/Wolverine/Runtime/WolverineTracing.cs
index 0f2e03f8a..c0efc3543 100644
--- a/src/Wolverine/Runtime/WolverineTracing.cs
+++ b/src/Wolverine/Runtime/WolverineTracing.cs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public const string
 
     public static Activity? StartExecuting(Envelope envelope)
     {
-        return StartEnvelopeActivity("process", envelope);
+        return StartEnvelopeActivity(envelope.MessageType ?? "process", envelope);
     }
 
     public static Activity? StartEnvelopeActivity(string spanName, Envelope envelope,