diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3751555cbd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// See https://aka.ms/new-console-template for more information
+Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!");
diff --git a/docs/trace/getting-started-console/Program.cs b/docs/trace/getting-started-console/Program.cs
index 4acaf7b8a80..aba7d580cdc 100644
--- a/docs/trace/getting-started-console/Program.cs
+++ b/docs/trace/getting-started-console/Program.cs
@@ -11,21 +11,27 @@ public class Program
 
     public static void Main()
     {
+        // Initialize the tracerProvider
         var tracerProvider = Sdk.CreateTracerProviderBuilder()
             .AddSource("MyCompany.MyProduct.MyLibrary")
             .AddConsoleExporter()
             .Build();
 
-        using (var activity = MyActivitySource.StartActivity("SayHello"))
+        // Create a new activity using the ActivitySource
+        var activity = MyActivitySource.StartActivity("SayHello");
+
+        if (activity != null)
         {
-            activity?.SetTag("foo", 1);
-            activity?.SetTag("bar", "Hello, World!");
-            activity?.SetTag("baz", new int[] { 1, 2, 3 });
-            activity?.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Ok);
+            activity.SetTag("foo", 1);
+            activity.SetTag("bar", "Hello, World!");
+            activity.SetTag("baz", new int[] { 1, 2, 3 });
+            activity.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Ok);
+
+            // End the activity (implicitly done when activity goes out of scope)
         }
 
-        // Dispose tracer provider before the application ends.
-        // This will flush the remaining spans and shutdown the tracing pipeline.
+        // Dispose the tracerProvider explicitly to ensure cleanup
+        // and proper flushing of any telemetry data before the app exits
         tracerProvider.Dispose();
     }
 }
diff --git a/opentelemetry-dotnet.csproj b/opentelemetry-dotnet.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e5a1557d3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentelemetry-dotnet.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net9.0</TargetFramework>
+    <RootNamespace>opentelemetry_dotnet</RootNamespace>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5398f43c630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "name": "opentelemetry-dotnet",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "[![Slack](https://img.shields.io/badge/slack-@cncf/otel/dotnet-brightgreen.svg?logo=slack)](https://cloud-native.slack.com/archives/C01N3BC2W7Q)\r [![codecov.io](https://codecov.io/gh/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/branch/main/graphs/badge.svg?)](https://codecov.io/gh/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/)\r [![Nuget](https://img.shields.io/nuget/v/OpenTelemetry.svg)](https://www.nuget.org/profiles/OpenTelemetry)\r [![NuGet](https://img.shields.io/nuget/dt/OpenTelemetry.svg)](https://www.nuget.org/profiles/OpenTelemetry)\r [![Build](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/actions/workflows/ci.yml)",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "directories": {
+    "doc": "docs",
+    "example": "examples",
+    "test": "test"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC"
+}