diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
index e64d611..94fc178 100644
--- a/src/.gitignore
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ v/
 github.com
 golang.org
 google.golang.org
+cloud.google.com
+go.opencensus.io
diff --git a/src/productcatalogservice/Dockerfile b/src/productcatalogservice/Dockerfile
index 0d20b54..cbcfa65 100644
--- a/src/productcatalogservice/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/productcatalogservice/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ WORKDIR /src/microservices-demo/productcatalogservice
 RUN go get -d google.golang.org/grpc \
     google.golang.org/grpc/codes \
     google.golang.org/grpc/status \
-    go.opencensus.io/plugin/ocgrpc
+    go.opencensus.io/plugin/ocgrpc \
+    go.opencensus.io/trace \
+    go.opencensus.io/exporter/stackdriver
 
 COPY . .
 # get remaining dependencies
diff --git a/src/productcatalogservice/server.go b/src/productcatalogservice/server.go
index 755dacf..d3ac5f8 100644
--- a/src/productcatalogservice/server.go
+++ b/src/productcatalogservice/server.go
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	pb "./genproto"
+	"go.opencensus.io/exporter/stackdriver"
 	"go.opencensus.io/plugin/ocgrpc"
+	"go.opencensus.io/trace"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
@@ -85,6 +87,17 @@ var catalog = []*pb.Product{
 
 func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
+
+	exporter, err := stackdriver.NewExporter(stackdriver.Options{})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("failed to initialize stackdriver exporter: %+v", err)
+		log.Println("skipping uploading traces to stackdriver")
+	} else {
+		trace.RegisterExporter(exporter)
+		log.Println("registered stackdriver")
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("starting grpc server at :%d", *port)
 	run(*port)
 	select {}
 }