diff --git a/go.sh b/go.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..01d5083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/env bash
+
+java -version
+
+cd opbeans
+
+./mvnw clean package
+
+export ELASTIC_APM_SERVICE_NAME=opbeans-debug
+export ELASTIC_APM_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:8200
+export ELASTIC_APM_APPLICATION_PACKAGES=co.elastic.apm.opbeans
+export ELASTIC_APM_ENABLE_LOG_CORRELATION=true
+export ELASTIC_APM_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_INSTRUMENTATIONS=true
+export ELASTIC_APM_ENVIRONMENT=debug
+
+# get released agent
+dl_agent_version=1.31.0
+curl -s -o elastic-apm-agent.jar "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/co/elastic/apm/elastic-apm-agent/${dl_agent_version}/elastic-apm-agent-${dl_agent_version}.jar"
+
+# get latest snapshot
+curl -s -o elastic-apm-agent.jar --location 'https://apm-ci.elastic.co/job/apm-agent-java/job/apm-agent-java-mbp/job/main/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/src/github.com/elastic/apm-agent-java/elastic-apm-agent/target/elastic-apm-agent-1.31.1-SNAPSHOT.jar'
+
+agent_jar=elastic-apm-agent.jar
+app_jar=target/opbeans-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
+agent_opts=-javaagent:${agent_jar}
+
+#debug_opts='-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=n,address=localhost:5005,suspend=y'
+
+java \
+${debug_opts:-} \
+${agent_opts:-} \
+-jar ${app_jar}
+
+cd -
diff --git a/opbeans/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/opbeans/OpbeansApplication.java b/opbeans/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/opbeans/OpbeansApplication.java
index 40a6307..48e0f60 100644
--- a/opbeans/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/opbeans/OpbeansApplication.java
+++ b/opbeans/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/opbeans/OpbeansApplication.java
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
  */
 package co.elastic.apm.opbeans;
 
+import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanKind;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.StatusCode;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Tracer;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 
@@ -26,6 +31,39 @@
 public class OpbeansApplication {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        Thread t = new Thread(){
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                try {
+                    sleep(5000);
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    // ignored
+                }
+
+                Tracer tracer = GlobalOpenTelemetry.get().getTracer("co.elastic.apm:opbeans");
+
+                Span span = tracer.spanBuilder("fake HTTP transaction")
+                        .setSpanKind(SpanKind.SERVER)
+                        .startSpan()
+                        .setAttribute("http.url", "http://localhost:8080/")
+                        .setAttribute("http.method", "GET")
+                        .setAttribute("http.status_code", 200);
+
+                try {
+                    sleep(100);
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    // ignored
+                }
+
+                span.setStatus(StatusCode.OK)
+                     .end();
+
+            }
+        };
+
+        t.start();
+
         SpringApplication.run(OpbeansApplication.class, args);
     }
 }