diff --git a/apps/api/src/db/prisma.ts b/apps/api/src/db/prisma.ts
index a8e61658d..bff6406eb 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/db/prisma.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/db/prisma.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import { ProviderConfigSchema, type ProviderConfig } from "~api/modules/provider
 
 const DB_NULL = null;
 
-const prisma = new PrismaClient({
-  adapter: createPrismaAdapter("api"),
-});
+/** Deferred to first request so OTel instrumentation is registered before the driver loads. */
+let _prisma: PrismaClient;
+const getPrisma = () => (_prisma ??= new PrismaClient({ adapter: createPrismaAdapter("api") }));
 
 export const createPrismaClient = (organizationId: string, userId: string) => {
   if (!organizationId || !userId) {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const createPrismaClient = (organizationId: string, userId: string) => {
 
   const tenantFilters = { deleted_at: DB_NULL, organization_id: organizationId };
 
-  return prisma.$extends({
+  return getPrisma().$extends({
     query: {
       $allModels: {
         $allOperations({ args, query, operation }) {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export const createPrismaClient = (organizationId: string, userId: string) => {
       },
       provider_configs: {
         getUnredacted(slug: string) {
-          return prisma.provider_configs.findFirst({
+          return getPrisma().provider_configs.findFirst({
             where: {
               provider_slug: slug,
               created_by: userId,
diff --git a/packages/shared-api/db/postgres.ts b/packages/shared-api/db/postgres.ts
index 23047fd24..346df66bd 100644
--- a/packages/shared-api/db/postgres.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-api/db/postgres.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { PrismaPg } from "@prisma/adapter-pg";
+import type { PrismaPg } from "@prisma/adapter-pg";
 import { Resource } from "sst";
 
 import { DEFAULT_DB_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS, DEFAULT_DB_POOL_MAX } from "./config";
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export const createPrismaAdapter = (
   schema: string,
   max: number = DEFAULT_DB_POOL_MAX,
 ): PrismaPg => {
+  const { PrismaPg } = require("@prisma/adapter-pg") as typeof import("@prisma/adapter-pg");
   return new PrismaPg(
     {
       connectionString: getConnectionString(schema),
diff --git a/packages/shared-api/lib/otel.ts b/packages/shared-api/lib/otel.ts
index f0b1c1b97..c4e5a1e2f 100644
--- a/packages/shared-api/lib/otel.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-api/lib/otel.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import type { SeverityNumber } from "@opentelemetry/api-logs";
 import { OTLPLogExporter } from "@opentelemetry/exporter-logs-otlp-proto";
 import { OTLPMetricExporter } from "@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-proto";
 import { OTLPTraceExporter } from "@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-proto";
-import { registerInstrumentations } from "@opentelemetry/instrumentation";
 import { PgInstrumentation } from "@opentelemetry/instrumentation-pg";
 import { CompressionAlgorithm } from "@opentelemetry/otlp-exporter-base";
 import { resourceFromAttributes } from "@opentelemetry/resources";
@@ -82,21 +81,6 @@ export const createOtelLogger = (serviceName: string, minimumSeverity: SeverityN
   return loggerProvider.getLogger(serviceName);
 };
 
-registerInstrumentations({
-  instrumentations: [
-    new PgInstrumentation({
-      requireParentSpan: true,
-      enhancedDatabaseReporting: false,
-    }),
-    new BunSqlInstrumentation({
-      requireParentSpan: true,
-      ignoreConnectionSpans: true,
-      // FUTURE: set to true to avoid leaking sensitive information
-      maskStatement: false,
-    }),
-  ],
-});
-
 export const getOtelConfig = (
   serviceName: string,
   additionalRequestHeaders?: readonly string[],
@@ -104,6 +88,18 @@ export const getOtelConfig = (
 ): ElysiaOpenTelemetryOptions => {
   return {
     serviceName,
+    instrumentations: [
+      new PgInstrumentation({
+        requireParentSpan: true,
+        enhancedDatabaseReporting: false,
+      }),
+      new BunSqlInstrumentation({
+        requireParentSpan: true,
+        ignoreConnectionSpans: true,
+        // FUTURE: set to true to avoid leaking sensitive information
+        maskStatement: false,
+      }),
+    ],
     headersToSpanAttributes: {
       request: [...ALLOWED_REQUEST_HEADERS, ...(additionalRequestHeaders ?? [])],
       response: [...ALLOWED_RESPONSE_HEADERS, ...(additionalResponseHeaders ?? [])],