diff --git a/examples/build.gradle b/examples/build.gradle
index fa732452..33c7a969 100644
--- a/examples/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/build.gradle
@@ -100,6 +100,20 @@ task runExperiment(type: JavaExec) {
   }
 }
 
+task runClassifiers(type: JavaExec) {
+  group = 'Braintrust SDK Examples'
+  description = 'Run the classifiers example'
+  classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
+  mainClass = 'dev.braintrust.examples.ClassifiersExample'
+  systemProperty 'org.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.dev.braintrust', braintrustLogLevel
+  debugOptions {
+    enabled = true
+    port = 5566
+    server = true
+    suspend = false
+  }
+}
+
 task runAnthropicInstrumentation(type: JavaExec) {
   group = 'Braintrust SDK Examples'
   description = 'Run the Anthropic instrumentation example. NOTE: this requires ANTHROPIC_API_KEY to be exported and will make a small call to anthropic, using your tokens'
diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/dev/braintrust/examples/ClassifiersExample.java b/examples/src/main/java/dev/braintrust/examples/ClassifiersExample.java
index 270dcc61..7aeba04c 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/dev/braintrust/examples/ClassifiersExample.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/dev/braintrust/examples/ClassifiersExample.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 public class ClassifiersExample {
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         var braintrust = Braintrust.get();
+        braintrust.openTelemetryCreate();
 
         // 1. Single-label classifier.
         Classifier<String, String> intentClassifier =