diff --git a/polkadot/node/subsystem/src/jaeger.rs b/polkadot/node/subsystem/src/jaeger.rs
index 849e59474d7bcd9d6f5294ea8e2dcfcbeece7e75..cbd8e23ac5ad8095d9b23477462a57c4ac84eae7 100644
--- a/polkadot/node/subsystem/src/jaeger.rs
+++ b/polkadot/node/subsystem/src/jaeger.rs
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ impl Jaeger {
 		log::info!("🐹 Collecting jaeger spans for {:?}", &jaeger_agent);
 
 		let (traces_in, mut traces_out) = mick_jaeger::init(mick_jaeger::Config {
-			service_name: format!("{}-{}", cfg.node_name, cfg.node_name),
+			service_name: format!("polkadot-{}", cfg.node_name),
 		});
 
 		// Spawn a background task that pulls span information and sends them on the network.