diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e96d70b..ed5e811 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## v0.3.2
+
+Features:
+- Simplify trace output to reduce trace file size
+
 ## v0.3.1
 
 Features:
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dbcfda1..a1b8857 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "broker"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick 0.7.20",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bdfea98..5b151d0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "broker"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "The bridge between FOSSA and internal DevOps services"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/src/api/remote/git/repository.rs b/src/api/remote/git/repository.rs
index 47f1c1f..c12ac81 100644
--- a/src/api/remote/git/repository.rs
+++ b/src/api/remote/git/repository.rs
@@ -342,7 +342,6 @@ fn parse_ls_remote(output: String) -> Vec<Reference> {
         .collect()
 }
 
-#[tracing::instrument]
 fn line_to_git_ref(line: &str) -> Option<Reference> {
     let mut parsed = line.split_whitespace();
     let commit = parsed.next()?;
diff --git a/src/debug.rs b/src/debug.rs
index 5cbcdd4..f03a054 100644
--- a/src/debug.rs
+++ b/src/debug.rs
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ impl Config {
             .with(
                 tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
                     .json()
-                    .with_span_events(FmtSpan::FULL)
+                    .flatten_event(true)
+                    .with_span_events(FmtSpan::NEW | FmtSpan::CLOSE)
                     .with_writer(sink),
             );