diff --git a/internal/grpc/services/storageprovider/storageprovider.go b/internal/grpc/services/storageprovider/storageprovider.go
index 52d5154415..87d280a07a 100644
--- a/internal/grpc/services/storageprovider/storageprovider.go
+++ b/internal/grpc/services/storageprovider/storageprovider.go
@@ -302,14 +302,9 @@ func (s *service) InitiateFileUpload(ctx context.Context, req *provider.Initiate
 	log := appctx.GetLogger(ctx)
 	newRef, err := s.unwrap(ctx, req.Ref)
 	if err != nil {
-		switch err.(type) {
-		case errtypes.IsNotFound:
-			newRef = req.Ref
-		default:
-			return &provider.InitiateFileUploadResponse{
-				Status: status.NewInternal(ctx, err, "error unwrapping path"),
-			}, nil
-		}
+		return &provider.InitiateFileUploadResponse{
+			Status: status.NewInternal(ctx, err, "error unwrapping path"),
+		}, nil
 	}
 	if newRef.GetPath() == "/" {
 		return &provider.InitiateFileUploadResponse{
@@ -346,7 +341,7 @@ func (s *service) InitiateFileUpload(ctx context.Context, req *provider.Initiate
 			st = status.NewNotFound(ctx, "path not found when initiating upload")
 		case errtypes.IsBadRequest, errtypes.IsChecksumMismatch:
 			st = status.NewInvalidArg(ctx, err.Error())
-			// TODO TUS uses a custom ChecksumMismatch 460 http status which is in an unnasigned range in
+			// TODO TUS uses a custom ChecksumMismatch 460 http status which is in an unassigned range in
 			// https://www.iana.org/assignments/http-status-codes/http-status-codes.xhtml
 			// maybe 409 conflict is good enough
 			// someone is proposing `419 Checksum Error`, see https://stackoverflow.com/a/35665694
diff --git a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/copy.go b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/copy.go
index 153601a392..8860da2e8f 100644
--- a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/copy.go
+++ b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/copy.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ type intermediateDirRefFunc func() (*provider.Reference, *rpc.Status, error)
 
 func (s *svc) handlePathCopy(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ns string) {
 	ctx := r.Context()
-	ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, "head")
+	ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, "copy")
 	defer span.End()
 
 	src := path.Join(ns, r.URL.Path)
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func (s *svc) executePathCopy(ctx context.Context, client gateway.GatewayAPIClie
 
 func (s *svc) handleSpacesCopy(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, spaceID string) {
 	ctx := r.Context()
-	ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, "head")
+	ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, "spaces_copy")
 	defer span.End()
 
 	dst, err := extractDestination(r)
diff --git a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/propfind.go b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/propfind.go
index f77ae401e7..94f8614da0 100644
--- a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/propfind.go
+++ b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/propfind.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (s *svc) handlePathPropfind(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ns stri
 
 func (s *svc) handleSpacesPropfind(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, spaceID string) {
 	ctx := r.Context()
-	ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, "propfind")
+	ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, "spaces_propfind")
 	defer span.End()
 
 	sublog := appctx.GetLogger(ctx).With().Str("path", r.URL.Path).Str("spaceid", spaceID).Logger()
diff --git a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/publicfile.go b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/publicfile.go
index 3d06da037d..ba4cc78ee8 100644
--- a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/publicfile.go
+++ b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/publicfile.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func (s *svc) adjustResourcePathInURL(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bo
 // ns is the namespace that is prefixed to the path in the cs3 namespace
 func (s *svc) handlePropfindOnToken(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ns string, onContainer bool) {
 	ctx := r.Context()
-	ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, "propfind")
+	ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, "token_propfind")
 	defer span.End()
 
 	tokenStatInfo := ctx.Value(tokenStatInfoKey{}).(*provider.ResourceInfo)
diff --git a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/put.go b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/put.go
index 5bbee1ea24..9b8701ca3b 100644
--- a/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/put.go
+++ b/internal/http/services/owncloud/ocdav/put.go
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ func (s *svc) handlePut(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 
 func (s *svc) handleSpacesPut(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, spaceID string) {
 	ctx := r.Context()
+	ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, "spaces_put")
+	defer span.End()
 
 	sublog := appctx.GetLogger(ctx).With().Str("spaceid", spaceID).Str("path", r.URL.Path).Logger()