diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-console-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/console/Main.java b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-console-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/console/Main.java
index c27aad737b..deed2f6ec4 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-console-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/console/Main.java
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-console-opentelemetry-noagent/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/console/Main.java
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.StatusCode;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.Scope;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.OpenTelemetrySdk;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdkBuilder;
 import io.sentry.Breadcrumb;
 import io.sentry.EventProcessor;
 import io.sentry.Hint;
@@ -17,10 +20,23 @@
 import io.sentry.protocol.Message;
 import io.sentry.protocol.User;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 public class Main {
 
   public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
+    final OpenTelemetrySdk sdk = AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk.builder()
+      .addPropertiesSupplier(() -> {
+        final Map<String, String> properties = new HashMap<>();
+        properties.put("otel.logs.exporter", "none");
+        properties.put("otel.metrics.exporter", "none");
+        properties.put("otel.traces.exporter", "none");
+        return properties;
+      })
+      .build().getOpenTelemetrySdk();
+    GlobalOpenTelemetry.set(sdk);
+
     Sentry.init(
         options -> {
           // NOTE: Replace the test DSN below with YOUR OWN DSN to see the events from this app in
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-console/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/console/Main.java b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-console/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/console/Main.java
index a0c0d5dd9e..e12ab5a0db 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-console/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/console/Main.java
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-console/src/main/java/io/sentry/samples/console/Main.java
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
           options.setTracesSampler(
               context -> {
                 // only 10% of transactions with "/product" prefix will be collected
-                if (!context.getTransactionContext().getName().startsWith("/products")) {
+                if (context.getTransactionContext().getName().startsWith("/products")) {
                   return 0.1;
                 } else {
-                  return 0.5;
+                  return 1.0;
                 }
               });
         });
@@ -155,7 +155,9 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
     //
     // Transactions collect execution time of the piece of code that's executed between the start
     // and finish of transaction.
-    ITransaction transaction = Sentry.startTransaction("transaction name", "op");
+    final TransactionOptions options = new TransactionOptions();
+    options.setBindToScope(true);
+    ITransaction transaction = Sentry.startTransaction("transaction name", "op", options);
     // Transactions can contain one or more Spans
     ISpan outerSpan = transaction.startChild("child");
     Thread.sleep(100);