diff --git a/Dockerfile.railway b/Dockerfile.railway
index 348994783..b32d5e282 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.railway
+++ b/Dockerfile.railway
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ RUN npm run build:production
 WORKDIR /ghostfolio/dist/apps/api
 COPY ./package-lock.json /ghostfolio/dist/apps/api/
 RUN npm install
+RUN npm install @langfuse/otel @opentelemetry/sdk-node --save 2>/dev/null || true
 COPY .config /ghostfolio/dist/apps/api/.config/
 COPY prisma /ghostfolio/dist/apps/api/prisma/
 COPY package.json /ghostfolio/dist/apps/api/
diff --git a/apps/api/src/main.ts b/apps/api/src/main.ts
index a65e6f694..33504c836 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/main.ts
@@ -19,16 +19,23 @@ import helmet from 'helmet';
 
 import { AppModule } from './app/app.module';
 import { environment } from './environments/environment';
-import { NodeSDK } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-node';
-import { LangfuseSpanProcessor } from '@langfuse/otel';
 
 // Initialize Langfuse OpenTelemetry tracing (must happen before NestJS bootstrap)
 if (process.env.LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY) {
-  const sdk = new NodeSDK({
-    spanProcessors: [new LangfuseSpanProcessor()]
-  });
-  sdk.start();
-  console.log('Langfuse tracing initialized');
+  try {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
+    const { NodeSDK } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-node');
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
+    const { LangfuseSpanProcessor } = require('@langfuse/otel');
+
+    const sdk = new NodeSDK({
+      spanProcessors: [new LangfuseSpanProcessor()]
+    });
+    sdk.start();
+    console.log('Langfuse tracing initialized');
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.warn('Langfuse tracing not available:', error.message);
+  }
 }
 
 async function bootstrap() {