diff --git a/system/jlib/jlog.hpp b/system/jlib/jlog.hpp
index 9686e21feca..d8d7edc8e9d 100644
--- a/system/jlib/jlog.hpp
+++ b/system/jlib/jlog.hpp
@@ -836,6 +836,7 @@ constexpr LogMsgCategory MCdebugInfo(MSGAUD_programmer, MSGCLS_information, Debu
 constexpr LogMsgCategory MCauditInfo(MSGAUD_audit, MSGCLS_information, AudMsgThreshold);
 constexpr LogMsgCategory MCoperatorInfo(MSGAUD_operator, MSGCLS_information, InfoMsgThreshold);
 constexpr LogMsgCategory MCoperatorMetric(MSGAUD_operator, MSGCLS_metric, ErrMsgThreshold);
+constexpr LogMsgCategory MCoperatorTrace(MSGAUD_monitor, MSGCLS_event, ProgressMsgThreshold);
 
 /*
  * Function to determine log level (detail) for exceptions, based on log message class
diff --git a/system/jlib/jtrace.cpp b/system/jlib/jtrace.cpp
index 401702d8a63..e01ae95aaee 100644
--- a/system/jlib/jtrace.cpp
+++ b/system/jlib/jtrace.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class CSpan : public CInterfaceOf<ISpan>
     {
         StringBuffer out;
         toLog(out);
-        DBGLOG("Span end: {%s}", out.str());
+        LOG(MCoperatorTrace, "Span end: {%s}", out.str());
     }
 
     const char * getSpanID() const
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ class CSpan : public CInterfaceOf<ISpan>
 
             StringBuffer out;
             toLog(out);
-            DBGLOG("Span start: {%s}", out.str());
+            LOG(MCoperatorTrace, "Span start: {%s}", out.str());
         }
 
     }