diff --git a/examples/axum-otlp/Cargo.toml b/examples/axum-otlp/Cargo.toml
index d161dbf..9b5160e 100644
--- a/examples/axum-otlp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/axum-otlp/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ init-tracing-opentelemetry = { path = "../../init-tracing-opentelemetry", featur
 ] }
 opentelemetry = { workspace = true }
 opentelemetry-otlp = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = [
-  "reqwest-client",
   "reqwest-rustls",
   "http-proto",
   "tls",
diff --git a/examples/axum-otlp/README.md b/examples/axum-otlp/README.md
index 533a620..044536f 100644
--- a/examples/axum-otlp/README.md
+++ b/examples/axum-otlp/README.md
@@ -2,11 +2,22 @@
 
 In a terminal, run
 
+Configure the [environment variables](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/languages/sdk-configuration/otlp-exporter/) for the OTLP exporter:
+
+```sh
+# For GRPC:
+export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT="http://localhost:4317"
+export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_PROTOCOL="grpc"
+export OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER="always_on"
+
+# For HTTP:
+export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT="http://127.0.0.1:4318/v1/traces"
+export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_PROTOCOL="http/protobuf"
+export OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER="always_on"
+```
+
 ```sh
 ❯ cd examples/axum-otlp
-> # or direnv allow
-❯ export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:4317
-❯ export OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER=always_on
 ❯ cargo run
    Compiling examples-axum-otlp v0.1.0 (/home/david/src/github.com/davidB/axum-tracing-opentelemetry/examples/axum-otlp)
     Finished dev [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 3.60s
diff --git a/init-tracing-opentelemetry/README.md b/init-tracing-opentelemetry/README.md
index c83613f..0cb04ab 100644
--- a/init-tracing-opentelemetry/README.md
+++ b/init-tracing-opentelemetry/README.md
@@ -91,6 +91,18 @@ Few other environment variables can also be used to configure OTLP exporter (eg
 - [`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS`](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/languages/sdk-configuration/otlp-exporter/#otel_exporter_otlp_headers)
 - [`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_HEADERS`](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/languages/sdk-configuration/otlp-exporter/#otel_exporter_otlp_traces_headers)
 
+```sh
+# For GRPC:
+export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT="http://localhost:4317"
+export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_PROTOCOL="grpc"
+export OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER="always_on"
+
+# For HTTP:
+export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT="http://127.0.0.1:4318/v1/traces"
+export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_PROTOCOL="http/protobuf"
+export OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER="always_on"
+```
+
 In the context of **kubernetes**, some of the above environment variables can be injected by the Opentelemetry operator (via `inject-sdk`):
 
 ```yaml
diff --git a/init-tracing-opentelemetry/src/otlp.rs b/init-tracing-opentelemetry/src/otlp.rs
index ccf1e5b..ddb91bc 100644
--- a/init-tracing-opentelemetry/src/otlp.rs
+++ b/init-tracing-opentelemetry/src/otlp.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ fn parse_headers(val: &str) -> impl Iterator<Item = (String, String)> + '_ {
         s
     })
 }
+
 fn read_headers_from_env() -> HashMap<String, String> {
     let mut headers = HashMap::new();
     headers.extend(parse_headers(
@@ -75,13 +76,21 @@ fn read_headers_from_env() -> HashMap<String, String> {
     ));
     headers
 }
+
 fn read_protocol_and_endpoint_from_env() -> (Option<String>, Option<String>) {
-    let maybe_endpoint = std::env::var("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT")
-        .or_else(|_| std::env::var("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT"))
-        .ok();
     let maybe_protocol = std::env::var("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_PROTOCOL")
         .or_else(|_| std::env::var("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL"))
         .ok();
+    let maybe_endpoint = std::env::var("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT")
+        .or_else(|_| {
+            std::env::var("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT").map(|endpoint| match &maybe_protocol {
+                Some(protocol) if protocol.contains("http") => {
+                    format!("{endpoint}/v1/traces")
+                }
+                _ => endpoint,
+            })
+        })
+        .ok();
     (maybe_protocol, maybe_endpoint)
 }
 
@@ -142,7 +151,7 @@ fn infer_protocol_and_endpoint(
     }
 
     let endpoint = match protocol {
-        "http/protobuf" => maybe_endpoint.unwrap_or("http://localhost:4318"), //Devskim: ignore DS137138
+        "http/protobuf" => maybe_endpoint.unwrap_or("http://localhost:4318/v1/traces"), //Devskim: ignore DS137138
         _ => maybe_endpoint.unwrap_or("http://localhost:4317"), //Devskim: ignore DS137138
     };
 
@@ -157,8 +166,13 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
     #[rstest]
-    #[case(None, None, "http/protobuf", "http://localhost:4318")] //Devskim: ignore DS137138
-    #[case(Some("http/protobuf"), None, "http/protobuf", "http://localhost:4318")] //Devskim: ignore DS137138
+    #[case(None, None, "http/protobuf", "http://localhost:4318/v1/traces")] //Devskim: ignore DS137138
+    #[case(
+        Some("http/protobuf"),
+        None,
+        "http/protobuf",
+        "http://localhost:4318/v1/traces"
+    )] //Devskim: ignore DS137138
     #[case(Some("grpc"), None, "grpc", "http://localhost:4317")] //Devskim: ignore DS137138
     #[case(None, Some("http://localhost:4317"), "grpc", "http://localhost:4317")] //Devskim: ignore DS137138
     #[cfg_attr(
@@ -181,15 +195,15 @@ mod tests {
     )]
     #[case(
         Some("http/protobuf"),
-        Some("http://localhost:4318"), //Devskim: ignore DS137138
+        Some("http://localhost:4318/v1/traces"), //Devskim: ignore DS137138
         "http/protobuf",
-        "http://localhost:4318" //Devskim: ignore DS137138
+        "http://localhost:4318/v1/traces" //Devskim: ignore DS137138
     )]
     #[case(
         Some("http/protobuf"),
-        Some("https://examples.com:4318"),
+        Some("https://examples.com:4318/v1/traces"),
         "http/protobuf",
-        "https://examples.com:4318"
+        "https://examples.com:4318/v1/traces"
     )]
     #[case(
         Some("http/protobuf"),