diff --git a/cmd/porter/main.go b/cmd/porter/main.go
index 388a42e75..795778b3d 100644
--- a/cmd/porter/main.go
+++ b/cmd/porter/main.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 var includeDocsCommand = false
@@ -188,7 +189,15 @@ Try our QuickStart https://getporter.org/quickstart to learn how to use Porter.
 			// Reload configuration with the now parsed cli flags
 			p.DataLoader = cli.LoadHierarchicalConfig(cmd)
 			ctx, err := p.Connect(cmd.Context())
-			cmd.SetContext(ctx)
+
+			// Extract the parent span from the main command
+			parentSpan := trace.SpanFromContext(cmd.Context())
+
+			// Create a context with the main command's span
+			ctxWithRootCmdSpan := trace.ContextWithSpan(ctx, parentSpan)
+
+			// Set the new context to the command
+			cmd.SetContext(ctxWithRootCmdSpan)
 			return err
 		},
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {