diff --git a/app/peerfinder/http.go b/app/peerfinder/http.go
index 03c694b..7776434 100644
--- a/app/peerfinder/http.go
+++ b/app/peerfinder/http.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func (s *service) getPending(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, peerID stri
 		return nil
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		span.RecordError(err)
+		span.AddEvent(err.Error())
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
 		return
 	}
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func (s *service) getPending(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, peerID stri
 	peerResults.SetStreamID(aggPeer(peerID))
 	err = s.es.Load(ctx, peerResults)
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, ev.ErrNotFound) {
-		span.RecordError(fmt.Errorf("peer not found: %w", err))
+		span.AddEvent("peer not found")
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
 		return
 	}
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func (s *service) getPending(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, peerID stri
 		}
 	}
 	if req == nil {
-		span.RecordError(fmt.Errorf("request not found"))
+		span.AddEvent("request not found")
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
 		return
 	}