diff --git a/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml b/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml
index f3660b61..5fcb620e 100644
--- a/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml
+++ b/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ spec:
               - set(resource.attributes["body_json"]["kubernetes"]["namespace"], resource.attributes["k8s.namespace.name"])
               - set(log.body, String(merge_maps(ParseJSON(log.body), resource.attributes["body_json"], "upsert")))
               - delete_key(resource.attributes, "body_json")
+      batch:
         send_batch_size: 5
         timeout: 10s  
     exporters: