diff --git a/otelagent/src/main/java/com/softwareaws/xray/opentelemetry/agentbootstrap/AwsAgentBootstrap.java b/otelagent/src/main/java/com/softwareaws/xray/opentelemetry/agentbootstrap/AwsAgentBootstrap.java
index 9f09e46..0c61d7e 100644
--- a/otelagent/src/main/java/com/softwareaws/xray/opentelemetry/agentbootstrap/AwsAgentBootstrap.java
+++ b/otelagent/src/main/java/com/softwareaws/xray/opentelemetry/agentbootstrap/AwsAgentBootstrap.java
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ public static void agentmain(final String agentArgs, final Instrumentation inst)
     System.setProperty(
         "io.opentelemetry.javaagent.shaded.io.opentelemetry.trace.spi.TracerProviderFactory",
         "com.softwareaws.xray.opentelemetry.exporters.AwsTracerProviderFactory");
-    System.setProperty("otel.propagators", "xray,tracecontext,b3");
+    if (System.getProperty("otel.propagators", "").isEmpty()) {
+      System.setProperty("otel.propagators", "xray,tracecontext,b3");
+    }
     OpenTelemetryAgent.agentmain(agentArgs, inst);
   }
 }