diff --git a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/AndroidOptionsInitializer.java b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/AndroidOptionsInitializer.java
index a7c034c87a..a77350e734 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/AndroidOptionsInitializer.java
+++ b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/AndroidOptionsInitializer.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import io.sentry.cache.PersistingScopeObserver;
 import io.sentry.compose.gestures.ComposeGestureTargetLocator;
 import io.sentry.compose.viewhierarchy.ComposeViewHierarchyExporter;
-import io.sentry.internal.SpotlightIntegration;
 import io.sentry.internal.gestures.GestureTargetLocator;
 import io.sentry.internal.viewhierarchy.ViewHierarchyExporter;
 import io.sentry.transport.NoOpEnvelopeCache;
@@ -286,7 +285,7 @@ static void installDefaultIntegrations(
         new NetworkBreadcrumbsIntegration(context, buildInfoProvider, options.getLogger()));
     options.addIntegration(new TempSensorBreadcrumbsIntegration(context));
     options.addIntegration(new PhoneStateBreadcrumbsIntegration(context));
-    options.addIntegration(new SpotlightIntegration());
+    // options.addIntegration(new SpotlightIntegration());
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/resources/application.properties b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 040a9bb208..48de74aa28 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-spring-boot-jakarta/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ sentry.ignored-checkins=ignored_monitor_slug_1,ignored_monitor_slug_2
 sentry.debug=true
 sentry.graphql.ignored-error-types=SOME_ERROR,ANOTHER_ERROR
 sentry.enable-backpressure-handling=true
+sentry.spotlight-connection-url=http://localhost:8969/stream
+sentry.enablePrettySerializationOutput=false
 in-app-includes="io.sentry.samples"
 
 # Uncomment and set to true to enable aot compatibility
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java
index 150dde68f8..66b358cb08 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryOptions.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import io.sentry.clientreport.ClientReportRecorder;
 import io.sentry.clientreport.IClientReportRecorder;
 import io.sentry.clientreport.NoOpClientReportRecorder;
+import io.sentry.internal.SpotlightIntegration;
 import io.sentry.internal.debugmeta.IDebugMetaLoader;
 import io.sentry.internal.debugmeta.NoOpDebugMetaLoader;
 import io.sentry.internal.gestures.GestureTargetLocator;
@@ -2420,6 +2421,7 @@ private SentryOptions(final boolean empty) {
       integrations.add(new UncaughtExceptionHandlerIntegration());
 
       integrations.add(new ShutdownHookIntegration());
+      integrations.add(new SpotlightIntegration());
 
       eventProcessors.add(new MainEventProcessor(this));
       eventProcessors.add(new DuplicateEventDetectionEventProcessor(this));
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/internal/SpotlightIntegration.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/internal/SpotlightIntegration.java
index 49367587cc..c1b896a3ef 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/internal/SpotlightIntegration.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/internal/SpotlightIntegration.java
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ private void sendEnvelope(final @NotNull SentryEnvelope envelope) {
 
     final @NotNull HttpURLConnection connection =
         (HttpURLConnection) URI.create(url).toURL().openConnection();
+
+    connection.setReadTimeout(1000);
+    connection.setConnectTimeout(1000);
     connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
     connection.setDoOutput(true);