diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 925b8ab..36a4964 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 - **[FEATURE]**: feat(capture): add support for capture tracepoints [#34](https://github.com/intergral/deep/pull/34) [@Umaaz](https://github.com/Umaaz)
 - **[BUGFIX]**: fix(duration): snapshot duration not set [#37](https://github.com/intergral/deep/pull/37) [@Umaaz](https://github.com/Umaaz)
 - **[BUGFIX]**: fix(attributes): snapshot attributes not set [#38](https://github.com/intergral/deep/pull/38) [@Umaaz](https://github.com/Umaaz)
+- **[BUGFIX]**: fix(resource): discovered resources overwriting each other [#41](https://github.com/intergral/deep/pull/41) [@Umaaz](https://github.com/Umaaz)
 
 # 1.1.0 (06/02/2024)
 
diff --git a/src/deep/api/plugin/otel.py b/src/deep/api/plugin/otel.py
index f4cff7b..602213c 100644
--- a/src/deep/api/plugin/otel.py
+++ b/src/deep/api/plugin/otel.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def resource(self) -> Optional[Resource]:
             # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
             resource = provider.resource
             attributes = dict(resource.attributes)
-            return Resource.create(attributes=attributes)
+            return Resource(attributes=attributes)
         return None
 
     def decorate(self, snapshot_id: str, context: ActionContext) -> Optional[BoundedAttributes]:
diff --git a/src/deep/api/plugin/python.py b/src/deep/api/plugin/python.py
index f38343b..50c3f9e 100644
--- a/src/deep/api/plugin/python.py
+++ b/src/deep/api/plugin/python.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def resource(self) -> Optional[Resource]:
 
         :return: the provided resource
         """
-        return Resource.create({
+        return Resource({
             "python_version": platform.python_version(),
         })
 
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/api/plugin/test_otel.py b/tests/unit_tests/api/plugin/test_otel.py
index 773a473..af2ddc7 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/api/plugin/test_otel.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/api/plugin/test_otel.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
 
 from deep.api.plugin.otel import OTelPlugin
+from deep.api.resource import TELEMETRY_SDK_NAME
 
 
 class TestOtel(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ def test_load_plugin(self):
         load_plugin = plugin.resource()
         self.assertIsNotNone(load_plugin)
         self.assertEqual("your-service-name", load_plugin.attributes.get(SERVICE_NAME))
+        self.assertIsNone(load_plugin.attributes.get(TELEMETRY_SDK_NAME))
 
     def test_collect_attributes(self):
         with trace.get_tracer_provider().get_tracer("test").start_as_current_span("test-span"):
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/api/resource/test_resource.py b/tests/unit_tests/api/resource/test_resource.py
index 2edebbc..bf255db 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/api/resource/test_resource.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/api/resource/test_resource.py
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ def setUp(self) -> None:
     def tearDown(self) -> None:
         environ.pop(DEEP_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES)
 
+    def test_merge(self):
+        create = Resource.create()
+        new_resource = Resource.create({SERVICE_NAME: 'test'})
+        self.assertEqual("unknown_service:python", create.attributes[SERVICE_NAME])
+        self.assertEqual("test", new_resource.attributes[SERVICE_NAME])
+
+        merge = create.merge(new_resource)
+        self.assertEqual("test", merge.attributes[SERVICE_NAME])
+
     def test_create(self):
         attributes = {
             "service": "ui",