diff --git a/dd-trace/README.md b/dd-trace/README.md
index fd84294c68..7b17bafacd 100644
--- a/dd-trace/README.md
+++ b/dd-trace/README.md
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class InstrumentedClass {
 
 The method above is now instrumented. As you can see, the tracer is retrieved from a global registry, called `GlobalTracer`.
 
-The last thing you have to do is providing a configured tracer. This can be easily done by using the `TracerFactory`.
+The last thing you have to do is providing a configured tracer. This can be easily done by using the `TracerFactory` or manually
 in the bootstrap method (like the `main`).
 
 ```java
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ public class Application {
         Tracer tracer = DDTracerFactory.createFromConfigurationFile();
         io.opentracing.util.GlobalTracer.register(tracer);
         
+        // Init the tracer from the API
+        Writer writer = new com.datadoghq.trace.writer.DDAgentWriter();
+        Sampler sampler = new com.datadoghq.trace.sampling.AllSampler();
+        Tracer tracer = new com.datadoghq.trace.DDTracer(writer, sampler);
+        io.opentracing.util.GlobalTracer.register(tracer);
+        
         // ...
     }
 }