diff --git a/consumer/consumer.go b/consumer/consumer.go
index c80e06e..4da7564 100644
--- a/consumer/consumer.go
+++ b/consumer/consumer.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package consumer
 
 import (
+	"context"
+
 	"github.com/imperfect-fourth/work/job"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 )
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ type Consumer interface {
 	setSpanName(string)
 }
 
-func New[In any](name string, in job.Queue[In], fn func(In) error, opts ...Option) (Consumer, job.Queue[error]) {
+func New[In any](name string, in job.Queue[In], fn func(context.Context, In) error, opts ...Option) (Consumer, job.Queue[error]) {
 	c := &consumer[In]{
 		name:           name,
 		spanName:       "consume job",
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ type consumer[In any] struct {
 	name     string
 	spanName string
 
-	fn  func(In) error
+	fn  func(context.Context, In) error
 	in  job.Queue[In]
 	err job.Queue[error]
 
@@ -48,9 +50,9 @@ func (c consumer[In]) ConsumeOnce() {
 	ctx, span := otel.Tracer(c.name).Start(j.Context(), c.name)
 	defer span.End()
 
-	_, jobspan := otel.Tracer(c.name).Start(ctx, c.spanName)
-	err := c.fn(j.Input())
-	jobspan.End()
+	fnctx, fnspan := otel.Tracer(c.name).Start(ctx, c.spanName)
+	err := c.fn(fnctx, j.Input())
+	fnspan.End()
 	if err != nil {
 		_, errJob := job.New(ctx, err)
 		c.err <- errJob
diff --git a/producer/producer.go b/producer/producer.go
index 10af2f2..b0ea5b7 100644
--- a/producer/producer.go
+++ b/producer/producer.go
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ func (p producer[Out]) ProduceOnce() {
 	jobs := make([]job.Job[Out], len(out))
 	spans := make([]trace.Span, len(out))
 	for i, o := range out {
-		rootCtx, j := job.New(context.Background(), o)
+		ctx := context.Background()
+		if co, ok := any(o).(ContextualOutput); ok {
+			ctx = co.Context()
+		}
+		rootCtx, j := job.New(ctx, o)
 		_, jobspan := otel.Tracer(p.name).Start(rootCtx, "start queue wait")
 		jobs[i] = j
 		spans[i] = jobspan
@@ -82,3 +86,7 @@ func (p *producer[Out]) setCooldown(t time.Duration) {
 func (p *producer[Out]) setErrorQueue(err job.Queue[error]) {
 	p.err = err
 }
+
+type ContextualOutput interface {
+	Context() context.Context
+}
diff --git a/test/.gitignore b/test/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9daeafb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test
diff --git a/test/main.go b/test/main.go
index 9b27c8f..1e25e38 100644
--- a/test/main.go
+++ b/test/main.go
@@ -12,23 +12,33 @@ import (
 	"github.com/imperfect-fourth/work/producer"
 	"github.com/imperfect-fourth/work/transformer"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
+	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
 	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.4.0"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 func producerFn() ([]int, error) {
 	fmt.Println("producing")
 	return []int{0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, nil
 }
-func consumerFn(i int) error {
+func consumerFn(ctx context.Context, i int) error {
+	span := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx)
+	span.SetAttributes(
+		attribute.Int("i", i),
+	)
 	fmt.Println(i)
 	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 	return nil
 }
-func transformerFn(i int) (int, error) {
+func transformerFn(ctx context.Context, i int) (int, error) {
+	span := trace.SpanFromContext(ctx)
+	span.SetAttributes(
+		attribute.Int("i", i),
+	)
 	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 	return i + 1, nil
 }
@@ -64,7 +74,7 @@ func main() {
 	c.Work()
 }
 
-func startTracing() (*trace.TracerProvider, error) {
+func startTracing() (*sdktrace.TracerProvider, error) {
 	headers := map[string]string{
 		"content-type": "application/json",
 	}
@@ -82,14 +92,14 @@ func startTracing() (*trace.TracerProvider, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating new exporter: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	tracerprovider := trace.NewTracerProvider(
-		trace.WithBatcher(
+	tracerprovider := sdktrace.NewTracerProvider(
+		sdktrace.WithBatcher(
 			exporter,
-			trace.WithMaxExportBatchSize(trace.DefaultMaxExportBatchSize),
-			trace.WithBatchTimeout(trace.DefaultScheduleDelay*time.Millisecond),
-			trace.WithMaxExportBatchSize(trace.DefaultMaxExportBatchSize),
+			sdktrace.WithMaxExportBatchSize(sdktrace.DefaultMaxExportBatchSize),
+			sdktrace.WithBatchTimeout(sdktrace.DefaultScheduleDelay*time.Millisecond),
+			sdktrace.WithMaxExportBatchSize(sdktrace.DefaultMaxExportBatchSize),
 		),
-		trace.WithResource(
+		sdktrace.WithResource(
 			resource.NewWithAttributes(
 				semconv.SchemaURL,
 				semconv.ServiceNameKey.String("test"),
diff --git a/test/test b/test/test
deleted file mode 100755
index f6f818a..0000000
Binary files a/test/test and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/transformer/transformer.go b/transformer/transformer.go
index fd3a583..e34d31c 100644
--- a/transformer/transformer.go
+++ b/transformer/transformer.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package transformer
 
 import (
+	"context"
+
 	"github.com/imperfect-fourth/work/job"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 )
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ type Transformer interface {
 	setSpanName(string)
 }
 
-func New[In any, Out any](name string, in job.Queue[In], fn func(In) (Out, error), opts ...Option) (Transformer, job.Queue[Out], job.Queue[error]) {
+func New[In any, Out any](name string, in job.Queue[In], fn func(context.Context, In) (Out, error), opts ...Option) (Transformer, job.Queue[Out], job.Queue[error]) {
 	t := &transformer[In, Out]{
 		name:           name,
 		spanName:       "transform job",
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ type transformer[In any, Out any] struct {
 	name     string
 	spanName string
 
-	fn  func(In) (Out, error)
+	fn  func(context.Context, In) (Out, error)
 	in  job.Queue[In]
 	out job.Queue[Out]
 	err job.Queue[error]
@@ -48,8 +50,8 @@ func (t transformer[In, Out]) TransformOnce() {
 	ctx, span := otel.Tracer(t.name).Start(j.Context(), t.name)
 	defer span.End()
 
-	_, fnspan := otel.Tracer(t.name).Start(ctx, t.spanName)
-	o, err := t.fn(j.Input())
+	fnctx, fnspan := otel.Tracer(t.name).Start(ctx, t.spanName)
+	o, err := t.fn(fnctx, j.Input())
 	fnspan.End()
 	if err != nil {
 		_, errJob := job.New(ctx, err)
diff --git a/work.go b/work.go
index 0dddfe6..ecdc5fb 100644
--- a/work.go
+++ b/work.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package work
 
 import (
+	"context"
+
 	"github.com/imperfect-fourth/work/consumer"
 	"github.com/imperfect-fourth/work/job"
 	"github.com/imperfect-fourth/work/producer"
@@ -11,10 +13,10 @@ func NewProducer[Out any](name string, fn func() ([]Out, error), opts ...produce
 	return producer.New(name, fn, opts...)
 }
 
-func NewTransformer[In any, Out any](name string, in job.Queue[In], fn func(In) (Out, error), opts ...transformer.Option) (transformer.Transformer, job.Queue[Out], job.Queue[error]) {
+func NewTransformer[In any, Out any](name string, in job.Queue[In], fn func(context.Context, In) (Out, error), opts ...transformer.Option) (transformer.Transformer, job.Queue[Out], job.Queue[error]) {
 	return transformer.New(name, in, fn, opts...)
 }
 
-func NewConsumer[In any](name string, in job.Queue[In], fn func(In) error, opts ...consumer.Option) (consumer.Consumer, job.Queue[error]) {
+func NewConsumer[In any](name string, in job.Queue[In], fn func(context.Context, In) error, opts ...consumer.Option) (consumer.Consumer, job.Queue[error]) {
 	return consumer.New(name, in, fn, opts...)
 }