diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-demo.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-demo.yml
index 18a3c17572..b82b961077 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-demo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-demo.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: goreleaser-pro
           version: v1.21.2
-          args: release --clean --skip-announce -f .goreleaser.demo.yaml
+          args: release --clean --skip=announce -f .goreleaser.demo.yaml
         env:
           VERSION: ${{ github.ref_name}}-demo
           TRACETEST_ENV: demo
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yaml
index 480a57ae02..b79851c0aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yaml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: goreleaser-pro
           version: v1.21.2
-          args: release --skip-announce --snapshot -f .goreleaser.dev.yaml
+          args: release --skip=announce --snapshot -f .goreleaser.dev.yaml
       - name: Move binaries to known location
         if: steps.cache-docker-build.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
diff --git a/.goreleaser.demo.yaml b/.goreleaser.demo.yaml
index 6d327a540a..266ad263d9 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.demo.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.demo.yaml
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ dockers:
 - image_templates:
   - 'kubeshop/tracetest-agent:{{ .Env.VERSION }}-amd64'
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile.agent"
+  extra_files:
+    - agent/
   build_flag_templates:
   - "--pull"
   - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.created={{.Date}}"
diff --git a/.goreleaser.dev.yaml b/.goreleaser.dev.yaml
index 9451d62637..ebb2b33b62 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.dev.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.dev.yaml
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ dockers:
   image_templates:
   - 'kubeshop/tracetest-agent:{{ .Env.VERSION }}'
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile.agent"
+  extra_files:
+    - agent/
   build_flag_templates:
   - "--pull"
   - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.created={{.Date}}"
diff --git a/.goreleaser.rc.yaml b/.goreleaser.rc.yaml
index 0d780f9cd6..4f00268889 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.rc.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.rc.yaml
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ dockers:
 - image_templates:
   - 'kubeshop/tracetest-agent:{{ .Env.VERSION }}-amd64'
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile.agent"
+  extra_files:
+    - agent/
   build_flag_templates:
   - "--pull"
   - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.created={{.Date}}"
@@ -121,6 +123,8 @@ dockers:
 - image_templates:
   - 'kubeshop/tracetest-agent:{{ .Env.VERSION }}-arm64'
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile.agent"
+  extra_files:
+    - agent/
   build_flag_templates:
   - "--pull"
   - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.created={{.Date}}"
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index c5ed77dcc7..9f6df25146 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ dockers:
 - image_templates:
   - 'kubeshop/tracetest-agent:{{ .Env.VERSION }}-amd64'
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile.agent"
+  extra_files:
+    - agent/
   build_flag_templates:
   - "--pull"
   - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.created={{.Date}}"
@@ -131,6 +133,8 @@ dockers:
 - image_templates:
   - 'kubeshop/tracetest-agent:{{ .Env.VERSION }}-arm64'
   dockerfile: "Dockerfile.agent"
+  extra_files:
+    - agent/
   build_flag_templates:
   - "--pull"
   - "--label=org.opencontainers.image.created={{.Date}}"
diff --git a/Dockerfile.agent b/Dockerfile.agent
index 93ee577494..36a826af05 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.agent
+++ b/Dockerfile.agent
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ ENV TRACETEST_API_KEY ""
 WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY ./tracetest /app/tracetest
+COPY ./agent/entrypoint.sh /app/entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x /app/entrypoint.sh
 
-ENTRYPOINT [ "tracetest", "start", "--api-key", "$TRACETEST_API_KEY" ]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/entrypoint.sh"]
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5bd8cdb7fe..108c685a68 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ WEB_SRC_FILES := $(shell find web -type f -not -path "*node_modules*" -not -path
 web/build: web/node_modules $(WEB_SRC_FILES)
 	cd web; npm run build
 
-dist/tracetest-docker-$(TAG).tar dist/tracetest-agent-docker-$(TAG).tar: $(CLI_SRC_FILES) $(SERVER_SRC_FILES) $(WEB_SRC_FILES)
-	goreleaser release --clean --skip-announce --snapshot -f .goreleaser.dev.yaml
+dist/tracetest-docker-$(TAG).tar dist/tracetest-agent-docker-$(TAG).tar: $(CLI_SRC_FILES) $(SERVER_SRC_FILES) $(WEB_SRC_FILES) Dockerfile Dockerfile.agent agent/entrypoint.sh
+	goreleaser release --clean --skip=announce --snapshot -f .goreleaser.dev.yaml
 	docker save --output dist/tracetest-docker-$(TAG).tar "kubeshop/tracetest:$(TAG)"
 	docker save --output dist/tracetest-agent-docker-$(TAG).tar "kubeshop/tracetest-agent:$(TAG)"
 
diff --git a/agent/entrypoint.sh b/agent/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4494a41e45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Validate that TRACETEST_API_KEY is not empty
+if [ -z "$TRACETEST_API_KEY" ]; then
+  echo "Error: TRACETEST_API_KEY environment variable is empty." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Execute tracetest with the API key and any additional arguments
+exec tracetest start --api-key "$TRACETEST_API_KEY" "$@"
diff --git a/cli/cmd/start_cmd.go b/cli/cmd/start_cmd.go
index b10c7bb921..80257e7eeb 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/start_cmd.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/start_cmd.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var startCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "start",
 	Short:   "Start Tracetest",
 	Long:    "Start using Tracetest",
-	PreRun:  setupCommand(SkipConfigValidation()),
+	PreRun:  setupCommand(SkipConfigValidation(), SkipVersionMismatchCheck()),
 	Run: WithResultHandler((func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) (string, error) {
 		ctx := context.Background()
 
diff --git a/cli/go.mod b/cli/go.mod
index 5d4d1f18c5..3ddc300e89 100644
--- a/cli/go.mod
+++ b/cli/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.1+incompatible
 	github.com/goware/urlx v0.3.2
 	github.com/kubeshop/tracetest/agent v0.0.0-20230907210810-84198fc9f4ef
-	github.com/kubeshop/tracetest/server v0.0.0-20231010015728-ab7381aa0030
+	github.com/kubeshop/tracetest/server v0.0.0-20231013213457-a91e7a82c68b
 	github.com/pterm/pterm v0.12.55
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
diff --git a/cli/go.sum b/cli/go.sum
index d6538ce7a9..c3c4391f50 100644
--- a/cli/go.sum
+++ b/cli/go.sum
@@ -1092,8 +1092,8 @@ github.com/kr/pty v1.1.5/go.mod h1:9r2w37qlBe7rQ6e1fg1S/9xpWHSnaqNdHD3WcMdbPDA=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
-github.com/kubeshop/tracetest/server v0.0.0-20231010015728-ab7381aa0030 h1:O5rDqsPEsWUCbQT1G2MTqdag5ypGzUyndX0N4T/PZO0=
-github.com/kubeshop/tracetest/server v0.0.0-20231010015728-ab7381aa0030/go.mod h1:iN6NZ4zxLyoHbr3N4tGKADLtt65BlMpI+sbg1EOXTYg=
+github.com/kubeshop/tracetest/server v0.0.0-20231013213457-a91e7a82c68b h1:hFCtNiKHH4RgAf3ZjJU3hlt7B2BanWVSicLAmI1khN4=
+github.com/kubeshop/tracetest/server v0.0.0-20231013213457-a91e7a82c68b/go.mod h1:nFkdGSFBMpnxjz46moo28PkQys/nO5MdV7yLI+15dw4=
 github.com/kylelemons/godebug v0.0.0-20160406211939-eadb3ce320cb/go.mod h1:B69LEHPfb2qLo0BaaOLcbitczOKLWTsrBG9LczfCD4k=
 github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 h1:RPNrshWIDI6G2gRW9EHilWtl7Z6Sb1BR0xunSBf0SNc=
 github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0/go.mod h1:9/0rRGxNHcop5bhtWyNeEfOS8JIWk580+fNqagV/RAw=
diff --git a/go.work.sum b/go.work.sum
index 7d5d795ea0..5ba68739dc 100644
--- a/go.work.sum
+++ b/go.work.sum
@@ -771,7 +771,6 @@ github.com/godbus/dbus v0.0.0-20190422162347-ade71ed3457e h1:BWhy2j3IXJhjCbC68Fp
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.6 h1:mkgN1ofwASrYnJ5W6U/BxG15eXXXjirgZc7CLqkcaro=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.0.0+incompatible h1:1SD/1F5pU8p29ybwgQSwpQk+mwdRrXCYuPhW6m+TnJw=
 github.com/gogo/googleapis v1.4.0 h1:zgVt4UpGxcqVOw97aRGxT4svlcmdK35fynLNctY32zI=
-github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.1+incompatible h1:73Z+4BJcrTC+KczS6WvTPvRGOp1WmfEP4Q1lOd9Z/+c=
 github.com/golang-sql/civil v0.0.0-20190719163853-cb61b32ac6fe h1:lXe2qZdvpiX5WZkZR4hgp4KJVfY3nMkvmwbVkpv1rVY=
 github.com/golang-sql/sqlexp v0.0.0-20170517235910-f1bb20e5a188 h1:+eHOFJl1BaXrQxKX+T06f78590z4qA2ZzBTqahsKSE4=
 github.com/golang-sql/sqlexp v0.0.0-20170517235910-f1bb20e5a188/go.mod h1:vXjM/+wXQnTPR4KqTKDgJukSZ6amVRtWMPEjE6sQoK8=
@@ -1238,6 +1237,7 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.5.0/go.mod h1:DivGGAXEgPSlEBzxGzZI+ZLohi+xUj054jfeKui00ws=
 golang.org/x/net v0.6.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.7.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.8.0/go.mod h1:QVkue5JL9kW//ek3r6jTKnTFis1tRmNAW2P1shuFdJc=
+golang.org/x/net v0.10.0/go.mod h1:0qNGK6F8kojg2nk9dLZ2mShWaEBan6FAoqfSigmmuDg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.11.0/go.mod h1:2L/ixqYpgIVXmeoSA/4Lu7BzTG4KIyPIryS4IsOd1oQ=
 golang.org/x/net v0.12.0/go.mod h1:zEVYFnQC7m/vmpQFELhcD1EWkZlX69l4oqgmer6hfKA=
 golang.org/x/net v0.14.0/go.mod h1:PpSgVXXLK0OxS0F31C1/tv6XNguvCrnXIDrFMspZIUI=
@@ -1247,6 +1247,7 @@ golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20221014153046-6fdb5e3db783/go.mod h1:h4gKUeWbJ4rQPri
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.5.0/go.mod h1:9/XBHVqLaWO3/BRHs5jbpYCnOZVjj5V0ndyaAM7KB4I=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.8.0/go.mod h1:yr7u4HXZRm1R1kBWqr/xKNqewf0plRYoB7sla+BCIXE=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220601150217-0de741cfad7f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.2.0/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201204225414-ed752295db88/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211210111614-af8b64212486/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=