diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5283f97..c8261ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
       - "**"
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e5a8a1a..605f464 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@coralogix/opentelemetry",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.1.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@coralogix/opentelemetry",
-      "version": "0.1.1",
+      "version": "0.1.2",
       "dependencies": {
         "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.7.0",
         "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base": "^1.18.1"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1badc9d..845b7b8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@coralogix/opentelemetry",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.1.2",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "module": "dist/index.mjs",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/trace/common/coralogix-attributes.ts b/src/trace/common/coralogix-attributes.ts
index 7842115..d46610a 100644
--- a/src/trace/common/coralogix-attributes.ts
+++ b/src/trace/common/coralogix-attributes.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export const CoralogixAttributes = {
     TRANSACTION_IDENTIFIER: 'cgx.transaction',
     DISTRIBUTED_TRANSACTION_IDENTIFIER: 'cgx.transaction.distributed',
+    TRANSACTION_ROOT: 'cgx.transaction.root',
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/trace/samplers/coralogix-transaction-sampler.ts b/src/trace/samplers/coralogix-transaction-sampler.ts
index c96c1fc..ecbf870 100644
--- a/src/trace/samplers/coralogix-transaction-sampler.ts
+++ b/src/trace/samplers/coralogix-transaction-sampler.ts
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ export class CoralogixTransactionSampler implements Sampler {
             // if distributed transaction exists, use it, if not this is the first span and thus the root of the distributed transaction
             const distributedTransaction = spanContext?.traceState?.get(CoralogixTraceState.DISTRIBUTED_TRANSACTION_IDENTIFIER) ?? spanName;
 
+            const existingTransaction = spanContext?.traceState?.get(CoralogixTraceState.TRANSACTION_IDENTIFIER);
+
             // if span is remote, then start a new transaction, else try to use existing transaction
-            const transaction = spanContext?.isRemote ? spanName :
-                (spanContext?.traceState?.get(CoralogixTraceState.TRANSACTION_IDENTIFIER) ?? spanName)
+            const startsTransaction = existingTransaction === undefined || spanContext?.isRemote;
+
+            const transaction = startsTransaction ? spanName : existingTransaction;
 
             let {attributes: resultAttributes, traceState} = result;
             const {decision} = result;
@@ -40,7 +43,8 @@ export class CoralogixTransactionSampler implements Sampler {
             resultAttributes = {
                 ...(resultAttributes ?? {}),
                 [CoralogixAttributes.TRANSACTION_IDENTIFIER]: transaction,
-                [CoralogixAttributes.DISTRIBUTED_TRANSACTION_IDENTIFIER]: distributedTransaction
+                [CoralogixAttributes.DISTRIBUTED_TRANSACTION_IDENTIFIER]: distributedTransaction,
+                [CoralogixAttributes.TRANSACTION_ROOT]: startsTransaction ?? undefined
             }
 
             return {
diff --git a/test/trace/samplers/coralogix-transaction-sampler.spec.ts b/test/trace/samplers/coralogix-transaction-sampler.spec.ts
index e25ab30..d485090 100644
--- a/test/trace/samplers/coralogix-transaction-sampler.spec.ts
+++ b/test/trace/samplers/coralogix-transaction-sampler.spec.ts
@@ -273,6 +273,99 @@ export default describe('CoralogixTransactionSampler', () => {
         });
     })
 
+    describe('transaction root attribute', () => {
+        it('add transaction root attribute to creator of transaction', () => {
+            const tracerProvider = new BasicTracerProvider({
+                sampler: new CoralogixTransactionSampler()
+            });
+            const tracer = tracerProvider.getTracer('default');
+
+            const span1 = tracer.startSpan('one', {}, context);
+            context = opentelemetry.trace.setSpan(context, span1);
+            const span2 = tracer.startSpan('two', {}, context);
+            context = opentelemetry.trace.setSpan(context, span2);
+            const span3 = tracer.startSpan('three', {}, context);
+            context = opentelemetry.trace.setSpan(context, span3);
+
+            if (span1 instanceof Span && span2 instanceof Span && span3 instanceof Span) {
+                assert.strictEqual(span1.attributes[CoralogixAttributes.TRANSACTION_ROOT], true,
+                    'span1 must have transaction root');
+                assert.ok(!(CoralogixAttributes.TRANSACTION_ROOT in span2.attributes),
+                    'span2 must not have transaction root');
+                assert.ok(!(CoralogixAttributes.TRANSACTION_ROOT in span3.attributes),
+                    'span3 must not have transaction root');
+            } else {
+                assert.ok(span1 instanceof Span, 'span1 must be instance of Span');
+                assert.ok(span2 instanceof Span, 'span2 must be instance of Span');
+                assert.ok(span3 instanceof Span, 'span3 must be instance of Span');
+            }
+            span3.end();
+            span2.end();
+            span1.end();
+        });
+
+        it('add transaction root attribute span after remote', () => {
+            const tracerProvider = new BasicTracerProvider({
+                sampler: new CoralogixTransactionSampler()
+            });
+            const tracer = tracerProvider.getTracer('default');
+
+            const span1 = tracer.startSpan('one', {}, context);
+            context = opentelemetry.trace.setSpan(context, span1);
+            const span2 = tracer.startSpan('two', {}, context);
+            context = opentelemetry.trace.setSpan(context, span2);
+            context = getRemoteContext(context);
+            const span3 = tracer.startSpan('three', {}, context);
+            context = opentelemetry.trace.setSpan(context, span3);
+            const span4 = tracer.startSpan('four', {}, context);
+            context = opentelemetry.trace.setSpan(context, span4);
+
+            if (span1 instanceof Span && span2 instanceof Span && span3 instanceof Span && span4 instanceof Span) {
+                assert.strictEqual(span1.attributes[CoralogixAttributes.TRANSACTION_ROOT], true,
+                    'span1 must have transaction root');
+                assert.ok(!(CoralogixAttributes.TRANSACTION_ROOT in span2.attributes),
+                    'span2 must not have transaction root');
+                assert.strictEqual(span3.attributes[CoralogixAttributes.TRANSACTION_ROOT], true,
+                    'span3 must have transaction root');
+                assert.ok(!(CoralogixAttributes.TRANSACTION_ROOT in span4.attributes),
+                    'span4 must not have transaction root');
+            } else {
+                assert.ok(span1 instanceof Span, 'span1 must be instance of Span');
+                assert.ok(span2 instanceof Span, 'span2 must be instance of Span');
+                assert.ok(span3 instanceof Span, 'span3 must be instance of Span');
+                assert.ok(span4 instanceof Span, 'span4 must be instance of Span');
+            }
+            span4.end();
+            span3.end();
+            span2.end();
+            span1.end();
+        });
+
+        it('span with same name as transaction span should not be root transaction', () => {
+            const tracerProvider = new BasicTracerProvider({
+                sampler: new CoralogixTransactionSampler()
+            });
+            const tracer = tracerProvider.getTracer('default');
+
+            const span1 = tracer.startSpan('one', {}, context);
+            context = opentelemetry.trace.setSpan(context, span1);
+            const span2 = tracer.startSpan('one', {}, context);
+            context = opentelemetry.trace.setSpan(context, span2);
+
+            if (span1 instanceof Span && span2 instanceof Span) {
+                assert.strictEqual(span1.attributes[CoralogixAttributes.TRANSACTION_ROOT], true,
+                    'span1 must have transaction root');
+                assert.ok(!(CoralogixAttributes.TRANSACTION_ROOT in span2.attributes),
+                    'span1 must not have transaction root');
+            } else {
+                assert.ok(span1 instanceof Span, 'span1 must be instance of Span');
+                assert.ok(span2 instanceof Span, 'span2 must be instance of Span');
+            }
+            span2.end();
+            span1.end();
+        });
+    })
+
     const NON_SAMPLED_ATTRIBUTE_NAME = 'non_sampled';
 
     class TestAttributeSamplingSampler implements Sampler {