diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
index 5f388920..99c3aa6f 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ export const extractV1Options = z
     includeSubdomains: z.boolean().default(true),
     allowExternalLinks: z.boolean().default(false),
     origin: z.string().optional().default("api"),
+    urlTrace: z.boolean().default(false),
     timeout: z.number().int().positive().finite().safe().default(60000),
   })
   .strict(strictMessage);
diff --git a/apps/api/src/lib/extract/extraction-service.ts b/apps/api/src/lib/extract/extraction-service.ts
index 1cf47f86..f84a1f34 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/lib/extract/extraction-service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/lib/extract/extraction-service.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ interface ExtractResult {
   data?: any;
   scrapeId: string;
   warning?: string;
-  urlTrace: URLTrace[];
+  urlTrace?: URLTrace[];
   error?: string;
 }
 
@@ -140,6 +140,6 @@ export async function performExtraction(options: ExtractServiceOptions): Promise
     data: completions.extract ?? {},
     scrapeId,
     warning: completions.warning,
-    urlTrace: urlTraces,
+    urlTrace: request.urlTrace ? urlTraces : undefined,
   };
 } 
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