diff --git a/play-zipkin-tracing/core/src/main/scala/brave/play/ZipkinTraceServiceLike.scala b/play-zipkin-tracing/core/src/main/scala/brave/play/ZipkinTraceServiceLike.scala
index 723e5b7..328efdb 100644
--- a/play-zipkin-tracing/core/src/main/scala/brave/play/ZipkinTraceServiceLike.scala
+++ b/play-zipkin-tracing/core/src/main/scala/brave/play/ZipkinTraceServiceLike.scala
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ trait ZipkinTraceServiceLike {
       (carrier: A, key: String) => getHeader(carrier, key).orNull
     ).extract(headers)
 
-    tracer.joinSpan(contextOrFlags.context())
+    tracer.nextSpan(contextOrFlags)
   }
 
   /**