Kafka Connect Startup Hook

Hello,

can someone please give me a hint how to execute two lines of code upon Kafka Connect Startup, like:

final JaegerTracer tracer = Configuration.fromEnv().getTracer();
GlobalTracer.register(tracer);

I implemented using a custom (Fake-)Connector, but there is much overhead, because you also need a Task, Config etc.

Is there some simpler way, some kind of hook?

Thanks in advance,
Jan