diff --git a/cmd/jaeger/internal/all-in-one.yaml b/cmd/jaeger/internal/all-in-one.yaml
index 65a1d84e60c..8538463b6d8 100644
--- a/cmd/jaeger/internal/all-in-one.yaml
+++ b/cmd/jaeger/internal/all-in-one.yaml
@@ -28,12 +28,9 @@ extensions:
           max_traces: 100000
 
   remote_sampling:
-    # We can either use file or adaptive sampling strategy in remote_sampling
-    file:
-      path: ./cmd/jaeger/sampling-strategies.json
-    # adaptive:
-    #   sampling_store: some_store
-    #   initial_sampling_probability: 0.1
+    adaptive:
+      sampling_store: some_store
+      initial_sampling_probability: 0.1
     http:
       endpoint: "${env:JAEGER_LISTEN_HOST:-localhost}:5778"
     grpc:
diff --git a/cmd/jaeger/main.go b/cmd/jaeger/main.go
index d63268845e7..fc7078824cf 100644
--- a/cmd/jaeger/main.go
+++ b/cmd/jaeger/main.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"log"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 
@@ -24,6 +25,14 @@ func main() {
 		command,
 	)
 
+	if err := command.Execute(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	strategiesFile := "./cmd/jaeger/sampling-strategies.json"
+	if _, err := os.Stat(strategiesFile); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		log.Printf("Warning: Sampling strategies file not found at %s. Running with default configuration.\n", strategiesFile)
+	}
+
 	if err := command.Execute(); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/jaeger/sampling-strategies.json b/cmd/jaeger/sampling-strategies.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c4645932d37..00000000000
--- a/cmd/jaeger/sampling-strategies.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "default_strategy": {
-    "type": "probabilistic",
-    "param": 1
-  },
-  "service_strategies": [
-    {
-      "service": "foo",
-      "type": "probabilistic",
-      "param": 0.8
-    },
-    {
-      "service": "bar",
-      "type": "ratelimiting",
-      "param": 0.9
-    }
-  ]
-}