diff --git a/backend/src/app/config.clj b/backend/src/app/config.clj
index 42a7929fa..92ef6c89d 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/config.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/config.clj
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
    :registration-enabled true
    :registration-domain-whitelist ""
 
-   :telemetry-enabled true
+   :telemetry-enabled false
    :telemetry-uri "http://localhost:6063/"
 
    :debug true
diff --git a/backend/src/app/main.clj b/backend/src/app/main.clj
index ef17baac3..d37d99ad6 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/main.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/main.clj
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@
       (when (:telemetry-enabled cfg/config)
         {:id "telemetry"
          :cron #app/cron "0 0 */3 * * ?" ;; every 3h
-         :fn (ig/ref :app.tasks.telemetry/handler)})]}
+         :uri  (:telemetry-uri cfg/config)
+         :fn   (ig/ref :app.tasks.telemetry/handler)})]}
 
     :app.tasks/all
     {"sendmail"       (ig/ref :app.tasks.sendmail/handler)