diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 05854cd0..2d782fce 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ OPENAI_API_KEY=''
 # DO NOT TRACK
 SCARF_NO_ANALYTICS=true
 DO_NOT_TRACK=true
+ANONYMIZED_TELEMETRY=false
 
 # Use locally bundled version of the LiteLLM cost map json
 # to avoid repetitive startup connections
-LITELLM_LOCAL_MODEL_COST_MAP="True"
+LITELLM_LOCAL_MODEL_COST_MAP="True"
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c43cd8cb..faee1ac3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ ENV OLLAMA_BASE_URL="/ollama" \
 ENV OPENAI_API_KEY="" \
     WEBUI_SECRET_KEY="" \
     SCARF_NO_ANALYTICS=true \
-    DO_NOT_TRACK=true
+    DO_NOT_TRACK=true \
+    ANONYMIZED_TELEMETRY=false
 
 # Use locally bundled version of the LiteLLM cost map json
 # to avoid repetitive startup connections
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@ ENV HF_HOME="/app/backend/data/cache/embedding/models"
 
 WORKDIR /app/backend
 
+ENV HOME /root
+RUN mkdir -p $HOME/.cache/chroma
+RUN echo -n 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 > $HOME/.cache/chroma/telemetry_user_id
+
 RUN if [ "$USE_OLLAMA" = "true" ]; then \
         apt-get update && \
         # Install pandoc and netcat
@@ -129,4 +134,4 @@ COPY ./backend .
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 
-CMD [ "bash", "start.sh"]
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+CMD [ "bash", "start.sh"]