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@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ To learn how to configure Sourcebot to index your own repos, please refer to our
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > Sourcebot collects <a href="https://demo.sourcebot.dev/~/search?query=captureEvent%5C(%20repo%3Asourcebot">anonymous usage data</a> by default to help us improve the product. No sensitive data is collected, but if you'd like to disable this you can do so by setting the `SOURCEBOT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED` environment
-> variable to `false`. Please refer to our [telemetry docs](https://docs.sourcebot.dev/self-hosting/overview#telemetry) for more information.
+> variable to `true`. Please refer to our [telemetry docs](https://docs.sourcebot.dev/self-hosting/overview#telemetry) for more information.
 
 # Build from source
 >[!NOTE]