diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-main.yaml b/.github/workflows/pre-main.yaml
index 0cf1831a0f..896b9d5aff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-main.yaml
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ jobs:
         run: TNF_LOG_LEVEL=${TNF_SMOKE_TESTS_LOG_LEVEL} ./run-tnf-container.sh ${{ env.TESTING_CMD_PARAMS }}
 
       - name: 'Test: Run Smoke Tests in a TNF container'
-        run: TNF_LOG_LEVEL=${TNF_SMOKE_TESTS_LOG_LEVEL} TNF_ENABLE_DATA_COLLECTION=true ./run-tnf-container.sh ${{ env.TESTING_CMD_PARAMS }} -l "${SMOKE_TESTS_GINKGO_LABELS_FILTER}"
+        run: TNF_LOG_LEVEL=${TNF_SMOKE_TESTS_LOG_LEVEL} TNF_ENABLE_DATA_COLLECTION=false ./run-tnf-container.sh ${{ env.TESTING_CMD_PARAMS }} -l "${SMOKE_TESTS_GINKGO_LABELS_FILTER}"
 
       - name: Run sanity check on collector
         uses: ./collector/.github/actions/run-sanity-check
diff --git a/pkg/configuration/configuration.go b/pkg/configuration/configuration.go
index d70396020a..aaec22a47f 100644
--- a/pkg/configuration/configuration.go
+++ b/pkg/configuration/configuration.go
@@ -103,5 +103,5 @@ type TestParameters struct {
 	PfltDockerconfig              string `split_words:"true" envconfig:"PFLT_DOCKERCONFIG"`
 	IncludeWebFilesInOutputFolder bool   `split_words:"true" default:"false"`
 	OmitArtifactsZipFile          bool   `split_words:"true" default:"false"`
-	EnableDataCollection          bool   `split_words:"true" default:"false"`
+	EnableDataCollection          bool   `split_words:"true" envconfig:"ENABLE_DATA_COLLECTION" default:"false"`
 }