diff --git a/install/preview/entrypoint.sh b/install/preview/entrypoint.sh
index 0da8d764941d31..9aa7deb53a9fcd 100755
--- a/install/preview/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/install/preview/entrypoint.sh
@@ -143,8 +143,15 @@ run_telemetry(){
   sleep 100
   # indefinitely wait for Gitpod pods to be ready
   kubectl wait --timeout=-1s --for=condition=ready pod -l app=gitpod,component!=migrations
-  # manually tun the cronjob
-  kubectl create job gitpod-telemetry-init --from=cronjob/gitpod-telemetry
+  echo "Gitpod pods are ready"
+  # honour DO_NOT_TRACK if set
+  if [ -n "${DO_NOT_TRACK}" ] && [ "${DO_NOT_TRACK}" -eq 1 ]; then
+    # suspend the cronjob
+    kubectl patch cronjobs gitpod-telemetry -p '{"spec" : {"suspend" : true }}'
+  else
+    # manually run the cronjob
+    kubectl create job gitpod-telemetry-init --from=cronjob/gitpod-telemetry
+  fi
 }
 
 run_telemetry 2>&1 &
diff --git a/install/preview/prettylog/main.go b/install/preview/prettylog/main.go
index cfecf8a6f3c8e4..858783b1960da1 100644
--- a/install/preview/prettylog/main.go
+++ b/install/preview/prettylog/main.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var msgs = []struct {
 	{Msg: "preparing system", Success: "extracting images to download ahead"},
 	{Msg: "downloading images", Success: "--output-split-files"},
 	{Msg: "preparing Gitpod preview installation", Success: "rm -rf /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/gitpod"},
-	{Msg: "starting Gitpod", Success: "gitpod-telemetry-init"},
+	{Msg: "starting Gitpod", Success: "Gitpod pods are ready"},
 	{Msg: fmt.Sprintf("Gitpod is running. Visit https://%s to access the dashboard", os.Getenv("DOMAIN"))},
 }