diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/btcpay.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/btcpay.rb
index c88d7ec..b657fb1 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/btcpay.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/btcpay.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ bash 'build_btcpay' do
     systemctl stop btcpayserver.service
     ./build.sh
   EOH
+  environment "DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT" => 1
   action :nothing
   notifies :restart, "service[btcpayserver]", :delayed
 end
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ systemd_unit 'btcpayserver.service' do
       Group: node['bitcoin']['usergroup'],
       Type: 'simple',
       WorkingDirectory: node['btcpay']['source_dir'],
-      Environment: defined?(nbxpg_connect) ? "'BTCPAY_EXPLORERPOSTGRES=#{nbxpg_connect}'" : '',
+      Environment: "'BTCPAY_EXPLORERPOSTGRES=#{nbxpg_connect}' 'DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT=1'",
       ExecStart: "#{node['btcpay']['source_dir']}/run.sh --conf=#{node['btcpay']['config_path']}",
       PIDFile: '/run/btcpayserver/btcpayserver.pid',
       Restart: 'on-failure',
@@ -103,6 +104,8 @@ systemd_unit 'btcpayserver.service' do
   verify false
   triggers_reload true
   action [:create]
+  # reload is not applicable
+  notifies :restart, "service[btcpayserver]", :delayed
 end
 
 service "btcpayserver" do