diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/k8sgpt_types.go b/api/v1alpha1/k8sgpt_types.go
index d3194d7d..a969dbfd 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/k8sgpt_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/k8sgpt_types.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ type AISpec struct {
 	Secret  *SecretRef `json:"secret,omitempty"`
 	Enabled bool       `json:"enabled,omitempty"`
 	// +kubebuilder:default:=true
-	Anonymize bool `json:"anonymized,omitempty"`
+	Anonymize *bool `json:"anonymized,omitempty"`
 	// +kubebuilder:default:=english
 	Language string `json:"language,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/k8sgpt_types_test.go b/api/v1alpha1/k8sgpt_types_test.go
index 5e11292d..cbca1edc 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/k8sgpt_types_test.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/k8sgpt_types_test.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ var _ = Describe("The test cases for the K8sGPT CRDs", func() {
 		repository = "ghcr.io/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt"
 		version    = "v1alpha1"
 		language   = "english"
+		anonymize  = true
 
 		Namespace = "k8sGPT"
 
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ var _ = Describe("The test cases for the K8sGPT CRDs", func() {
 					Model:     model,
 					Enabled:   true,
 					Secret:    &secretRef,
-					Anonymize: true,
+					Anonymize: &anonymize,
 					Language:  language,
 				},
 				Version:    version,
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ var _ = Describe("The test cases for the K8sGPT CRDs", func() {
 			},
 		}
 
-		k8sGPT2 = K8sGPT{
+		dontAnonymize = false
+		k8sGPT2       = K8sGPT{
 			TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
 				Kind: kind,
 			},
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ var _ = Describe("The test cases for the K8sGPT CRDs", func() {
 					Model:     model,
 					Secret:    &secretRef,
 					Enabled:   false,
-					Anonymize: false,
+					Anonymize: &dontAnonymize,
 					Language:  language,
 				},
 				Repository: repository,
diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 972b8e30..23c5675c 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ func (in *AISpec) DeepCopyInto(out *AISpec) {
 		*out = new(SecretRef)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.Anonymize != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Anonymize, &out.Anonymize
+		*out = new(bool)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new AISpec.
diff --git a/pkg/client/analysis.go b/pkg/client/analysis.go
index 92469e5b..01816fb3 100644
--- a/pkg/client/analysis.go
+++ b/pkg/client/analysis.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func (c *Client) ProcessAnalysis(deployment v1.Deployment, config *v1alpha1.K8sG
 		Backend:   config.Spec.AI.Backend,
 		Namespace: config.Spec.TargetNamespace,
 		Filters:   config.Spec.Filters,
-		Anonymize: config.Spec.AI.Anonymize,
+		Anonymize: *config.Spec.AI.Anonymize,
 		Language:  config.Spec.AI.Language,
 	}