diff --git a/private_gpt/__init__.py b/private_gpt/__init__.py
index 1f409831e..995365c8d 100644
--- a/private_gpt/__init__.py
+++ b/private_gpt/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """private-gpt."""
 import logging
+import os
 
 # Set to 'DEBUG' to have extensive logging turned on, even for libraries
 ROOT_LOG_LEVEL = "INFO"
@@ -9,3 +10,14 @@
 )
 logging.basicConfig(level=ROOT_LOG_LEVEL, format=PRETTY_LOG_FORMAT, datefmt="%H:%M:%S")
 logging.captureWarnings(True)
+
+# Disable gradio analytics
+# This is done this way because gradio does not solely rely on what values are
+# passed to gr.Blocks(enable_analytics=...) but also on the environment
+# variable GRADIO_ANALYTICS_ENABLED. `gradio.strings` actually reads this env
+# directly, so to fully disable gradio analytics we need to set this env var.
+os.environ["GRADIO_ANALYTICS_ENABLED"] = "False"
+
+# Disable chromaDB telemetry
+# It is already disabled, see PR#1144
+# os.environ["ANONYMIZED_TELEMETRY"] = "False"
diff --git a/private_gpt/ui/ui.py b/private_gpt/ui/ui.py
index 9a276e61d..a5a6ff6ac 100644
--- a/private_gpt/ui/ui.py
+++ b/private_gpt/ui/ui.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def _upload_file(file: TextIO) -> list[list[str]]:
     "}"
     ".logo img { height: 25% }",
 ) as blocks:
-    with gr.Blocks(), gr.Row():
+    with gr.Row():
         gr.HTML(f"<div class='logo'/><img src={logo_svg} alt=PrivateGPT></div")
 
     with gr.Row():