diff --git a/docker/files/run/run.sh b/docker/files/run/run.sh
index 3ebe9b0278..29b69423dc 100755
--- a/docker/files/run/run.sh
+++ b/docker/files/run/run.sh
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ function configure_data_dir() {
   if [ "$TELEMETRY_NAME" != "" ]; then
     diagcfg telemetry name -n "$TELEMETRY_NAME" -d "$ALGORAND_DATA"
     diagcfg telemetry enable -d "$ALGORAND_DATA"
-  else
+  elif ! [ -f "/etc/algorand/logging.config" ]; then
     diagcfg telemetry disable
   fi