diff --git a/src/app/settings.py b/src/app/settings.py
index 1cef3c88..0803081d 100644
--- a/src/app/settings.py
+++ b/src/app/settings.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent
 SECRET_KEY = os.getenv("KHOJ_DJANGO_SECRET_KEY")
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = os.getenv("DJANGO_DEBUG", "False") == "True"
+DEBUG = os.getenv("KHOJ_DEBUG", "False") == "True"
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = [".khoj.dev", "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "[::1]", "beta.khoj.dev"]
 
diff --git a/src/khoj/utils/cli.py b/src/khoj/utils/cli.py
index 83d475ac..2e4c9d59 100644
--- a/src/khoj/utils/cli.py
+++ b/src/khoj/utils/cli.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def cli(args=None):
     else:
         args = run_migrations(args)
         args.config = parse_config_from_file(args.config_file)
-        if os.environ.get("DEBUG"):
+        if os.environ.get("KHOJ_DEBUG"):
             args.config.app.should_log_telemetry = False
 
     return args