diff --git a/omnibus/cookbooks/firezone/recipes/phoenix.rb b/omnibus/cookbooks/firezone/recipes/phoenix.rb
index d39145459..bc8d3cb89 100644
--- a/omnibus/cookbooks/firezone/recipes/phoenix.rb
+++ b/omnibus/cookbooks/firezone/recipes/phoenix.rb
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ if node['firezone']['phoenix']['enabled']
     control ['t']
     action :enable
     subscribes :restart, 'file[environment-variables]'
+    subscribes :restart, 'file[disable-telemetry]'
   end
 else
   runit_service 'phoenix' do
diff --git a/omnibus/cookbooks/firezone/recipes/telemetry.rb b/omnibus/cookbooks/firezone/recipes/telemetry.rb
index 3c3b1bfd1..c8c9bb0f6 100644
--- a/omnibus/cookbooks/firezone/recipes/telemetry.rb
+++ b/omnibus/cookbooks/firezone/recipes/telemetry.rb
@@ -9,16 +9,18 @@
 
 include_recipe 'firezone::config'
 
-disable_telemetry = "#{node['firezone']['install_directory']}/.disable-telemetry"
+disable_telemetry_path = "#{node['firezone']['install_directory']}/.disable-telemetry"
 
 if node['firezone']['telemetry']['enabled'] == false
-  file disable_telemetry do
+  file 'disable_telemetry' do
+    path disable_telemetry_path
     mode '0644'
     user node['firezone']['user']
     group node['firezone']['group']
   end
 else
-  file disable_telemetry do
+  file 'disable_telemetry' do
+    path disable_telemetry_path
     action :delete
   end
 end