diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/infrastructure/event-tracking.js b/services/web/frontend/js/infrastructure/event-tracking.js
index f71aab8d66..1c67b10aac 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/infrastructure/event-tracking.js
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/infrastructure/event-tracking.js
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export const isSmallDevice = window.screen.width < 768
 
 function sendBeacon(key, data) {
   if (!navigator || !navigator.sendBeacon) return
+  if (!getMeta('ol-ExposedSettings').isOverleaf) return
 
   data._csrf = getMeta('ol-csrfToken')
   const blob = new Blob([JSON.stringify(data)], {
diff --git a/services/web/test/frontend/components/shared/start-free-trial-button.spec.tsx b/services/web/test/frontend/components/shared/start-free-trial-button.spec.tsx
index 0320c6cb18..b0fa816819 100644
--- a/services/web/test/frontend/components/shared/start-free-trial-button.spec.tsx
+++ b/services/web/test/frontend/components/shared/start-free-trial-button.spec.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import StartFreeTrialButton from '../../../../frontend/js/shared/components/start-free-trial-button'
+import getMeta from '@/utils/meta'
 
 describe('start free trial button', function () {
   beforeEach(function () {
@@ -8,6 +9,8 @@ describe('start free trial button', function () {
     cy.intercept('POST', '/event/paywall-click', {
       statusCode: 204,
     }).as('event-paywall-click')
+
+    getMeta('ol-ExposedSettings').isOverleaf = true
   })
 
   it('renders the button with default text', function () {