diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
index 0ffe9966b1..2ab8c550cc 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ const environment = {
   POSTHOG_TOKEN: process.env.POSTHOG_TOKEN,
   POSTHOG_PERSONAL_TOKEN: process.env.POSTHOG_PERSONAL_TOKEN,
   POSTHOG_API_HOST: process.env.POSTHOG_API_HOST || "https://us.i.posthog.com",
-  POSTHOG_FEATURE_FLAGS: process.env.POSTHOG_FEATURE_FLAGS,
+  POSTHOG_FEATURE_FLAGS_ENABLED: process.env.POSTHOG_FEATURE_FLAGS_ENABLED,
   ENABLE_ANALYTICS: process.env.ENABLE_ANALYTICS,
   TENANT_FEATURE_FLAGS: process.env.TENANT_FEATURE_FLAGS,
   CLOUDFRONT_CDN: process.env.CLOUDFRONT_CDN,
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/features/index.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/features/index.ts
index fda95c6553..0765d09036 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/features/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/features/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export function init(opts?: PostHogOptions) {
     env.POSTHOG_TOKEN &&
     env.POSTHOG_API_HOST &&
     !env.SELF_HOSTED &&
-    env.POSTHOG_FEATURE_FLAGS
+    env.POSTHOG_FEATURE_FLAGS_ENABLED
   ) {
     console.log("initializing posthog client...")
     posthog = new PostHog(env.POSTHOG_TOKEN, {